Caliper painting...

So I decided my calipers need painting...the gray is just too bland. Otherwise I am going to retain the stock exterior, besides some wheels of course. So what color should I go with? I don't necessarily want to go with the all too common brembo red, but other than that I have no reservations for colors. I did paint my badges red though. Any suggestions are appreciated!

 

On a side note, Legend is my official Mountain West hero. From reading through his posts and seeing what he is doing with his car, its just amazing. I think I need to get a present for him so I can get on his good side and have him take me under his wing! As I've stated before, I have no idea about cars, I've always been a truck guy...

 

BTW, yes I have looked over all the threads and everyone has the same three colors, red, silver, black. There is one or two with blue. I wanna be a little different then the others, just not for sure how different..

ugh ... it's your car dude, so paint away if you must. I think there's a good reason that Silver and Black are common for our Legacies.

You could paint it the color of my 05 Interior. Kahlua n' Cream Dalmationed Ivory.

That sounds schmexy! But how the heck do I explain that to the paint people? lol

I did black on my FXT and it made them blend in too much so they were difficult to see. I would do silver.

Have them chromed

 

Better yet STI pink.

I did red calipers on my SWP... Looked killer before I did my Stoptechs. It all depends on the color of your car, though. I think silver is safe for any color car and looks clean.

I painted mine black. I don't want to draw attention to the bland stock calipers.

So to continue this discussion and get a little narrower, after looking at 1000's upon 1000's of pics I really like the gold sti style rims that another member has on their black lgt. So I'm going to have gold rims. Does that change anyones mind for colors? It will be an 06 black lgt with gold spoke'ish(?) kinda rims.

I think black, silver, or red would look good... Just depends on your style. Just don't do yellow! My stockers with red calipers looked really good, but that was on black wheels.

I think black, silver, or red would look good... Just depends on your style. Just don't do yellow! My stockers with red calipers looked really good, but that was on black wheels.

 

What brand of paint did you use? What prep did you do?

I forget what brand it was, but I got it from Pep Boys. Nice kit... Came with a brush, cleaning kit, and some other stuff. I just sprayed the cleaner on and let it soak, sprayed it off and let it dry for a day before I painted. Best to take your time with it and get two or three coats on them, making sure to let each coat dry. They held up pretty well.

Found my old pics...

 

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I would say go red if you want them to POP with your gold wheels. There is a black STI at my works with red stoptechs and silver wheels that looks really good.

 

I painted mine with some caliper paint from pep boys as well. I used brake cleaner and a wire brush to scrub them real good before 3 coats of black.

Awesome! I will post pics once I get the rims and show you all what it ends up looking like! Its tax return day!

I think black, silver, or red would look good... Just depends on your style. Just don't do yellow! My stockers with red calipers looked really good, but that was on black wheels.

 

Heh, I did yellow on my old GT. I think it looked pretty good w/ the forest green. I will be painting my 06 calipers this spring. I will probably go for a darker red, to tie into my interior theme a bit.

I spray mine red every spring. I do a quick hit with a small metal brush, then hit it with a blast of compressed air, tape it all off and spray away.

 

Since the winter is going to make it look all cruddy I don't do much more than that.

 

I think it adds a lot to a car and if it keeps the rust down a bit that is abonus.

Heh, I did yellow on my old GT. I think it looked pretty good w/ the forest green. I will be painting my 06 calipers this spring. I will probably go for a darker red, to tie into my interior theme a bit.

 

That's not too bad on the green...