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Im planning on painting my calipers red this weekend with heat resitent paint up to 500 deg., but will it look weird if i just paint the front calipers and not the drums in the rear?Just your opinions on the subject..

i dont think it will....i have drums too.. but i wouldnt paint them

it might look a lil wierd...but thats just me.I painted my cavalier rotors and calipers metallic silver. it just looks better to me.but its your car and if you dont want to why do it.

I painted the rear drums a med-dark green that blends into the background (color is close to the color of the front rotors). Have had more than one person think that it had rear disc brakes.

Ya know, painting the rear drums silver so they match the front discs ain't a bad idea.

Paint the front and if you don't like the way your Vibe looks then paint the back.

I painted just my front calipers. I personally used brush on ceremic caliper paint made by duplicolor. It looks really really nice. The paint looks deeper and more even than the spray on stuff in my opinion. Plus you don't have to worry about over spray. I personally don't care for the painted drum look. Too much color compared to the front calipers.

I agree with Merz just the fronts are good.

i would only paint the front. unless you have decent calipers for the rear, it looks lame and ricey, like you're WISHING you had calipers instead of just drums. like putting a type R sticker on your car wishing it had something under the hood. lol

Quote, originally posted by trdvibe »i would only paint the front. unless you have decent calipers for the rear, it looks lame and ricey, like you're WISHING you had calipers instead of just drums. like putting a type R sticker on your car wishing it had something under the hood. lol +1I was thinking of painting my front calipers as well, Red with the white PONTIAC vinyl on them.

just be proud of what you got. don't try and "pretend" because that's just walmart rice!

Quote, originally posted by josholiver1 »Im planning on painting my calipers red this weekend with heat resitent paint up to 500 deg., but will it look weird if i just paint the front calipers and not the drums in the rear?Just your opinions on the subject..and i painted my LGT calipers blue with that paint. it now totally SUCKS after just one winter. the best caliper paint so far, is the G2 caliper paint ($50 or so on ebay). it looked as glossy and great as the day i painted it!

I painted my calipers red with the Duplicolor brush on stuff it looked really good through 2 winters but now it is starting to come off.. I painted the back drums with black caliper paint so they wouldnt show rust

I think that just the front will be enough.

that's my vote two... painted drums looks a bit to much wanna be race... but coulnt have 4 real brake

Yea I had to repaint mine every spring because hte paint would chip off due to salt and cold weather but it's worth it.Speaking of GT-R stickers, I saw a moddified Ford F250 with GTR stickers all over it.

we painted are blue front and rear cailpers

Quote, originally posted by meistees »I painted my calipers red with the Duplicolor brush on stuff it looked really good through 2 winters but now it is starting to come off.. I painted the back drums with black caliper paint so they wouldnt show rustHey thats not a bad idea!

I purchased the duplicolor brush on paint it was 15.96 from advance auto. it came with caliper cleaner, brush, and stir stick + directions...