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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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Yellow or Red Calipers?

Hey guys, I plan on painting my calipers here soon. I can't decide on yellow or red. Which one should I do on my cars color? My car is seal gray with a blk top.

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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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Go red...Unless you're running the Ceramic disk....go red..Just my opinion..
 
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Might consider getting them powder coated...
 
Old Oct 4, 2007 | 09:34 PM
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Paint them red I did!
 
Old Oct 5, 2007 | 07:31 AM
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With a grey car, I'd go red. Yellow is good on yellow cars or dark coloured cars. Otherwise they are too light coloured to contrast against the grey.
 
Old Oct 5, 2007 | 07:55 AM
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Mix them both and go for orange
 
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Red (but Orange sounds interesting)

Yellow is good on Yellow
 
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Red. It will match well with the Taillights.
 
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red all the way


 
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Originally Posted by CoreyNJ
With a grey car, I'd go red. Yellow is good on yellow cars or dark coloured cars. Otherwise they are too light coloured to contrast against the grey.
I agree with you on the contrast. That is part of why I considered yellow for a more subtle look.
 
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Originally Posted by Russcan
I agree with you on the contrast. That is part of why I considered yellow for a more subtle look.
Then keep them black IMHO or go Red...nothing else would work unless you had them painted to the colour of the car itself.
 
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Maybe go with silver. That might look good....
 
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Yellow looks amazing against grey, but some people are against painting P-car calipers yellow because it's exclusive for the CCB's...
 
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Originally Posted by PorscheFanatic
Yellow looks amazing against grey, but some people are against painting P-car calipers yellow because it's exclusive for the CCB's...
I have the yellow calipers, but not because I want to have it look like I have PCCB's but because it was the correct colour for my setup. I don't care what people think about it, it wasn't done to be something it isn't, it was done for colour coordination, and so far nobody has said 'oh I thought those were PCCB's'. But I know where you are coming from, but in my mind having yellow calipers isn't the same as putting a GT3 emblem on a non-GT3 car, but that's my opinion.
 
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Go Red!! Look Good. I Want Painting My Calipers Too.anybody Recommend Shop (bay Area)
 


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