kellera6

I've got a Sonic blue GT and I will be installing some black ROH wheels. Do I go with blue or black caliper paint?

paint-boy

my vote.....red

kellera6

Thanks but that wasn't a choice ; Just kidding! Red is always a safe color to paint them since a lot of the good aftermarket calipers come in that color. I guess black would match the black wheels but they would probably blend too much and not show them off.

nbk13nw

Red does look good on most installs. But painting the calipers to match your color would look good as well. I have to agree that black will just blend into the wheels and not really show them off much. I recently painted mine red and they really look sharp. So.. blue or red would probably look good on yours as well

StangNut

I definitely would NOT paint them to match the color of the car.

Big D

id go Blue i think it would look good....but a darker blue not brighter.

moc1976

out of black or blue, I say blue, but I think orange would look good with your blue ext. and black wheels! or red!

Big D

orange??? on a blue car?????? i dont even know where to start with that

cajundino

You can't go wrong with red, that's my vote.

Big D

I made some chops....Red actually does go good suprisingly...Did red and blue calipers

Big D

if u post pics of the wheels ur gona use with the same angle as the mustang i posted i could do the whole shabang :P

kellera6

You're too kind! thanks for the help!

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You can also find them somewhere on this site.

adrenalin

I'm still trying to find caliper paint in my area. Once I do I am painting mine Red and my car is Sonic Blue.

kellera6

You can find G2 or Duplicolor caliper paint on EBAY. Those are both brush on applications. If you prefer spray paint, some people have had great results using either Duplicolor or some other form of high temp spray enamel. The trick to getting good results is all in the prep work.
1)Make sure it's all cleaned with brake cleaner.
2)Mask everything off that you don't want painted.
3) I would take the pads off the calipers and paint the back of them black so you get a nice contrast in colors between the caliper and the pads. This highlights the calipers even more.
4) Let them dry for several hours before even touching them and don't drive the car for at least 24 hours to allow it to bond and cure.

acadian

I vote red. If you do blue, it would have to be color matched, or it will look off. And even if you get it to match the car... even though it won't look BAD, it may not look very good either. If you are going to paint the calipers, it's either to hide them (black) or to accentuate them with a color like red, yellow, etc.

I painted mine black, but that was to hide them. I have the bullitts though, and unless the sun is shining directly into the wheel, you can't really see the calipers. It makes the bullitts really stand out which is what I was going for.

So, I vote for black (to hide them) or red to make them really stand out. Depends on what you are going for.

kellera6

Very good points. Yea, you are right about the blue not being a perfect match. So why bother? Red it is!

paint-boy

YAY!!!! I was right!!haha

kellera6

By the way, you're car looks awesome!

acadian

Thanks. That pic was before I put on my ducktail though. But you can see how black calipers make the bullitts stand out so much more. I like red though with the upgrade wheels and on blue. That should look sweet.

Big D

here ya go