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Old 02-10-2005 | 05:07 PM
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Talking painting brake calipers

I'm trying to plan some upgrades for my z, so i thought i would start with the easy ones/cheapest ones

have the s2000 an coming throught..so i thought i would spend some time painting the brake calipers...i have a 04 lemans...any suggestions on the best color of for the calipers..???
Old 02-10-2005 | 05:28 PM
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I can't find a picture, but we did my friends brembo's in red on Lemans and it looked really good.
Old 02-11-2005 | 05:36 AM
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Yea I was thinking red, but I actually havent seen any red calipers on the Lemans...if anyone has pics, please post.

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Old 02-11-2005 | 06:21 AM
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why not gold on a lemans like the stock brembos?
Old 02-11-2005 | 07:14 AM
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well...i'm considering the yellow...but i dont want to make the entire car that color...may look cheesy after awhile...espically since i will be getting the lemans color leather seats....
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you might want to ask tchiuda 'why not gold'.
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silver or black would also be good.
Old 02-11-2005 | 07:33 AM
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yea silver would be nice....match the door handles..lol
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paint it silver or lemans
Old 02-14-2005 | 08:24 PM
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Moved.
Old 02-20-2005 | 05:38 PM
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I think a le mans like orange would look good, especially if you got one of those black or silver decals on the caliper. Silver and black would also look pretty good, but it wouldn't be very attention grabbing.
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