what color calipers?

Discussion in '8G Lancer - Customization' started by BigSteve, May 8, 2008.

  1. BigSteve

    BigSteve Well-Known Member

    i got an electric blue GTS.. what color should i paint my calipers?
     
  2. RedGalant2k1

    RedGalant2k1 Well-Known Member

    I always say color matched calipers is awesome. Red pretty much always works no matter the car's color. But blue would be awesome to match your car.
     
  3. spiderman671

    spiderman671 Guest

    Yeah it would be nice to see calipers matched to the cars color. But red painted calipers just seems to flow with every other car color.
     
  4. spunx021

    spunx021 Well-Known Member

    I have red on mines and I also have an EB GTS, I'm pretty happy with it. I might change it to black though when I get black rims. I guess it all depends on your personal preferrence.
     
  5. thetaxguy

    thetaxguy Well-Known Member

    Whatever color you want. Use your imagination.
     
  6. Keeeent

    Keeeent Well-Known Member

    how do we take our calipers off?
     
  7. HudsonFalcon

    HudsonFalcon Well-Known Member

    I'd go with hot pink girlfriend! j/k

    Go with red. Red against that electric blue will look really nice.
     
  8. Nemo420

    Nemo420 Well-Known Member

    with your color i would say gold would look the best, red is normal, color match is a pain cuz you would have to get your color in high temp unless you use a normal blue. black is another good one too, but if you have black rims it wouldnt stand out as much but then black doesnt stand out too much either way.

    my opinion, go gold and be a little different.
     
  9. CLEANrideGTS

    CLEANrideGTS Well-Known Member

    I personally like the black calipers so you dont see them, especially if you have rims( atleast thats what I like.

    And taking the calipers off is pretty easy as well. Once the wheel is removed you should see that theres two bolts on the inside that hold the pads on and there are also two more bolts that hold the assembly together. Once you have removed all those bolts the only thing left holding the caliper on is the brake line. I suggest getting a cap or something to plug the line so it doesnt bleed everywhere. Once its off the car, clean it with some brake cleaner and sand it up a little and clean again. Then paint and reassemble.

    there might be a better toutorial on this but its just kinda a basic idea
     
  10. Ironballz

    Ironballz Active Member

    +1
     
  11. Bryn1987

    Bryn1987 Well-Known Member

    my opinion is, pick a color scheme first... like KRU's color scheme is white/black w/ some red... so any of those colors would match... find what colors u want to go w/ ur EB and choose that for any other exterior mods you do.... just my opinion though