Color of Caliper?

[TheKitchenSink]

I have a NMB Trans Am...I am either going to polish or paint my calipers and was curious as to what people think is a good color combo. Would red stick out alot? and what color "trans am" sticker should I get. I think polishing would look the best..but im not sure.

[ls1bandit]

thats tough, id say go with maybe silver and a blue decal if you can find one.

[nhra-trans-am]

polish them.

[TheKitchenSink]

Polish them and use a black decal? or should I go red for the decal?

[~redlinels1~]

Polish them and use a NBM decal. I believe brent franker makes a metallic blue decal that is very similar to NBM. Takes a lot of time but its well worth it IMO.

Btw...it looks like there is a blemish on my centercap but its just a glare. Also, I have painted my brackets black since that picture. Looks much nicer now.

[TheKitchenSink]

Yea def. looks good. Anyone who has done it that can give me an idea of how to go about polishing my calipers?

[~redlinels1~]

I used this:

http://formula.bambeezer.com/calipers.htm

[TheKitchenSink]

Awesome thanks. Just ordered some blue decals off of e-bay. I should start this project soon, it should look nice.

[Mr. Luos]

I went black on my black car.

I like subtle though.

[third_shift|studios]

i have the same damn car, man. and red looks WICKED on it. I used ford-red engine spray paint from auto zone. and i'll even mail you my left over caliper stickers that are white trans am lettering, curved to fit. I did a bad job on mine b/c i did it in the winter and the cold air affected the way it cured. But i did my rears in the late spring and MAN they were blingin. If you want the decals, pm me your mailing address.

ps; sorry i dont' have any pix, i'll shoot some tonight if i can

[Formuhawk99]

Polished calipers really kick ass with polished wheels. If you have polished wheels that would be my choice.

[third_shift|studios]

bling bling:
http://www.thirdshiftstudios.net/images/thumbs/batmobilecalipers.jpg

[TheKitchenSink]

bling bling:
http://www.thirdshiftstudios.net/images/thumbs/batmobilecalipers.jpg

Yea, it does look good I couldnt picture it in my head. I polished them today and ordered some "vivid blue" decals off e-bay that seem pretty close to the NBM color of the car so that should look good. I cleaned up the brackets and painted them black, when I get everything together ill take a pic and see what you guys think. Thanks for the offer though, should have checked out this thread yesterday haha

[SSNAKEATER23]

i went with black for my brackets, and silver for my calipers. i sanded using a 220 grit and cleaned it all up real nice. will post pics in a mnute.

i really like the polished look though, very sharp. :nana:

[TheKitchenSink]

i went with black for my brackets, and silver for my calipers. i sanded using a 220 grit and cleaned it all up real nice. will post pics in a mnute.

i really like the polished look though, very sharp. :nana:

Pretty much did the same thing, bracket is a gloss black, calipers i did w/ 200grit then 400 grit and threw some polish on em it does look nice, just waiting for the decals to get here.

[NHRAMAN]

bling bling:
http://www.thirdshiftstudios.net/images/thumbs/batmobilecalipers.jpg

i went the same route.....no silver though.black vents and TRANS-AM.

[b.lee]

polish them is my vote.

[Mr. Luos]

Black!!

http://www.arbybean.com/ar/images/Wax01-3.JPG

http://www.arbybean.com/ar/images/Wax02.JPG