my mazda came with flat subtly bronze calipers that i always thought looked good.
i may do the same on mine. it doesnt stand out at all, but looks cleaner than oem or red.

 

is it possible to do a DIY write up on this w/ pics when u make your decision so as others that may want to do this can recieve help from your experience?

 

Sure, I'll take some pics and stuff.

I'll probably get flamed for painting my stock calipers, but why do I need more for street driving?

 

just dont do red, it look like mini-me red brakes. >.<

 

definitely black

 

Black or silver.... Black

 

black gets my vote

 

W00T

Thinking of doing this tomorrow.

Thanks guys, keep them comin!




To the guy that mentioned the Wilwood brakes from onadime...

Looks like I'll be getting those bit by bit over the next year.

 

uh.. black maybe... leave them stock or get bbk.

 

They're currently red tho.

 

i cannot believe your going to spend the time to do this.
go buy the newest pokemon lol.

 

Just paint them gold & slap a red "350Z" sticker on them. Be different . . .

 

Don't forget to hang a little stuff animal from the rear tow hook too.. lol

 

dude, you nuts. that is tight, i lost this shark i was going to put on mine.......

 

black...crunchy black

 

lol..i need to repaint my calipers ( i have chipped up black calipers )

 

I never ran into a problem with chipping. The only bad effect so far is brake dust staining the caliper, which I feel won't be a problem with black calipers.

Those Wilwood brakes from onadime will be mine by next year.



I already have the newest pokemon, loser. No need to show your jealousy.


BTW, post a pic of your Z so I can see how to make my car uber nice.

 

Welp... thanks everyone for your opinions and taking the time to vote.

I have an urge to do something today, so I got to work...

It got dark before I could take pictures, so I'll take better ones tomorrow.

The new color goes with my color theme VERY well.

Sorry for the dark photos.

You get the idea.



By the way, the car was jacked up for a while... I don't know why the fender gap is much bigger than it usually is I assume because the shocks weren't loaded for a while so they "stretched out"?

 

I think that looks good. Did you paint while the calipers were still on the car?

I don't understand why everyone considers painting stock calipers a different color rice.. I feel like throwing a Brembo sticker on a tiny *** stock caliper would be pretty ricey.. but making your stock calipers look better.. how is that a bad thing? I can't see someone seriously thinking painting their calipers will make others assume they have a BBK on their car.. :P

 

Are those the factory brake pads? My '06 (non Brembo) factory pads have a gold tone finish on the backside. Just wondering.