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    Hello, my car is the blackish dark blue 2002 pontiac grand prix gtp. I am thinking about coloring the brake calipers and i need opinions on what color to paint them. right now im leaning towards either white or yellow or red. i plan to put black rims on it in the semi-near future, or black with chrome accents. any suggestions??? Thanks!!!
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    are you gonna use crayons or markers to color them with?
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    honestly im not looking to spend much money, ill probably end up using that dupli color caliper paint.
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    Lighter blue.
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    IMO, I don't think calipers should stand out unless they are monsters. Ours, even F body are not large and we aren't really sports cars. I paint mine black. They are clean looking and allow the person looking at the car to see the car, the rims and not the calipers.
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    Just what Bill said,if it wasn't such a pain I'ld paint mine in a heartbeat on my 04 compg. I've always thought it was tacky, some Porch(?) wannabe. I would have painted them when I did my rotors but all I had was black. It was my intention to do black initially but after some thought I decided silver would blend better, but didnt bother to get any. Guess I still have a sports car.
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    yellow would look nice.
    gold would look cool too.
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    Black = subtle.....

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    i'd probably paint them the same color as your car with gloss finish also heat paint so it wont burn. I painted mine red because my car is black and it looks good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thomasd2010 View Post
    i'd probably paint them the same color as your car with gloss finish also heat paint so it wont burn. I painted mine red because my car is black and it looks good.
    I want to, do they sell a dark metallic blue caliper paint?
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    Fascia colored.
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    this could look good
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    Quote Originally Posted by travisgt2 View Post
    this could look good
    I really like that, and it would look good on my car, what kind of paint is that?
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    04 GT2: 180 t-stat, cold air intake, reptile tune, plog, hv3, gt1 cam, 90#springs, new push rods, new lifters, port polished heads, lim, uim and tb, 06 Impala brakes and steel brake lines. Cosmetic: black roof rails, under glow, Pontiac ground light, blue hud dic radio controls and cluster. To come custom hood.
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    I just painted mine today, went with "cast iron" (engine paint) because I agree with Bill, our brakes are tiny and shouldn't be a focus of attention. Also painted the rusted rotor parts flat black. Looks clean.




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    I also have 17" bullitts for non-winter use that are going to be painted gunmetal.
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    Very nice....low key Cool
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