New Wheels; Red or Black calipers?

[DKS]

I voted to leave them as-is. I think a different color would detract from the wheels and that polished inner lip. If you are definitely going to paint them, go with black. Your car looks great, but I would not add anymore red to it. Race Red is already "in your face" red. It doesn't need any more.

^^^^This

 

[tigerhonaker]

Black to off-set the Red.

tigerhonaker

 

[Daniel Day]

Frank, I also meant to tell you that I painted mine with the kit fom Advance Auto(or Autozone, O'Reillys, etc.). It comes with brake cleaner, masking tape, brush, and a small can of paint. It is plenty, as I have put about 5 thick coats on my brakes and touched them up a few times and I still have about half a can left. I painted mine when I first got the car almost two years ago and they still look great. Just be careful and never spray them with any kind of chemicals or a pressure washer and they will hold up fine. Just take your time(clean, prep, and two to three thick coats) and they will turn out great. It is only $18 for the kit so you could buy a black and a red for cheaper than you paid for the one kit you have now.

 

[Shane361]

No offence to the brush kit users...but Ford doesn't paint the car with brushes..so why paint calipers with them?? You have two examples in this thread alone, one with a brush and one(mine) with a fantip spray can. I've done both....fantip spraycan FTW.-Shane

 

[95ragtop]

Leave them as is and get 14" rotors with black brembos.

 

[b00stedgt]

I vote for black

 

[LAStang1234]

Leave them as is and get 14" rotors with black brembos.

LMAO that's a lot more than the $20 for caliper paint!!

 

[burkem]

black.

 

[Daniel Day]

No offence to the brush kit users...but Ford doesn't paint the car with brushes..so why paint calipers with them?? You have two examples in this thread alone, one with a brush and one(mine) with a fantip spray can. I've done both....fantip spraycan FTW.-Shane

None taken. I will admit that those brakes you posted looked very nice. But seriously, who is going to be looking at your brakes close enough to tell what kind of paint you used(unless you were being professionally judged in a car show or something). Besides, the calipers themselves are rough so you can not see any brush strokes. Like they say, different strokes for different folks!(pun intended)

 

[bigray327]

I like my calipers like I like my women... not in my house.

And black.

 

[DKS]

I like my calipers like I like my women... not in my house.

And black.

 

[808muscle]

Either color will look great. I have red on a silver car. I say go for black. I might even change mine to black for something new.

 

[Jucostud]

black... that way you wont have to repaint the back ones when you go with brembo's.

 

[cantdrive55]

New wheels look great!

I'd keep the calipers as-is.

 

[BLVCKmamba]

Red