Help me choose caliper color
 

Finally upgraded to sport brakes all around.

I have an interesting theme

I'm thinking teal like project mu but also Thinking RED

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...663745157E.jpg

red!

I have a blue car too and I think red is THE color for BBKs...


But it will clash BIG TIME, even with your Ti rims



What about black with a white "Nissan"?

I vote yellow.

Yellow. Hmmm

Saw Porsche blue with yellow. Not bad!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...72ABF41040.jpg

Orange!

http://www.the370z.com/members/hartu...toshoot-09.jpg

Close enough =)

^that does look good

still liking the yellow over the orange

Go with yellow dude. Yellow stands out so much cleaner. My favorite is black on yellow... so there. Heed.

Since you have a light color, I would do one of two things if that were my Z. I would do white calipers with translucent pearl paint and have the "Nissan" painted the color of the car or red. Option 2 is going for the same color as the car. Red, black, and yellow will go well with it but there are tons of those out there, plus white complements nearly every color just like black does and white calipers are rarely seen. Nice wheels BTW.

Everyone always says that whatever color you make it, it's going to change radically after they get hot.

I thought pretty much grey and black were the only colors that survived the heat?

Mike probably knows a lot on this particular topic...

For everything but track use, they will hold up just fine. I've got customers who have had them 6+ years and say they still look like new.

I would go with matching blue myself.

lol, I read everything the lens of track use being what everyone uses these cars for...

I vote pink

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...T/DSC00416.jpg

but sadly, there are only a few of us.

since your wheels have a lot of color, would it be better to just keep it dark gray or even graphite? might have a clown effect if you have too many colors.

I used duplicolor red engine enamel and clear coat to do my wife's brake calipers on her G 37 last year. They are still looking shiny as if they came from the factory like that. Make sure you take your time because you will get what you put into it.

This makes sense. Since there is VERY minimal of yellow on the lip. I think it'll look sharp.

Maybe I should test paint one in the spring and see how it looks

brembo gold
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...pscd0d70df.jpg

yah, or just do some photoshopping or something. :)

hey that brembo pict above looks like the ones on my G. :tup:

Damn I miss my G :(

slimmed it down to yellow or "burble"

Yellow. I was thinking yellow too, but just went with the 40th ones from Nissan. I've always thought yellow calipers have such a great look with any color car.

I again repeat yellow is the only color that will look right and not out of whack, no other colors from the bag of skittles. And WTF is burple? I am thinking of doing mine MB, but then again I have orange wheels so yellow is out of the question as is any other color for me. But yellow for sure for your car with those wheels. Then get "badass" on the front calipers and "motherfucka" on the rear ones.

LOL


Why not black with white or yellow writing or any color writing if you wanna give it the zing

IMO going with a black color will take away from the sight of a BBK. Even with bright colored writing the black caliper will just disappear into the darkness of the fender and wheel well. But then again he may want it to not stand out. But yellow with black writing with my word choice would be subtle enough to get the point across when parked in a sea of domestics. ****, there is alot that come to mind. "P&^^y" & "Magnet" then you got "Panty" & "Dropper" better yet "ICU" & "Hatin". All those 4 are not only true but again get the point across to any domestic you may pull up next to. :happydance:

J/K though, but in all seriousness I would get something like pinstripped on for laughs at car meets and shows. This is also coming from the guy that has "Fuckin' Classey Ain't It?" on my front tower bar. Lol.

We all have blue cars, now, you're fúcking blinding with the damn orange wheels, so you obviously wanna stand out Ni55anpat wants to stand out with those wheels too, lol

I'm stock, might go with 40th wheels, but still for me... I have no idea what color to make the calipers...
Red would clash IMO, I think stock gray is ok, but I think black withe white writing would look sleek and give a certain pop, not tacky...

Yellow, meh, this ain't no Ferrari or a Porsche to denote carbon ceramic discs... And I NEVER liked it on those cars either

I think body matched would look legit, but I doubt anyone can match them that closely, maybe Mike can chime in?

To each his own though, OP, I'd love to see pics

this is burple. looks blue in some light, purple in other.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...a/IMG_0813.jpg

japanjay, you're annoying :tiphat:

That's quite sexy actually

Maybe less purple and you'd be at MBlue!



Or if we send you our gaslid could you match it. Or come closeR (than burple)?


I'm not 100% on what the PC process works on the color matching or mixing

burple doesnt look like it matches your blue. I say taste the rainbow with yellow!

that burple looks good though. :tup:

but yah, i still think a dark metalic color would make it look nice. let the wheels stand out and not clash with the background for max emphasis.

I have a match for MBlue

Mike has every color possible!

Here's another example of Mike's magic.

Trying to narrow down a red too Gurney, which shade is that?

:tiphat:

I vote for yellow, heres a pic of the yellow akebonos mike did for me on my old g35. went with a porsche yellow and my g is isf blue

http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/...ps578afe90.jpg

You would have to ask Mike since I asked him for the same color he had done for a friend.

that pops! love it

I think the yellow looks great and would be my choice for the OP. :tup:

One question though - how did te colr hold up over time?