Decided to sticking with basic red, but poll is open for a few more days if anyone has time to vote just to see what the consensus is :-)

((Picture is rendition via PhotoShop of my car with the RG5's on with
lambo-orange calipers that I first thought of..but that color is a no go i think now..))


TIA

 

I was looking at brake caliper covers on eBay and found these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-3D-Bre...2a7a3f&vxp=mtr

My car has covers that say Porsche which I think I prefer but they are dull and something new and shiny would be great. For some reason, looking at the brake calipers on the car don't look the same and I'm unsure if the covers in the link above would even fit.

 

I agree,if the calipers are dull or worn out like mine are getting them repainted or powder coated is the best thing to do.

The covers are not the ideal solution for many reasons.

If you are a DIY guy do a search here and there are many good threads on painting the calipers for less than $50 in supplies. I'm not, so I'll have to fork the $800 or so to do this professionally.

In the end I came back to red with white letters, as much as I wanted to be unique, I didn't want my car to look like some modded toy from the fast and furious movies going with uncommon color schemes for Porsche.

 

Porsche caliper colors dictate the brakes the car is equipped with.
Black = regular
Red = S (larger discs)
Yellow = ceramic

 

Yes, I knew that as well thank you. I was more asking for input objectively to see what caliper "colors" fellow drivers would pick without getting into the debate about the caliper color scheme and what they each represented.

My dilemma is that I want to repaint my calipers that are worn, and I am not trying to make my C2 car be what it's not (PCCB, "S"/ "turbo", etc)..but after visiting several non-Porsche colors (orange, paint to sample blue like my exterior), they all look very generic and "too-much".

So I settled on "red"

 

what is ur exterior/interior color ?

 

Thanks for stopping by "C.C." your opinions are one of the ones I most value

My car is Aqua Blue Metallic with black interior (here's the photoshop rendition of it with the RG5's I'm putting on along with lambo-orange calipers I first thought off, but that color is scratched now- looks off)

 

Gloss black will look perfect on a C2.

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Definitely yellow!! Its a perfect color combo with the Aqua blue(one of my fav color).
Yellow seat belts would be a great mod as well.

 

I'd go for an analogous color on the color wheel. A lighter blue than the car... like an adriatic, mexico or gulf blue. It won't pop, but it will be pleasing to the eye.

 

Ahh guys, thanks for all the great feedback! They are great, let's see how the poll plays out before I bring her in Tuesday

 

I'd go with the red! I'm not wild about non-model appropriate color for some reason.

I know it's off the table but that orange would have been very off.

Good Luck!!

Tom

 

Those were along the lines of my thinking as well Tom, many thanks !

 

Maximum heat emission dictates stripping them to bare and then applying a thin coat of flat black. If cosmetics are more important, well...the sky is the limit. Go nuts with whatever looks good to you...

 

I'm biased toward macadamia (metallic brown) with natural brown leather interior, but I also like white with black sport seats with red stitching and red seat belts. I have some friends here who have that combination and it's just beautiful. PLUS, if you live in an area that gets hot in the summer, white will help you stay cool.

I believe macadamia was a special order color available only in the '08 MY, but Porsche has brought back a lighter version for the '13 MY 991.