Calliper colours ?

[V800DRB]

As i shall hopefully be getting black wheels fitted next week, i could do with redoing the red callipers which are a little chipped.

What colour should i redo them under black, dont want to go red again ?? I'm thinking about black under black ?

Whats your colour preference ?


Dean.

[soco]

Red or silver are probably the only colours that don't suffer from Marmite syndrome. Any other colour could raise a snigger or two from the "have nots".
Black might not give much contrasr in the darkness of the wheelarch and presumably you want to show them off?

[Tattooboy]

Might not be most peoples choice but if I had a black car with black wheels, I think yellow would look quite nice.

[gsd2000]

Are they ap's? If so you could go black calipers with red ap letters, thats what im thinking of doing in the summer.

[SimonV8ster]

Yep, yellow would look good.

[007 VXR]

V800DRB said:

As i shall hopefully be getting black wheels fitted next week, Dean.

will be there monday as long as there is no snow

[ferb]

Here's mine, There actually Wilwood calipers. (filthy dirty)

[gsd2000]

what wheels are they ferb?

[ferb]

gsd2000 said:

what wheels are they ferb?

M3 CSL 18"

[gsd2000]

i didnt know m3 wheels fitted. Are they 8"?

[ferb]

gsd2000 said:

i didn't know m3 wheels fitted. Are they 8"?

8" fronts, 9" rears with 255 tyres. I had 7 or 8mm taken of the hub surface off the rears plus the arches were already rolled

[gsd2000]

ah now i see, as i thought the rear m3 wheels were something like a 25 offset which wouldnt fit.

[ferb]

gsd2000 said:

ah now i see, as i thought the rear m3 wheels were something like a 25 offset which wouldnt fit.

1" wider offset than stock

[V800DRB]

gsd2000 said:

Are they ap's? If so you could go black calipers with red ap letters, thats what im thinking of doing in the summer.

Just the standard VXR ones at the moment - not much to show off, so i think i'll go with the black idea.

I do like yellow however... but the VXR ones just look too small at the back

[V800DRB]

007 VXR said:

will be there monday as long as there is no snow

More snow ? please no - off to check the weather report...

[drew ss]

just out of interest what paint would u use when painting calipers do they get that hot

[Tempy]

If it was me....black VXR.....black wheels....would have to be orange calipers and orange Wortec stripes on the side

[007 VXR]

Tempy said:

If it was me....black VXR.....black wheels....would have to be orange calipers and orange Wortec stripes on the side

+1

sam mite have some left

Edited by 007 VXR on Saturday 6th February 23:51

[V800DRB]

Tempy said:

If it was me....black VXR.....black wheels....would have to be orange calipers and orange Wortec stripes on the side

Yep i love the orange, but on the standard VXR callipers i think it would look a little like i want big brakes, but cant afford them