doing my calipers monday

[dtx01]

ok i cant make up my damn mind.

i'm painting my calipers Monday along with adding new slotted/drilled rotors and new pads. i have no idea what color i'm going to choose. i have an 03' ls with a 1" drop with stock 17" chromes. i was thinking black, silver (they are already silver-ish [more grey then anything], so if i was going to do that i might as well not even paint them @ all) or red.. let me know what you guys think.

this is what it looks like now.

 

[gt95coupe]

black

 

[HyeLifeLS]

Black

 

[bigbody]

Black, the red just looks like fake stoptechs black looks really clean.

 

[02V8Sport]

black

 

[my04lincoln]

Black

 

[dtx01]

black it is.

 

[NateRW21]

black... But tear them appart and have them powdercoated black; it'll last forever

 

[dudez_link]

how long does a project like painting brake calipers take? how many hours are we looking at. id like to plan it out a little better before i do it.

 

[vicls]

Hmmm i was thinkin re doin the silver but black everyone sayin so i guess i will do black now... and it looks nice.

 

[dtx01]

Well its Tuesday, I didn't get them done Monday. I finished them and they look great. I'm gonna wash the car tomorrow and gonna take some pics

 

[jontz]

Two words: Lime Green

 

[1lincoln]

I've got the same wheels on my 2002 with drilled/slotted rotors. I went with the black...no regrets...

 

[dtx01]

question. what's the best way to clean/polish chrome? i got a lot of stains from brake dust.

old

new

 

[HyeLifeLS]

That looks great, but get some shoes man....

Anyways, when I had my chrome wheels, I used to polish em once in a while, it was time consuming but then they looked like new again.

I don't know the name of the polish, I got it from my friend who works in a body shop, I still have some in a Sprite bottle.

 

[dtx01]

cant afford to spend $2000 on some wheels plus i love the way the factory wheels look.

 

[HyeLifeLS]

I said shoes man, not wheels. Those wheels on your car look 10x better than most aftermarket wheels.

cant afford to spend $2000 on some wheels plus i love the way the factory wheels look.