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Still on the fence about the caliper color. I want something that looks OEM, but is not boring like Silver or Black.
I thought about Gold with red lettering like the R34 Skylines, bit that looks too "Brembo".
Fun pondering caliper colors while I repair my wife's car that was jettison into a curb last night by my son (chunk taken out of the wheel, blown tire, wheel molding ripped off).
Still on the fence about the caliper color. I want something that looks OEM, but is not boring like Silver or Black.
I thought about Gold with red lettering like the R34 Skylines, bit that looks too "Brembo".
Fun pondering caliper colors while I repair my wife's car that was jettison into a curb last night by my son (chunk taken out of the wheel, blown tire, wheel molding ripped off).
Car modding is an outlet.
Sorry about your wife's car. But I had the same feeling about caliper color. I went with a blue that offers a bit more pop than the silver. Especially on my silver car.
I know you're not feeling metallic yellow, and it's your car so you can feel whatever color you want. So with that in mind, I was going to recommend a light metallic blue, but figured you might shoot that down too. But there's Frogman, not only recommending blue, but with a pic no less! That does look good. Need more pics, Frogman.
I know you're not feeling metallic yellow, and it's your car so you can feel whatever color you want. So with that in mind, I was going to recommend a light metallic blue, but figured you might shoot that down too. But there's Frogman, not only recommending blue, but with a pic no less! That does look good. Need more pics, Frogman.
Bright Yellow looks like a toy to me, but I am trying to warm up to it. I think if it were a pale metallic yellow maybe? More subtle, or closer to gold (Nordic Gold per the table below) or copper (more orange). Maybe my problem is that I'm not going for the "pop", but the "ahhh".
My car screams metal, silvers, chrome, carbon fiber accents, black. What I'm thinking would work is steering the rotor color in the direction of another metallic color, like cobalt blue or gold. I like those colors initially because Skylines shipped with both, albeit the gold color I like screams Brembo, but it still may look cool with Akebono red lettering: https://frenchysperformancegarage.co...-nismo-fitment
The brush method is not my groove as I think these Audi calipers looked better stock, however, I do like how he added the yellow accent to the badging:
You went with powder coat, right Frogman? Are those samples from Prismatic? PC seems like the better long term approach, but as a project it's a bigger commitment.
Correct, those are samples from Prismatic. It's a bigger commitment and project but I was upgrading from base brakes to sport brakes so my down time was just one day to swap everything over. Taking off the current brakes for powder coating could be a couple week turnaround.
Correct, those are samples from Prismatic. It's a bigger commitment and project but I was upgrading from base brakes to sport brakes so my down time was just one day to swap everything over. Taking off the current brakes for powder coating could be a couple week turnaround.
Or... you buy a used set of calipers, blast, powder coat, rebuild and install. And then sell your originals.
Like I said, it's a bigger project. Worth it, IMO, regardless of the angst. Between the two of us, we should be able to peer pressure Sonic.
Bright Yellow looks like a toy to me, but I am trying to warm up to it. I think if it were a pale metallic yellow maybe? More subtle, or closer to gold (Nordic Gold per the table below) or copper (more orange). Maybe my problem is that I'm not going for the "pop", but the "ahhh".
My car screams metal, silvers, chrome, carbon fiber accents, black. What I'm thinking would work is steering the rotor color in the direction of another metallic color, like cobalt blue or gold. I like those colors initially because Skylines shipped with both, albeit the gold color I like screams Brembo, but it still may look cool with Akebono red lettering: https://frenchysperformancegarage.co...-nismo-fitment
The brush method is not my groove as I think these Audi calipers looked better stock, however, I do like how he added the yellow accent to the badging:
Correct, those are samples from Prismatic. It's a bigger commitment and project but I was upgrading from base brakes to sport brakes so my down time was just one day to swap everything over. Taking off the current brakes for powder coating could be a couple week turnaround.
The brush method is not my groove as I think these Audi calipers looked better stock, however, I do like how he added the yellow accent to the badging:
Wow, I totally relate to this guy, LOL. But watching him try to convince himself that the brushed on yellow was good enough, that was painful. If you care about details, this isn't a good route.
Then I went to his channel and 6 days ago he put out a video where he upgraded his 4-pot front calipers to huge 6-pots. And the new calipers were chrome! I've never seen chrome calipers before. But as cool as they looked, he still had little floating calipers in the rear hand-painted yellow. Ugh. The comparison front to rear is even worse than before.
You know what, Socket? You should move all these caliper comments to a dedicated thread. Wait, never mind, I just did.
Also, I'm feeling the blue a whole lot more now. You feeling it?
With the car being silver, any bright color will pop; the question is how OEM+ do you want to be. I'd suggest red, but since that hasn't been mentioned I'm thinking it was rejected (which is OK, we're just opining here).
The blue is catchy. I think a bright kawasaki racing green would work too. Or for subtle you could find the blue-silver gunmetal. Looks stockish but just different enough to catch the eye.
11-01-2024 | 10:56 PM
Need more pics, Frogman.
I've never seen chrome calipers before. But as cool as they looked, he still had little floating calipers in the rear hand-painted yellow. Ugh. The comparison front to rear is even worse than before.
