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The Workshop => Appearance Related => Topic started by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 20:47

Title: Painted calipers - A quick straw poll....
Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 20:47
Hi all,

I'm about to spruce up my calipers but as yet am undecided on a colour.  I've a 01 in Lagoon Blue and am open to suggestions.....  

Any thoughts or suggestions welcomed   s8) 8) s8)    s8) 8) s8)    s8) 8) s8)
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Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 20:51
I think silver would look quite nice.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 20:57
I second silver.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 21:04
Quote from: "phil4"I think silver would look quite nice.

Noted Phil (and Kris).  - That's the colour of choice for my other half too.  

I had red down as a maybe.  It's a shame there's not a wider choice available   s:( :( s:(    s:( :( s:(
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Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 21:35
Quote from: "R2MUL"I had red down as a maybe.  It's a shame there's not a wider choice available   s:( :( s:(    s:( :( s:(

Doubt it'd look too good.  You've already got Black (tyre), Silver (alloy) and Blue (Body) around that area... adding another contrasting colour probably wouldn't look too good.

As for more colours, so far I've seen blue, red, black, silver, gold and yellow.  What did you have in mind?
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Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 21:51
Quote from: "phil4"As for more colours, so far I've seen blue, red, black, silver, gold and yellow.  What did you have in mind?

I've obviously spent too much time pacing the aisles of B&Q Phil   s:roll: :roll: s:roll:    s:shock: :shock: s:shock:    s:roll: :roll: s:roll:  - would just like a few variations of the colours you've listed.  I wonder if there's much difference between Moondust Silver and Sparkle Silver....

Aaaaaarghh! I'm turning into motorings version of Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen   s:shock: :shock: s:shock:    s:shock: :shock: s:shock:    s:shock: :shock: s:shock:    somebody shoot me please.......
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Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 21:53
Quote from: "R2MUL"I've obviously spent too much time pacing the aisles of B&Q....  Aaaaaarghh! I'm turning into motorings version of Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen   s:shock: :shock: s:shock:    s:shock: :shock: s:shock:    s:shock: :shock: s:shock:    somebody shoot me please.......

  s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
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Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 22:01
Quote from: "R2MUL"somebody shoot me please.......

Ok, I'll do it (http://www.emakris.com/forum/images/smiles/gunner3.gif)

I hate Changing Rooms.  The last thing I want to see is Changing Calipers.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 22:13
 s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:    s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:    s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:  Careful Emmanuel - I might just come `round your place with a van full of MDF and a half tonne of scatter cushions.........  s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:
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Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 23:33
MR2blue has blue calipers they look o.k. but he is thinking of changing the colour. I have offered him my gold caliper paint. Blue and gold go great together.   s8) 8) s8)   Trust me I know these things.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 23:39
After seeing the photos posted recently I have decided that it has to be gold for me
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Post by: Anonymous on October 4, 2003, 23:48
Excellent choice my man, nice to see someone else with real taste   s:D :D s:D    s:D :D s:D    s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
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Post by: Anonymous on October 5, 2003, 00:04
can i ask a really silly question??

what are callipers??

embarrassed as heck................

S
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Post by: Anonymous on October 5, 2003, 02:16
Quote from: "R2MUL":twisted:   s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:    s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:  Careful Emmanuel - I might just come `round your place with a van full of MDF and a half tonne of scatter cushions.........  s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:

Fine.  It's my fault trying to save your poor soul from turning into Lawrence Whatshisname and having to wear those shirts.  There's no pleasing some people.

jumpingflame, it is a silly question but there's no need to be embarrashed, we all started from somewhere.  Anyway, this is my attempt to explain what it is in plain English... A caliper holds the break pads and it's that thing that grabs the rotors every time you hit the break after trying to take a roundabout at 50mph but you see a police car waiting at the next exit...

From what I hear, krisclarkuk's car does not have any calipers. He has to use various kerbs to stop.
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Post by: Slacey on October 5, 2003, 09:53
Quote from: "Emmanuel"From what I hear, krisclarkuk's car does not have any callipers. He has to use various kerbs to stop.
s:lol: :lol: s:lol:  This is never going to go away Kris!   s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
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Post by: Anonymous on October 5, 2003, 10:21
Quote from: "Emmanuel"From what I hear, krisclarkuk's car does not have any calipers. He has to use various kerbs to stop.
ouch!   s:cry: :cry: s:cry:
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Post by: spyderman on October 5, 2003, 14:53
Quote from: "jumpingflame"can i ask a really silly question??

what are callipers??

embarrassed as heck................

S

THIS...     s:wink: :wink: s:wink:  
 m http://www.spyderchat.com/phpBB/viewtop ... per+decals (http://www.spyderchat.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4076&highlight=caliper+decals) m
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Post by: Anonymous on October 5, 2003, 16:45
Ahhhhhhh,

the penny drops.........

thank you,

S
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Post by: Anonymous on October 6, 2003, 13:51
Mixed colours!

http://users.skynet.be/fa444545/MR/photos/etrier2.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/fa444545/MR/photos/etrier3.jpg
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Post by: Chris on October 6, 2003, 14:02
Quote from: "cartell"Blue and gold go great together.   s8) 8) s8)   Trust me I know these things.

True - think of the rally/wrx scooby's...

I've done mine red on a black car...
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Post by: Slacey on October 6, 2003, 14:05
Quote from: "Chris"I've done mine red on a black car...
As have I, but have you done them ALL yet Chris?   s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
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Post by: Anonymous on October 6, 2003, 14:35
Quote from: "kaidiss"Mixed colours!

http://users.skynet.be/fa444545/MR/photos/etrier2.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/fa444545/MR/photos/etrier3.jpg

Interesting   s:) :) s:)
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Post by: Slacey on October 6, 2003, 14:43
I think that silver / red combo looks good, don't think it would work with my dark coloured wheels though...
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Post by: Anonymous on October 6, 2003, 14:53
I used to think that black with white lettering looks cool but the more I see the Carrera GT, the more I like them yellow with black letters...

(http://www2.uk.porsche.com/english/gbr/carreragt/modelinformation/runninggear/bilder/wheels_foto2_zoom.jpg)

(http://www2.uk.porsche.com/english/gbr/carreragt/modelinformation/runninggear/bilder/wheels_foto.jpg)
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Post by: Anonymous on October 6, 2003, 14:54
Considering the size of the rims, them be monster calipers.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 6, 2003, 14:59
Simple silver with black letters looks good IMHO (or the nice blue that you can get with Brembo kits with white letters)

 m http://www.forddesktops.com/desktops/fo ... _Wheel.jpg (http://www.forddesktops.com/desktops/focusrs/Ford_Focus_RS_Wheel.jpg) m

Not too in your face - nice and subtle.
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Post by: Slacey on October 6, 2003, 15:02
Quote from: "phil4"Considering the size of the rims, them be monster calipers.
Ah yes, but them monster callipers are required to haul the car down from monster speeds...   s8) 8) s8)
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Post by: Anonymous on October 6, 2003, 15:02
Yes, silver with black letter looks nice as well.
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Post by: Comer on October 6, 2003, 15:24
And the stickers are still on.......

(http://www.spydermagazine.com/files/front_caliper.jpg)

(http://www.spydermagazine.com/files/rear_caliper.jpg)
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Post by: Chris on October 6, 2003, 17:07
Quote from: "Slacey"
Quote from: "Chris"I've done mine red on a black car...
As have I, but have you done them ALL yet Chris?   s:wink: :wink: s:wink:


Errrrmmm, neally!!   s:oops: :oops: s:oops:    s:oops: :oops: s:oops:  
It's getting colder and darker in the evenings and weekends are generally spent in a drunken stupor!!   s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
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Post by: mph on October 6, 2003, 17:58
Quote from: "kaidiss"http://users.skynet.be/fa444545/MR/photos/etrier2.jpg
http://users.skynet.be/fa444545/MR/photos/etrier3.jpg
Pah! Best way is to actually use your brakes so they glow the appropriate colour of choice   s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
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Post by: LeeUK on October 7, 2003, 19:42
Well i own a Red roadster, not sure what colours to go for at the moment. My ideas are below:

1) red with black spyder sticker
2) silver with red spyder sticker
3) yellow with black spyder sticker

Any suggestions?   s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
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Post by: Slacey on October 7, 2003, 19:50
I'd pick option 1.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 7, 2003, 21:31
Quote from: "LeeUK"Well i own a Red roadster, not sure what colours to go for at the moment. My ideas are below:

1) red with black spyder sticker
2) silver with red spyder sticker
3) yellow with black spyder sticker

Any suggestions?   s:roll: :roll: s:roll:

Have you thought of black with white spyder sticker?

If you don't fancy that, option 1 might indeed be the better one.
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Post by: Anonymous on October 8, 2003, 10:38
Change the color of your spyder!   s:mrgreen: :mrgreen: s:mrgreen:
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Post by: LeeUK on October 9, 2003, 18:56
Change the colour! Genius, you're thinking outside the box!   s:lol: :lol: s:lol:  

I guess i could always be different, paint the calipers in a "TVR" flip paint.  I could have all the colours!   s:P :P s:P  

Alternatively i could stop eating these smarties, i think they're messing with my head   s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
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Post by: Chris on October 9, 2003, 23:03
it that the trd kit in your avatar pic?
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Post by: LeeUK on October 10, 2003, 14:02
Who me? The car on my picture has a Trial bodykit.  I want one more than anything in the world...

Anyway i've decided on Red calipers with a black logo.  I'm getting my Spyder logos from Adam (GT 300) this sunday at the Jap Magazine meet at Santa Pod   s:D :D s:D
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Post by: Anonymous on October 10, 2003, 14:34
I have red calipers with my red 00 and they look good!

But i have done research into the flip paint for the calipers and they dont do it as it has to be heat resistant and if they did you would have to spray it and have it do profesionaly ! so the price will rpobobl be around £200 just for teh spray without the paint !!!!

not good when it ant gona last under the heat !
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Post by: Anonymous on October 10, 2003, 14:47
What you really want is that paint that changes colour with heat, I think you can get calipers for the misti evo that do that.

very expensive mind.
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Post by: LeeUK on October 10, 2003, 14:58
Heat changing paint!  That would be the muts nuts!   s:D :D s:D

Would it be heat resistant tho?!!   s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
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Post by: Anonymous on October 10, 2003, 15:02
Quote from: "LeeUK"Heat changing paint!  That would be the muts nuts!   s:D :D s:D


too right - would like to see some of that   s:D :D s:D
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Post by: Anonymous on October 10, 2003, 23:15
I have seen that heat resistant colour changing paint on a motor bike exhaust. If i remember correctly it starts black & then goes throught the spectrum until it finishes red.....or was it the other way around  s:?: :?: s:?:      s:? :? s:?  

It looks awesome but costs the earth.
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