View Poll Results: What color should I paint my brake calipers on my Vintage Red FD and why?
Yellow
5
10.00%
Red
34
68.00%
Black
5
10.00%
Silver
6
12.00%
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VR FD Caliper Color?
04-15-04, 11:05 AM
#5
Originally posted by ptrhahn
Yellow on Red actually looks quite nice IMO. Red has been done to death, but its nice. Black is always nice. Silver I can't get into on any color car, and mine is silver!
Yellow on Red actually looks quite nice IMO. Red has been done to death, but its nice. Black is always nice. Silver I can't get into on any color car, and mine is silver!
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04-15-04, 12:55 PM
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Originally posted by ptrhahn
Yellow on Red actually looks quite nice IMO. Red has been done to death, but its nice. Black is always nice. Silver I can't get into on any color car, and mine is silver!
Yellow on Red actually looks quite nice IMO. Red has been done to death, but its nice. Black is always nice. Silver I can't get into on any color car, and mine is silver!
Red has been done to death because it looks great. Red Calipers with Silver Mazda logo. Can't go wrong!
04-15-04, 01:18 PM
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Crispy, I think your car is one of the best modded 7s around, but I can't stand the yellow calipers on a red FD.....
I think either red or black calipers with a silver Mazda logo look the best.
I think either red or black calipers with a silver Mazda logo look the best.
04-15-04, 01:18 PM
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Actually, the picture is of Crispy's old setup... now he has boring old black AP's :-)
My car is silver, and you may scoff, but if i could have any color calipers, it would be the old powder blue that Mazda painted it's racecars in the 80's. In reality, they will be black...
My car is silver, and you may scoff, but if i could have any color calipers, it would be the old powder blue that Mazda painted it's racecars in the 80's. In reality, they will be black...
Originally posted by revsteve
peter - hope you dont mind a local guy copying your style. I like the yellow the best so far
peter - hope you dont mind a local guy copying your style. I like the yellow the best so far
04-15-04, 01:20 PM
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Originally posted by Vintage Red Touring
Yellow on red reminds me of McDonalds. There is a red Civic with yellow ricer accents near my office. I call it the McCivic.
Red has been done to death because it looks great. Red Calipers with Silver Mazda logo. Can't go wrong!
Yellow on red reminds me of McDonalds. There is a red Civic with yellow ricer accents near my office. I call it the McCivic.
Red has been done to death because it looks great. Red Calipers with Silver Mazda logo. Can't go wrong!
it also reminds me of the same thing that's why I plan on painting mine red instead of yellow or any other color. imo, red calipers look classy. I've seen only red brembos on 996 and 911 turbos regardless of the color on the car. The porsche can be yellow or green and yet it will still sport red calipers. I say red all the way! btw what is good caliper paint?
04-15-04, 01:33 PM
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rynberg,
Times change, people change, tastes change. At the time I think they looked great (still do ina retro kinda way)...but as Pete noted all I have now are these dull black calipers
OBTW I guess you wouldn't like the bullet hole stickers either? 
RX-187, I beleive it was the earlier 993's that used the yellow Brembos. I saw the yellows on both silver and red 993's...FWIW
And for revsteve, whatever color you paint thye calipers don't paint the letters silver (blech)....polish them. Take a bench file and file them down and sand to a smooth and tape them before painting. Use an "exacto" knife to cut the tape. Paint and peel off the tape them polich the letters to a high shine. 10 times better than painted silver....IMO
Crispy
Times change, people change, tastes change. At the time I think they looked great (still do ina retro kinda way)...but as Pete noted all I have now are these dull black calipers
OBTW I guess you wouldn't like the bullet hole stickers either? RX-187, I beleive it was the earlier 993's that used the yellow Brembos. I saw the yellows on both silver and red 993's...FWIW
And for revsteve, whatever color you paint thye calipers don't paint the letters silver (blech)....polish them. Take a bench file and file them down and sand to a smooth and tape them before painting. Use an "exacto" knife to cut the tape. Paint and peel off the tape them polich the letters to a high shine. 10 times better than painted silver....IMO
Crispy
04-15-04, 01:35 PM
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Originally posted by RX-187
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btw what is good caliper paint?
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btw what is good caliper paint?
I think if I had those nice bling'd out BBS wheels, red would be cool b/c it is broken up by the silver.
However, since I just have the stockers, I think yellow would look the best.
I have future plans to powdercoat a 2nd set of stockers white. For that eventuality, red would look the best.
Edited for stupidity:
Good caliper paint is G2 paint kit or Foliatec Paint kit. Both run b/t 40-50 w/ a 6 color selection.
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**** McDonalds for ruining yellow calipers. A McRix sounds too much like an actual sandwich. I hope they lose another 250 million THIS year!
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04-15-04, 02:42 PM
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Originally posted by ptrhahn
The top of the line Porsche calipers for the ceramic brakes on the Carrera GT and the better Turbo models are all yellow regardless of the color of the car. The red ones go on the Boxters.
The top of the line Porsche calipers for the ceramic brakes on the Carrera GT and the better Turbo models are all yellow regardless of the color of the car. The red ones go on the Boxters.
Originally posted by revsteve
**** McDonalds for ruining yellow calipers. A McRix sounds too much like an actual sandwich. I hope they lose another 250 million THIS year!
**** McDonalds for ruining yellow calipers. A McRix sounds too much like an actual sandwich. I hope they lose another 250 million THIS year!
04-15-04, 02:58 PM
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Okay wtf that was weird. I don't know why I posted as GazXL but I swear THIS is the REAL me.
But yeah, search the forums and you'll find big pics of my calipers. I didn't wanna paint it red because it'll be too flashy behind the black rims, so yellow would've been even more noticable.
-Dan
But yeah, search the forums and you'll find big pics of my calipers. I didn't wanna paint it red because it'll be too flashy behind the black rims, so yellow would've been even more noticable.
-Dan
04-16-04, 08:16 PM
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Originally posted by CrispyRX7
...but as Pete noted all I have now are these dull black calipers
...but as Pete noted all I have now are these dull black calipers
-Max
