not trying to rice out the ap1, just wanna clean the look of the car a bit and the calipers are an eyesore with the rust on them.

i just flatblack'd my oem wheels, put a oem styled lip and will be installing the Espelir springs next saturday, so now i wanna paint the calipers just not sure what color. I was thinking either flatblack or silver. Theres a local PPG distributor that will match your paint code and put it in a spraycan, so i could get the Silverstone color on the calipers, just not sure if it will look ok.

Has anybody painted the calipers on a Silverstone AP1 with oem wheels? Got pics?

 

paint them black and same if you have OEM 16s. They look nice in black

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by joey1320 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">not trying to rice out the ap1, just wanna clean the look of the car a bit and the calipers are an eyesore with the rust on them.

i just flatblack'd my oem wheels, put a oem styled lip and will be installing the Espelir springs next saturday, so now i wanna paint the calipers just not sure what color. I was thinking either flatblack or silver. Theres a local PPG distributor that will match your paint code and put it in a spraycan, so i could get the Silverstone color on the calipers, just not sure if it will look ok.

Has anybody painted the calipers on a Silverstone AP1 with oem wheels? Got pics?</TD></TR></TABLE>

it will looks pretty bad unless you sand off all the casting marks.

flatblack or low gloss silver looks much better if you are just going to wing it without much surface treatment
imho

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HondaKyle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">paint them black and same if you have OEM 16s. They look nice in black</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah thats what i was thinking. i'll prob go with the black just to keep it all clean. i'm not the biggest fan of painted calipers unless its factory.

yeah the 16" OEM wheels have been painted black and they look really good imo.




Modified by joey1320 at 3:52 PM 4/12/2008

 

please for the love of god don't paint it unless you smooth it out and grind/sand down the caliper.

 

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yeah thats what i was thinking. i'll prob go with the black just to keep it all clean. i'm not the biggest fan of painted calipers unless its factory.

yeah the 16" OEM wheels have been painted black and they look really good imo.

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BLACK!




It makes them just disappear into the car. Very very low profile look when they are black. (esp. with black wheels like you have)

 

oh yeah, also, don't forget that...

black brake calipers=

 

red or black

 

Black!!!

 

Only black!

 

black.... all the ricers around here do red so it looks like they paid some cash money for brake kits

 

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yeah i'm gonna wirewheel/sand them and then paint them.
and black is gonna be the color. i will never ever paint them red... i hate painted calipers for no reason other than looks, thats why black will be the color for me!

thanks guys for the comments and pics!

 

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black brake calipers=</TD></TR></TABLE>

oh very nice...

 

I did red to match the valve cover and black/red interior.. Plus, the paint was free and sitting in my garage.. its your car so do what ever you like to it..

 

No one sees the calipers and valvecover at the same time though when you're driving...

 

Red is just gonna stick out and people will think your to poor to afford some brembo and wanted that look so you just painted them red. Thats what I think every time I see a some one that painted them red... .02cents

 

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You're right man.
RED

 

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mine are red...and i dont drive the s2000 unless i can drop the top...so my seats are bright red to match. i didnt do it to look like i have brakes...i did it because they were turning green

My jetta is red too sucka ....and so was my porsche 944 you red haters!

 

Then pain it black I really hope you didnt paint them to match the seats....

 

i just liked the way the red looked at the time...i wouldnt paint them red again.

i wouldnt paint them black either.

 

black

 

Here's my Sebring silver with gunmetal painted calipers. Use brake cleaner and high heat paint. It looks the way it should come stock. I also cleaned out and painted that rusty hub while I was at it.
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wow, gunmetal does look good too.
nice job man

 

Thanks! I'm happy with the way the calipers turned out. I am most content with never seeing rust on my hub again.

 

Not a fan of the black rims. It looks much cleaner silver.