Caliper refurb - what colour? Decision made and done!

tertius

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So here is the conundrum - my calipers (AP 6 pot front; 4 pot rear) are in dire need of a re-furb: it looks as though someone has tried to paint them by hand; but what colour should I go for?

Standard AP colour scheme is red with white lettering (let's call this option 1). I like this option and is probably my favourite.

Alternatively the car itself is mainly black with some silver bits (harnesses; interior door handles, etc.) so perhaps silver calipers with black writing (option 2)? I like the idea of this but am slightly put off because on a Porsche silver calipers = 4wd.

Finally perhaps yellow with black writing? (option 3). Not so keen on this one.

For reference the car is carbon black; wheels anthracite/dark grey; interior: black leather/black mock carbon dash/real carbon seats/silver harnesses.

Option 1: red with white lettering
Option 2: silver with black
Option 3: yellow with black
 
I love those wheels a little bit more every time I see them :wub:
 
Red or yellow for me. Or orange or green?

Actually I'm liking orange for this.
 
Carbon black has a blue tinge to it when in sunlight... So personally i would have blue with black writing.

Or black with white writing!


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Some side on pics as requested:

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You can clearly see the hint of blue in the close-up picture of the front wheel. However, I am not keen on the idea of blue as I think it will be really difficult to get a shade that stands out sufficiently but still relates to the blue of the car. You can also see that the current colour is a very dirty, faded red. I want something that will be really striking.
 
Nice, apart from needing a clean I like the wheels, I still think blue would rock, like the bmw roundel blue :thumbsup:
 
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