So I finally got round to painting my calipers :)

[cj10jeeper]

Well i've had to put off doing mine until this weekend coming (hopefully!)

I ended up not having the time to do them yesterday after i'd been out for an unexpected lunch that ended up taking over 3 hours, so i didn't have enough time to do them seeing as it would be getting dark around 6.

So i got up at 9.30 today to do them, got all the things together after i'd showered and as i was walking towards the stairs i dropped the tin of paint since my hands were rather full, and the lid came straight off, red paint everywhere!!! So i've just spent the last 2 hours scrubbing the carpet, getting high on fumes from white spirit and turps, but luckily it's pretty much come out.

And now it's bloody raining so i can't do them anyway!! I think someone is trying to tell me something

Jeez - what a disaster. :thumbsdown:

 

[Mr Whippy]

Doh!

I've just been looking at mine, thinking black will do on a silver car...

Dave

 

[eyup]

Going to start photoshopping now but has anyone gone with blue?

I dont think the red would look good on mine so it is blue or silver me thinks.

 

[Topshelf]

Going to start photoshopping now but has anyone gone with blue?

I dont think the red would look good on mine so it is blue or silver me thinks.

I did PS blue and yellow when I was debating what color I wanted to go with. Thought the blue might tie in with the Roundels. Didn't care for either, but that could just be my PS skills.

 

[Nerra]

Doh!

I've just been looking at mine, thinking black will do on a silver car...

Dave

Yeee thats what I'm thinking. I asked James' opinion and he said black.

 

[ClareS]

Eyup,

I'm going with red on my montego blue coupe. Blue just looked too... well, blue! I thought red was gonna look odd, but after I photoshopped it I though it looked great!



vs.

 

[ElegantSpoon]

Yellow looks good! 8)

 

[Lucy]

Yellow looks good! 8)

I agree!

I would love to do mine yellow but it would clash too much with the red interior.

 

[ElegantSpoon]

It might but you do have a coupe so wouldn't be so noticeable. Have you got tints?

Might be worth a try :wink:

 

[Lucy]

It might but you do have a coupe so wouldn't be so noticeable. Have you got tints?

Might be worth a try :wink:

I'm booked in for tints on the 21st.

I think with it being black i need to go red as black and red look great together. Although yellow looks good with black too...

If my car were white it would definitley be yellow calipers. But i think i need to stick with black and red.

 

[Topshelf]

You guys/gals actually like the yellow? I was thinking red because of my red interior as well, but I'll have to think about this now.

On a side note, my neighbor drove by in his Cayenne Turbo yesterday and all I could focus on where his massive red calipers. Maybe what we need is a caliper cover. Just an empty shell that would fit over the existing one but give the look of a large Brembo. Wonder if Pep Boys carries anything like that?

 

[Nerra]

Like THESE?

 

[wasupdu]

Like THESE?

LOL, those are great. I'd love to see someone actually pay $150 for a brake COVER advertising that you have Brembo brakes.

 

[TOM14S]

You don't have to spend $150
There's thousands of sets of these for sale on ebay some for £20....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DISC-BRAKE-CALIPER-COVER-KIT-BREMBO-STYLE-AUDI-BMW-MINI_W0QQitemZ310127769004QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item310127769004&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A4|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1308

 

[Topshelf]

Oh man, I know you guys are going to kill me for saying this, but I really dig that first kit. I wouldn't spend that much money on them, but they look pretty darn nice and nobody would know it's not real until one of them flew off at speed. Only drawback to these is that there's no way you could take your car to a shop with these on. Can you imagine the mechanics laughing at you? Do like the concept though.

 

[Lucy]

ClareS, i think your calipers would look good yellow.

 

[Mr Whippy]

I'd get some of these and have done

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-M-TEC-LOOK-BRAKE-CALIPER-COVER-BREMBO-STYLE_W0QQitemZ370166011036QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item370166011036&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

 

[ClareS]

not sure, I think red is better

 

[Nerra]

This is exactly what puts me off painting my calipers red. Saw this beauty on the way to work this morning.

 

[DannyBoy]

^^ Looks classy, yet refined and sporty.

Was it doing an emergency stop?