Brake caliper color for black cars

[Albaner]

I'm new here so idk if I'm doing this right but I wanted to know what would be a good caliper color for a w219 with black esr cs1 wheels

[dibblecorse]

Yellow
Green
Pink
Purple
Blue
Orange
Gold
Silver
Black
Brown
Magnolia

How chavvy do you want it to look and what colour do YOU like ?

Joking aside, I'd go yellow.

[Byker28i]

Yellow if you want it to stand out, silver to be discrete with the Mercedes Benz picked out in black?

[Olivergt]

What colour is the car? Maybe use the same colour on the calipers, but definitely pick out the Mercedes badge in black.

Oops! Just re-read the thread title!

I would go silver. With the badge highlighted in black. Would be very subtle.

Didn't Mercedes used to race in silver?

Edited by Olivergt on Thursday 12th May 16:07

[Pieman68]

I've got a black Ibiza. Trim on the seats is red so I'm going red calipers with anthracite wheels

You can go with anything you want with black. Personally think red, yellow or silver go best but that's just me

[georgeyboy12345]

Black. And change the wheels back to whatever silver ones were fitted new.

[Truckosaurus]

Mauve.

If I was going for a custom paint job then I'd be picking a colour that wasn't a normal colour (so not silver, red, yellow, blue etc).

[mikeyr]

Can't say I've ever painted calipers but I'll be honest, quite like it when manufacturers have coloured calipers. I'd go with a colour that picks out other accents on the car. So if you've got yellow badges then go yellow, etc.

[mikeyr]

(be tempted to go yellow/gold/orange just for funsies but maybe just google image some to see what YOU like best)

[pidsy]

My Black car came with Yellow Brembo’s - they definitely stand out.

[jhonn]

Calipers are usually hard to clean and always get dirty, so I'd go satin black.

[Scrump]

Petronas green/teal would work well on a black Mercedes

[Previous]

dibblecorse said:

Yellow
Green
Pink
Purple
Blue
Orange
Gold
Silver
Black
Brown
Magnolia

...

All of them (rainbow)

[LuS1fer]

I have a gunmetal grey Insignia with diamond cut black wheels. I went for sky blue. Stands out but not garish.

[Riley Blue]

OP: however many different answers you get, the decision will still end up being yours to make - and you'll still be wrong.

[SidewaysSi]

Yellow. People will think you are loaded and gone carbon discs.

[Ikemi]

Scrump said:

Petronas green/teal would work well on a black Mercedes

I actually quite like that, although not sure how it would look on my SLK55 ... Perhaps a colour best suited to black wheels, rather than silver?



OP, a black car and black wheels means you can get away with pretty much any colour! I'd probably go black or silver, but you could choose red, yellow, white, lime, purple, whatever!

[moorx]

Pieman68 said:

I've got a black Ibiza. Trim on the seats is red so I'm going red calipers with anthracite wheels

You can go with anything you want with black. Personally think red, yellow or silver go best but that's just me

Agree - my black car has red seats and door trims, so red calipers for me (silver wheels).

[Super Sonic]

How about paint that changes color as it gets hot?

[Crumpet]

If small brakes I’d go silver and try to make them look smart while not highlighting the size.

If they’re big, performance brakes then I’d go for a lime green like Lister use on their version of the F-Type.