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caliper colour?? - Piggy - 21-04-2014
Not sure now, after kinda knowing due to having the paint, about my brake calipers being blue.
That was always the plan for some reason, but now Im not sure, Im thinking either bright yellow or black.
Thoughts?
Oh and FYI, new wheels on, calipers will be seen, and new wheels are painted Cossack grey
RE: caliper colour?? - Curt - 21-04-2014
Moonstone
RE: caliper colour?? - Grant - 21-04-2014
Yellow FTW.
RE: caliper colour?? - Kezzieboy - 22-04-2014
On your car, silver. It's pretty oem, and I don't think lairy brakes would suit it.
RE: caliper colour?? - welshpug - 22-04-2014
zinc plated, usually silver, not shiny.
RE: caliper colour?? - 1616six - 22-04-2014
(22-04-2014, 10:02 AM)Kezzieboy Wrote: On your car, silver. It's pretty oem, and I don't think lairy brakes would suit it.
This.
Will look silly, do them black.
RE: caliper colour?? - C.A.R. - 22-04-2014
Who'd paint their brakes yellow? How chavvy! Lololol
![[Image: Car2.png]](http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq25/chris_rx71/Car2.png)
RE: caliper colour?? - Eeyore - 22-04-2014
yellow
RE: caliper colour?? - Piggy - 22-04-2014
I would do them moonstone BUT cant find caliper paint in a similar colour
RE: caliper colour?? - Curt - 22-04-2014
Just use normal Moonstone.
RE: caliper colour?? - Piggy - 22-04-2014
Wont it just melt off?!
RE: caliper colour?? - Curt - 22-04-2014
No. Might not last as long as VHT if you cook the brakes at every opportunity, but it's a road car. How many people use Hammerite without issue?
RE: caliper colour?? - C.A.R. - 22-04-2014
As Curt says, it's a light car and while the brakes get hot they never get hot enough to melt paint off!
On my old Cabriolet I had 206 GTi180 calipers and they were painted china blue
RE: caliper colour?? - Piggy - 22-04-2014
Plaaaaaan!!!
RE: caliper colour?? - ginge191 - 22-04-2014
Black. OEM+ all the way.
Coloured calipers rarely work IMO and look tacky; very few cars can pull it off, moonstone definitely cant
RE: caliper colour?? - Niall - 22-04-2014
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Gold ftw!
RE: caliper colour?? - Piggy - 22-04-2014
Ooo I used to paint them gold back in my Ford days...
Not sure gold will go well with the moonstone.
Im thinking either black yellow or moostone
RE: caliper colour?? - Toms306 - 22-04-2014
Doing mine gold on the Moonstone, choose another colour Piggy.
Done the ones on the China gold, they're not as big as Nialls though.
![[Image: IMAG3568_zpsfda43555.jpg]](http://s796.photobucket.com/user/Toms306_photos/media/HDi%20DTurbo%20X285%20LFR/IMAG3568_zpsfda43555.jpg.html)
RE: caliper colour?? - Curt - 22-04-2014
(22-04-2014, 06:56 PM)Piggy Wrote: Im thinking either black yellow or moostone
![[Image: Milk-Cow-Stone-Painting.jpg]](http://redchn.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Milk-Cow-Stone-Painting.jpg)
...?
Gold is a factory colour along with silver, so it's pretty subtle.
RE: caliper colour?? - Niall - 22-04-2014
RE: caliper colour?? - Piggy - 22-04-2014
haha....love it...well moostone, moonshine...manstain...we all know what it is!!!
I think I will see how it all looks with new wheels then maybe ask for some photoshoppers if thats ok
RE: caliper colour?? - C.A.R. - 23-04-2014
I've had quite a few colour variations over the years...
Red on my black XS -
![[Image: DSCF2700.jpg]](http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq25/chris_rx71/DSCF2700.jpg)
Gold on me ol' China -
![[Image: 18102009095.jpg]](http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq25/chris_rx71/18102009095.jpg)
China on my China Cab -
![[Image: 20022010182.jpg]](http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq25/chris_rx71/20022010182.jpg)
I think they need to have a slight contrast to be honest. Definitely never paint drum brakes though, that's frowned upon
RE: caliper colour?? - 7057sam - 23-04-2014
Yellow would be a totally epic win
RE: caliper colour?? - Curt - 23-04-2014
Yellow is far too lairy for a subtle car, IMO.
RE: caliper colour?? - Piggy - 23-04-2014
I would do similar colours on those cars shown....but moonstone has me stumped a little...
anyone up for a photoshop?...
![[Image: Details-about-PEUGEOT-306-HDI-3DR-HATCH-...001025.jpg]](http://img.coches.cozot.es/pics/uk/2014/03/10/Details-about-PEUGEOT-306-HDI-3DR-HATCH-20140310001025.jpg)
(that aint my car...but best I could find)
RE: caliper colour?? - John1.4 - 23-04-2014
i'm biased..
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RE: caliper colour?? - Piggy - 23-04-2014
yeah but john, your car is silver!
RE: caliper colour?? - John1.4 - 23-04-2014
it 'was' silver
and i still think they'd look good, could do them red to match the block?
RE: caliper colour?? - Piggy - 23-04-2014
Block will be blue whenever I next strip it out...dont like the red block in the bay.
Anyone up for photoshopping that pic with some colours??
RE: caliper colour?? - John1.4 - 23-04-2014
pardon the crudeness, the comp upstairs with photoshop is trashed :/
Yellow
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red
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black
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blue
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