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Old 20-06-2008   #1
 
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which colour should i paint my brake calipers

have a yellow abath punto which colour should i paint the calipers

red or yellow?
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silver or black
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Black tbh
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purple for sure. always goes down well.
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racy red sounds good but orange if you want to stand out LOL
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Re: which colour should i paint my brake calipers

i painted my stilo abarth calipers red today and thay look sweet
my car is a dark purple. but red would great with a yellow car
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too many cars with red tbh. stand out go with the fabia vrs and get green that looks well cool
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yeah go with the green (dayglow green) i know every one will say day glow aint colour fast but looks sweet as
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yeah go with the green (dayglow green) i know every one will say day glow aint colour fast but looks sweet as
looking well sweet if i could actually see my calipers id paint mine (still on sporting wheels)
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Yellow FTMFW!! but only because my car is yellow. Red is so boring and overdone, even by OEM's now.



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light blue would look good!
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just painted them and...............
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just painted them and...............
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Yellow FTMFW!! but only because my car is yellow. Red is so boring and overdone, even by OEM's now.



Check mine out ignore the crappy skyline R33 in the background
Yellow ftw

On a side note chris thats the first recent pic I've seen of the mk2b and its looking very very nice mate!
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dunno what colour do my calipers, i have a red 2b
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