Caliper colour...

[BGB autosport]

Hi all,

I'm part way through a full brake rebuild on my Rapide and wanted to freshen up the calipers, going from Black to Yellow.

I wanted a bright but not neon yellow and went with RAL1026 Luminous yellow, after a couple of coats im undecided. I feel they are a little 'yellow yellow' not signal yellow but not what i would call 'luminous'.

It's not to late to change them, as im yet to decal and lacquer them and im still waiting on new seals from Brembo.

Whats peoples opions?

[josh bear]

Hi

I like the yellow. Some photos of mine attached so you can see them when on.

Regards

Josh

[BGB autosport]

Thank Josh, those do look great and very similar in colour, i have dark wheels on a white car so wanted the yellow to show the brakes off a little as the black caliper and black disc hats just got lost.

Although you've inadvertently made me want a Vanquish even more...

[Gary C]

Depends on the colour of the car.

[Vsix and Vtec]

I think they'll look great once they're on the car. I have silver calipers with yellow pads and it looks quite smart on a silver car.

[alscar]

Big fan of yellow callipers but does depend on colour of car and also interior colour / stitching.
Josh , your Vanquish looks superb.

[cayman-black]

I like the yellow calipers.On Josh,s car they look fantastic.

[stevenichols]

I agree - quite striking. Better than my boring silver on a grey car!

Steve

[filski]

BGB autosport said:

Thank Josh, those do look great and very similar in colour, i have dark wheels on a white car so wanted the yellow to show the brakes off a little as the black caliper and black disc hats just got lost.

Although you've inadvertently made me want a Vanquish even more...

I think Yellow with black decals will certainly pop on a white car behind the dark wheels, the other thing you could explore is reflective wrap, granted I have not had much experience with it, but have seen few wrappers offering it as an option on brake callipers and looks pretty impressive in the night.

I had neon yellow/greenish Brembo on a black car behind bronze wheels and it certainly was visible. will try to find a photo.

[filski]

[DB9S Paul]

Did mine in yellow too, I think Yellow looks great with silver or blue cars

[AlexT]

Yellow or gold does look good.

[SHIFTY]

Here is my blue car with yellow calipers.

[josh bear]

alscar said:

Big fan of yellow callipers but does depend on colour of car and also interior colour / stitching.
Josh , your Vanquish looks superb.

Thanks. The stitching is the same colour. I love it.

[The V12 Way]

I went for white to match the car, ceramic coated as well, look good behing the AMR wheels

[BGB autosport]

Well it's finally done, after deciding the initial yellow was to much of a 'signal yellow' i went a little more radical but I'm pleased with the results.
It's been a ball ache i wont lie, the paint reacted, so had to be totally striped back to bare metal, calipers off, l pads pins have bent and seized and i found some split seals along the way. Everything has been replaced..... discs, pads, pins, seals, springs etc....

[Super Sonic]

Tart.

[p102768]

Looks good! Can I ask where to source new caliper stickers from as a couple on my Virage are peeling?

[DB9S Paul]

I bought mine from this guy on ebay (very helpful), best installed whilst painting. Paint the colour then install decals and then laquer over the top (no peeling this way)

[filski]

BGB autosport said:

Well it's finally done, after deciding the initial yellow was to much of a 'signal yellow' i went a little more radical but I'm pleased with the results.
It's been a ball ache i wont lie, the paint reacted, so had to be totally striped back to bare metal, calipers off, l pads pins have bent and seized and i found some split seals along the way. Everything has been replaced..... discs, pads, pins, seals, springs etc....

Looks good, they certainly are clearly visible behind the rims now