Advice on caliper color.

NSX2NV · 27 June 2002

I'm planning on picking up some caliper paint today and am double minded as to what to do. I have a Spa yellow and will either go with Red calipersand yellow NSX lettering or Yellow calipers with red NSX lettering. Any comments or pics on which one will look better. I think the red will make it look more exotic.

Thanks

WeakestLink · 27 June 2002

They make paint just for calipers? I would go with red w/ yellow lettering

NSX2NV · 27 June 2002

http://www.seriousauto.com/hard-parts/caliper-paint/caliper-paint-index1.htm

This product is specialy designed for this application. Kind of expensive though. I like the red with yellow lettering as well. What do think about black with yellow lettering.

nsxtasy · 27 June 2002

I agree, black with yellow lettering.

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hk4site · 27 June 2002

I think all this paint is epoxy paint which should not cost $ 45

robr · 27 June 2002

i dont think red and yellow work well together myself. black and yellow are awesome (as you already know)... id go black with yellow lettering or even purple with yellow (yellow and purple being opposite colors). if you really want to play around, find a pic of an nsx wheel with painted calipers and pull it into photoshop or some other paint program and play with the colors.

- rob, silver car, blue calipers with silver lettering.

nsxtasy · 27 June 2002

Purple and yellow???

PKim · 27 June 2002

Black with yellow lettering!

Nsxotic · 28 June 2002

Mine are yellow with black lettering. They llok great.

Orange240sx · 28 June 2002

i think black w/ yellow lettering would be the best. it would flow w/ your car perfectly. the black is low profile enough to not take away from the wheels you have. if you get calpipers that are brightly colored they can be a focal point on your car, and thats a bad thing. i like to keep my car even, where nothing out does anything else, or draws more atention than other parts

like i said, go w/ the black

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musclesmarinara2 · 28 June 2002

I have a 2001 spa yellow nsx and one of the first things I did was have my calipers powdercoated.I went with a matching yellow and painted the letters black.Looks awsome!!I have some pictures on file but I have to figure out how to post them.

NSX2NV · 28 June 2002

MusclesM could you email me @ [email protected] and NSXotic if you have any pics would you mind emailing me also.

Thanks.

Hrant · 28 June 2002

Given what I know about your car .....

.... I recommend you go with black and yellow coloring .......

Black will hide most of the brake dust. Yellow is nice if your car is in the showroom .......

Cheers.

mandrewz · 28 June 2002

I might go with silver and yellow lettering. The 'gold' calipers on a 2002 are awful IMO, I think the yellow would be too much as well.

sjs · 28 June 2002

Looks like I'm alone on this, but I hate color coordinated calipers. Anything but black or grey is atrocious IMNSHO. Yes, that includes all the new cars that come with them.

Michigan NSX · 28 June 2002

I happen to LOVE the color coordinated calipers on my car!!

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airedale · 28 June 2002

- rob, silver car, blue calipers with silver lettering.[/B][/QUOTE]

Robr:

I also have a silver with the Tarox and was about to paint them black but blue sounds interesting. Any chance of a picture?
Thanks

gheba_nsx · 28 June 2002

I am probably too conservative but I still like the red on brakes since I am used to see them on hi-performance/hi-cost cars (Porsche TT, GT2 and GT3, Ferraris, Audi RS4, ...). Black and red "can" look stock... other colors are a little aftermarket (yes, even on the OEM '02!

)

I tought so many times about doing mines on the sebring silver that I may end up doing it in the next months.

robr · 28 June 2002

ill see if i can find some airedale, if not ill go out and take a pic later today.

and yes ken, PURPLE!!! you might be surprised how good it looks with yellow

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robr · 28 June 2002

i put some pics up of the blue calipers at www.nema.com/300zx/nsx - they could use another coat of paint but theyve held up well since i painted them probably 2+ years ago. ignore the filthy rims. tried to take a pic of the car from a distance but you just couldnt make out the calipers so it wasnt worth it.

nsxtasy · 28 June 2002

Originally posted by robr:
PURPLE!!! you might be surprised how good it looks with yellow

Don't count on that...

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robr · 28 June 2002

ok thats it, just for you im going to spend a couple of hours later this afternoon photoshopping up some purple calipers

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airedale · 28 June 2002

Originally posted by robr:
i put some pics up of the blue calipers at www.nema.com/300zx/nsx - they could use another coat of paint but theyve held up well since i painted them probably 2+ years ago. ignore the filthy rims. tried to take a pic of the car from a distance but you just couldnt make out the calipers so it wasnt worth it.

Thanks, Rob, I like that. I'll think about it instead of the black. BTW, what brand of paint did you use?

robr · 28 June 2002

i just went down to the local autozone and used engine block paint, high temp stuff. i put on a coat of blue (i think it was even ford blue

) then used a chrome engine paint (couldnt find a high temp) then coated it all with a high temp clear coat. the key was for every coat of paint i put on, i needed to let it dry for like 48 hours. i tried hand painting the silver nsx and it melted the blue paint beneath if i didnt wait long enough, then after i had all that down, i sprayed on the clear coat, and THAT melted the blue and silver. basically i had to start over a few times before i realized i would need to be something i am normally not........ PATIENT

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robr · 28 June 2002

im just getting warmed up!

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