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Old 12-10-2005, 11:55 PM
  
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Originally Posted by Matthew Mc
I would not say to paint the calipers to make them look cool, I would paint them in a way to hide them. I painted a friends (Black 2003 MR-2 Spyder) calipers black to cover the dirty silver look. Really made a difference in the overall look of the exterior.

Here is a simple rule of thumb that cant go wrong,
paint the caliper the same color of the car and black goes with everything.

Matt

That's one school of thought. The other is that red brake calipers show performance... they highlight 4-wheel disk... they show "street class."

...but I don't believe making your calipers stand out is best for every color of a car... or for every body.
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