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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 12:31 PM
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What color calipers??

Hey all, I'll be painting my stock calipers soon and was wondering what color would look best?

I will probably be using the Duplicolor paint-on kit. It's available in limited colors, so that leaves me with black, silver or I can attempt to darken the blue and get closer to my car's paint.

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/caliper.html

Here's a crappy cell-pic of my ride for reference (I just got those rims, and havent had a chance to get a better pic yet!) Rims are flatblack Rota SDX's.

Thanks for any suggestions.


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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 02:23 PM
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silver...or try to mix for the car color
Old Jun 24, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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Id do silver =D
Old Jun 24, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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For some reason I was leaning towards black...
Silver will offset nice tho.
Old Jun 26, 2008 | 03:57 PM
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Silver it is!

Here's how they turned out, not bad for $18 and a few hours time

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Front with wheels:
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Rear with wheels:
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Now all i need is get my WRX springs installed... as it sits now I can fit a fist or 2 under my front wheel fenders
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