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Since I am new at this, and I've seen others do this on here, I am asking for opinions. Hopefully here soon I am going to paint the calipers on my Vibe. As I stated in an earlier post I am starting slow due to lack of $$, so I ordered my arrow head overlays in Pearl White, and now I would like input as to what color the calipers would look best as on my vehicle. I included three basic colors, feel free to add any color you think would look the best, I think white would look the best due to the car color, but I imagine it would be a b@%#h to keep clean. Thanks for the input.

Ok, had to go for something a little different, orange! Red sometimes is a bit over used, don't be afraid to stand out.

Orange...huh, now there's a thought, never even crossed my mind.

I'm picturing red calipers peeking out.

Quote, originally posted by morbay »Orange...huh, now there's a thought, never even crossed my mind.Maybe even yellow... heck, white goes with everything... go pink!!!

Pink, my wife would love that, I just got her some pink overlays for her Monte Carlo SS.

Well I got the red paint today, now I just have to get my buddy's jack stands and find the time to do this. Hopefully will be soon. It will probably be in two weeks or so.

Been wanting to paint mine for a while...post pics when you are done!

I certainly will.

Where's the GOLD vote? I like that Brembo look on a white car.I'll probably go red for my silver vibe since it seems to be the best contrast. It may be over done but that is my preference, i am not one to be swayed by popular opinion.My Green accord will probably get the Brembo gold look.

played around with the TireRack site to see what gold looks like.

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played around with the TireRack site to see what gold looks like.

I did Gold calipers but on a black car. Was going for a whole gold motif. Looks pretty good though it's fading out a little now after 4 years.

Gold does look interesting however I already purchased the red, I think I am going to go with Red/White/Black and Gray tones, simple enough for a rookie like me. However, and I should have put money on this, as soon as I borrowed a friends floor jack and jack stands it stormed like crazy here and they are calling for rain all week....figures.

Still trying to find the time to paint the calipers. I've borrowed a floor jack and jack stands, now that summer is here and the girls are off, it just got harder finding the time to do this.

Are you planning on using actual caliper paint? I know when I first painted the calipers on my old Subie, the FolaTec caliper paint I used was a 2 part epoxy and required me to have the car still for 24hrs...!!!! On a Vibe, you don't/won't need actual caliper paint as the brakes should never get hot enough for it to matter.. (my Subie got driven hard in the mountains of VT..soooo I needed it)The reason I mention this is regular primer and paint would take far less time.. and you could use an automotive etching primer for better adhesion..

Finally got them painted today....

Pics are posted...

get the pontiac overlay..

I think I will, have to get the replacement center caps first and make sure they stay on this time....

Looks great! I wish I would have done mine red.

Thanks, I appreciate it...it was actually easier than I planned.

...I cast one be-lated vote for HEMI-orange, and since it's an 'engine' paint, heat won't be nearly so much a problem (color change or burn-off).