zownz

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Just wondering.

Monsta

iTrader: (10)

I think single piston calipers painted are silly. Some look fine like color coded except red. Red seems like you are copying the infamous porsche red calipers.

Roger V

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The only color I would ever consider painting my breaks are a dark grey. Just so they have a little better finish then they do now. Anything else I think is rice.

ZPirate

I think they look fine. Especially if you paint them with good quality paint and put decals on them to make them look factory. Someone on this forum used to sell decals specially made to fit the OEM calipers (non Brembo) front and rear. They looked good.

Of course big brake kits also look good too. When I first got my front BBK I thought about painting my rear calpers to match the front and putting decals on them. Then I decided to buy the rear kit too.

zzz350

Rice, baby, Rice

gringott

iTrader: (17)

I have mixed opinion. Look good if done right with right color for wheels and body color. Seems crazy to buy a $2K BBK when the stock brakes are just as good for spirted daily driver use. But the BBKs do look nice.

Chicken

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I painted (powdercoated, but meh) the calipers red and love it. Objective was to give a bit of color behind the wheels (and to the car as it is CS). Personally I don't see the point in painting them dark grey as that's the color they are anyway.

There's no magic to the dingy stock dark grey caliper. It is what it is. I've seen blue and red and silver, even black and to me, they look better than stock, which is all I was going for. Mission accomplished. If you like the stock color, don't paint them. If you think your stock dingy dark grey calipers look better than my red ones, then we have a difference of opinion and we're both happy.

Ricey? I don't see it, sorry. I also changed my stock cloth seats to 2-tone leather, and removed the black off the side emblems. OoooOooOo Rice!

gringott

iTrader: (17)

Chicken:
Exactly! Well said.

King Tut

iTrader: (1)

* Raises Hand *

ZPirate

I personally like the color of the calipers to contrast with the car so they stand out. That is why I chose red calipers for my car. I could have gone with blue, but then they would be the same color as the car and not stand out as much. In my opinion red calipers look awesome with Daytona Blue.

It can also be an interesting conversation piece. At the last car show I was in I heard some girl ask her boyfriend, "what are those red things in the wheels?" If they were the stock color she probably wouldn't have noticed them.

nicolaycastro

iTrader: (3)

I dont think they are ricey either, I have them my self and I love them. for me ricey is anything that is not functional but at the same time is bad.

zownz

iTrader: (28)

Oh the paint is functional huh?
hahaha jk...good point

MSOsr

iTrader: (5)

I love them........

2004z

iTrader: (3)

I wouldn't go so far as to call them ricey, but I would never do it.

microsteve40

iTrader: (23)

I never think painted calipers are ricey.

I have a question though, for those of you who think it is ricey or kind of ricey. Does that mean that BBKs and factory Brembos, Porsche brakes and whatnot, are ricey? If your answer is yes, fine, maybe it's just not your thing. But, if you say no, please explain to me why factory painted calipers/BBKs would not be ricey, but calipers that have been painted/powdercoated would be? I'm not going to flame anyone or argue about it, I'm just curious what your thoughts are.

zownz

iTrader: (28)

No because they come factory like that i guess

Sensation350Z

nah, I don`t think they`re ricey at all. I`m actually thinking of painting mine red or black, I think it adds a little color to the car, specially since I have a bland color.

EdgeOfSanity

iTrader: (1)

making something look something its not is the definition of rice. Painting oem single piston calipers is doing exactly that.

Jaki

iTrader: (21)

I don't think they're ricey at all. I think it looks a lot better than stock!

waitin407

painting drum brakes is ricey