red or black caliper paint?

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#1stangFAN

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Im gunna get caliper covers pretty soon and i have a black 05 GT and what do you guys all think? sporty red or mysterious black calipers?

 

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Paint them yourself, save you some money and get a much broader range of colors.

 

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well no matter what way i do it what color would you perfer?

 

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Its your car, do whatever you think looks good. I have a vista blue stang so I went with the blue G2 paint. Matches very well.

 

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Black for black. Red for red. My opinion.

 

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#1stangFAN said:

Im gunna get caliper covers pretty soon and i have a black 05 GT and what do you guys all think? sporty red or mysterious black calipers?

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I have a black 06 GT. I painted mine red. They look awesome, the touch of color is sweet.
With tinted windows and polished mags it is pretty B.A. in my opinion.

 

RMB427R

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I have the covers and went with red against a white car. Love 'em..

 

Casey4s

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RED

 

EIGHTEIGHT_GT

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anyone have pics?

 

Casey4s

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EIGHTEIGHT_GT said:

anyone have pics?

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Here's a rear wheel pic.



EDIT:

Here's a front wheel.

 

wusthof

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I've always wondered wat my car would look like with black wheels!! Anymore pix????!!! Anyhoo, I have the crap 17s and painted the calipers red. but they don't pop like with the pix above with the black torques. My .02.........................RED

 

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#1stangFAN

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Well it was an almost full day job with 4 coats of red paint and im finnaly finished, it looks awesome IMO, ill try and get some pics up within the next day or so

 

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#1stangFAN said:

Well it was an almost full day job with 4 coats of red paint and im finnaly finished, it looks awesome IMO, ill try and get some pics up within the next day or so

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Did you use Caliper paint?...

 

Casey4s

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wusthof said:

I've always wondered wat my car would look like with black wheels!! Anymore pix????!!! Anyhoo, I have the crap 17s and painted the calipers red. but they don't pop like with the pix above with the black torques. My .02.........................RED

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This is my 3rd set of wheels for this car, I went from the stock wheels to the silver torques, then I went to 18" wheels in black. I think the black against the red works pretty good. Most of the exterior trim on my car is black.

 

wusthof

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I was on the fence with the black wheels, but deep dwn I've always been a silver guy. Chad's GT has the wheels I'd probably go for http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3208069 . Wheels aren't gunna happen for a long time since a new house purchace and a Sgt.Maj for a wife puts the kibosh of everything to do with mustang

 

Casey4s

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wusthof said:

I was on the fence with the black wheels, but deep dwn I've always been a silver guy. Chad's GT has the wheels I'd probably go for http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3208069 . Wheels aren't gunna happen for a long time since a new house purchace and a Sgt.Maj for a wife puts the kibosh of everything to do with mustang

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Those are nice looking wheels, but on my car I would go with that style in Black for a better contrast against the car.

Sometimes I think there are just too many choices out there...

 

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#1stangFAN

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Casey4s said:

Did you use Caliper paint?...

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haha yea i did, it would have been a pretty epic fail if i didnt, i was at the auto parts store and saw the caliper paint right next to the covers and thought id have more fun and satisfaction putting the paint on

 

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#1stangFAN said:

haha yea i did, it would have been a pretty epic fail if i didnt, i was at the auto parts store and saw the caliper paint right next to the covers and thought id have more fun and satisfaction putting the paint on

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Ok, I just wondered. I only used one coat on mine and they have done great for two years.

What color/type of wheels do you have?

Pix please...

 

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#1stangFAN

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With my wheels i went a little different route then the majority of people on here, i have 20" zenetti Lucre chrome wheels, there not as open as a lot of wheels that clearly show the red calipers but i think they look awesome

 

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#1stangFAN

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Heres a couple more since i can only upload 2 at a time



and with the extra paint i had left i painted my throttle body today



i want to do my valve covers next but that'll be a whole weekend job lol