Need Help W/ Caliper Color For My Ceta!

**NeeD4SpeeD** · 05-30-2007, 06:47 PM

Ok...So my CETA comes with painted black calipers already but im thinking i want alittle more.... Now i dunno if i should keep them stock black or change them to another color and i need EVERYONES OPINION cuz i ordered 4 baer eratispeed rotors with ceramic hawks break pads plus stainless break lines and while i have everything off i wanna do the calipers so please help me out and i dunno if i need to scrub the calipers since there technically painted already so if anyone has any info on that also it would be great!!!

Oh and finally where can i get the decals for the calipers...I had a bunch of sites but lost them when my gay comp crashed!!!

THANKS ALOT!!!!!

Keep in mind also i have black rims with the polished lip!!!

**Y2KPewterSS** · 05-30-2007, 06:48 PM

Polished is a great look

**NeeD4SpeeD** · 05-30-2007, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by Y2KPewterSS

Polished is a great look

I was thinking of that... But my calipers come painted black for the CETA so i dunno how i would go about getting the paint off... Polished wouldnt be a bad choice tho....

**Mr. Luos** · 05-30-2007, 06:56 PM

Against that yellow....I would go black.

**NeeD4SpeeD** · 05-30-2007, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

Against that yellow....I would go black.

Really you think black.... Well there already black so i just gotta touch em up which make it esaier 4 me but you dont think red would match like the 07 ZO6 has or polished?

**Mr. Luos** · 05-30-2007, 07:04 PM

I am a huge fan of subtle.
The black looks great and doesn't stick out against the color of the car.

Mine are black against my black car.

**NeeD4SpeeD** · 05-30-2007, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

I am a huge fan of subtle.
The black looks great and doesn't stick out against the color of the car.

Mine are black against my black car.

Only thing is you dont have black rims...Your rims are chrome.... I just dont want my black rims to eat away at the freshly painted caliper and make it un noticeable ya kno...

**Mr. Luos** · 05-30-2007, 07:12 PM

Black wheels would have been too much black on mine.

Polished would probably look great as well.
Red would clash terribly in my opinion.

**NeeD4SpeeD** · 05-30-2007, 07:15 PM

I was thinking it would.....Then again my suspension is red and my fuel rails along with my strut and ignition wires are all red and they seem to blend fine but there in my engine bay so mayb it looks different in there.....

**Y2KPewterSS** · 05-30-2007, 07:34 PM

I agree, I would eliminate the red and blue immediately, Clash City

**y2khawk120** · 05-30-2007, 07:42 PM

I got to go with polished.

**NeeD4SpeeD** · 05-31-2007, 02:15 AM

I was personally thinking polished with glossly black decals...Gotta figure out who has the decals...

**Y2KPewterSS** · 05-31-2007, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by NeeD4SpeeD

I was personally thinking polished with glossly black decals...Gotta figure out who has the decals...

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**NeeD4SpeeD** · 05-31-2007, 06:09 PM

I dunno it's split between red and polished...Cuz i think the red will go with the yellow and look good peering out from behind the black rims....Then again the polished with black letters would match the rim perfectly...I dunno im torn....

**greatwhiteZ28** · 05-31-2007, 06:13 PM

here is polish/ painted

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...j/34343434.jpg

from one of our ls1 member

**greatwhiteZ28** · 05-31-2007, 06:16 PM

or maybe since your trying to pull the CE theme i would go polish/ blk w/ yellow "trans AM"

or polish/yellow w/ blk "trans am" lettering

thats IMO

**NeeD4SpeeD** · 06-01-2007, 06:53 AM

Mayb that would work.... The only thing is if i get anything in yellow it's gunna be a totally different color and it will stick out from the car unless i can somehow magically manage to find a hi temp paint that matches my car...

**ls1bandit** · 06-01-2007, 09:56 AM

I think with your car a yellow w/black decals would look really good.

**NeeD4SpeeD** · 06-02-2007, 06:52 AM

Originally Posted by ls1bandit

I think with your car a yellow w/black decals would look really good.

I think it would also but can anyone find a hi temp paint that doesnt have the standard yellow paint but has a paint that matched my car cuz then i would def do it...

**BANDITCAR** · 06-02-2007, 03:26 PM

I did yellow on mine many years ago. Hot Rod Yellow to be exact. While it doesn't match Collector Yellow it helped that the black wheels would add a contrast that broke up the colors.

I too have been considering repainting them either back to Satin Black and Gloss Black like they were originally or going the route of Red and Gloss Black.

Take a look at a Yellow Z06 and what do you see. Yup, a Yellow car with Red calipers. Do they look good? Heck yes they do!
I actually think that Red Calipers can go with any color as Red it seems is common for High Performance types of calipers.

I will probably go about redoing my calipers sometime this summer. I'll have to sand off a lot of paint and then I want to smooth out the forge lines and add some Silver decals and hi temp Gloss over it all.

Whatever you decide, remember it can always be changed if you don't like it.