What colour to Paint the Brake Caliper's

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What Colour for the Caliper's

Red
14
25%
Blue
7
13%
Silver
12
22%
Chrome if Possible
11
20%
Chrome if Possible
11
20%
 
Total votes: 55
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:17 am

What Colour do you guys recon, Is red a bit chavy??

Im gonna do the front and rear.

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Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:24 am

just voted blue mate... my colour scheme on mine is trying to be blue and black :D
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:54 am

how about yellow or green
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:35 am

mattG wrote:how about yellow or green
no, its not gonna be green or yellow that just wrong :mad:
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:38 am

It would have to be gold mate :cool:
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:39 am

gold :cool:
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:41 am

gold what a wicked idea some :bling: cheers carlos & dips

This is going on the poll now winkeye
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:42 am

damm it i cant add it on ok then

x3 for Gold
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:44 am

chrome or gold mate 8)
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:47 am

is gold the new chrome, that could cost you then neal
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:48 am

mattG wrote:is gold the new chrome, that could cost you then neal
no chrome is still the top choice as always, but with a polishe dlip on the alpina's and a gold caliper now that will look :bling:
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:42 pm

must admit i voted blue but gold is sweet.. got me thinking now but only thing is my cars gold ( bar the front wings and kit the now!!) dont know if gold calipers would be ott... plus still playing with the idea of leaving the kit silver with the top half of the car being gold... suggestions please :)
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:45 pm

i chose red to be different from the rest :D
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:57 pm

I like the sound of Gold too....

Don't like the look of that E30 in your signature though jamesh. Shame, looks like it was a very nice car before the moron parked it there... Yeah, I know... :offtopic: :D
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:52 pm

I'd go for Gold. I am planning to do mine also at some stage but I can't seem to agree on a colour.

Put some pics up when you're done.
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Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:10 pm

gold every time :D
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Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:05 pm

assuming theyre standard, silver or black.

leave coloured (standard) ones to the nova drivers.
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:51 pm

how about getting them mirror polished :bling: i wouldent fancy cleaning them though :mad:
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:06 am

im going for black on mine
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:51 pm

Tng21 wrote:
RichIS wrote:how about getting them mirror polished :bling: i wouldent fancy cleaning them though :mad:
i might just give it a go :lol: worth a try, ive got some spare calipers and carriers. cleaning wont be a problem for me as i can sandblast them :cool:
I think RichIS actually meant cleaning as in the regular bit for shows, meets etc, rather than preparation for treatment... winkeye
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:58 pm

gold if theyre uprated otherwise its not worth drawing attention to them.in that case id just do them a high gloss black 8)
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:58 pm

black!!!!
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got gold paint of ebay what have i done :mad:
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you are a cock...
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stuartgallafant wrote:you are a c**k...
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Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:57 am

Red, my good man

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Don't know if gold will show up so much through an Alpina.

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Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:06 am

Gold
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:32 pm

coloured coded to the car m8
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Even though my suggestion wasnt up I still stick by my suggestion of black! You cant beat a nice sudate update that only people in the know will notice......if you start painting them colours like red,blue or gold then there is a chance that you could be branded 'chav' by some!!!

My dad painted his calipers red on his MGTF (original not MGF bollox) and it looked an absolute pile of s**te so I painted them black for him and they looked so much better,
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green :mad:
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Falkster wrote:Even though my suggestion wasnt up I still stick by my suggestion of black! You cant beat a nice sudate update that only people in the know will notice......if you start painting them colours like red,blue or gold then there is a chance that you could be branded 'chav' by some!!!

My dad painted his calipers red on his MGTF (original not MGF bollox) and it looked an absolute pile of s**te so I painted them black for him and they looked so much better,
i'll second that!! my thoughts exactly
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i've gone for the gold look guys winkeye
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Gold could look strangely cool i think :cool:
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