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Old 03-16-2005, 04:30 PM
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Hey Everyone, I have a All Painted out 2001 Tahoe, and my car is in the detail shop right now getting some work done while I am out of town. I'm getting HID's in the headlights and Foglights. I also wanted to get my calipers painted. Do you think Red calipers would look stupid on a Pewter painted out car? I like them with black and white cars but I have never seen red calipers on a pewter car before. Any advice would help a lot, thanks.


Heres a link, if you want to see my car to help you decide.


http://www.cardomain.com/id/cwbch
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I personally don't like it but all the Z06s come that way. Try looking for pics of a Quicksilver Z06 and see how you like it. My buddy has one and I htink his calipers are ugly. LOL

Better red than rusty though.
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I personally don't like it but all the Z06s come that way. Try looking for pics of a Quicksilver Z06 and see how you like it. My buddy has one and I htink his calipers are ugly. LOL

Better red than rusty though.
So you think I should paint them a different color or not paint them at all?
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I would paint them black.IMO
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I have a pewter truck *** well, and im about to put eradispeeds on it, and am considering powdercoating them all black or red as well. I wanna powder the brackets and the calipers.
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Glossy Black
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I would paint them for sure. I just don't like red unless the car is black, or red or has lots of red accents.

I'd do them in silver/grey or black.

I'll probably end up doing mine in grey on the lil truck.
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Has anyone powdercoated there? How hard will it be to bleed the whole system and rebuild the calipers after the powdercoating.
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I'd leave them as the natural finish.
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I have seen them red and I think they look good, gloss black would also look nice.


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