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black or white calipers on a white 350?

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Old 09-26-07, 07:11 PM
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Yeah, I'm sure it will, but i'm going to paint them white to see how they look. I'll take pictures when i do.
Old 11-15-07, 10:27 AM
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i would go with red.
Old 11-15-07, 12:44 PM
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white calipers will just be gray most of the time because of the brake dust and dirt
Old 11-16-07, 04:22 PM
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Black with white letters (I personally would prefer black with silver letters)
Old 11-16-07, 04:31 PM
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I left 'em black and put on chrome letters. Looks good with my stock chromed wheels. White letters prolly would have looked ok too.
Old 11-16-07, 07:00 PM
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I wish that I could have some kind of sticker on my calipers... since I have the 250 so the calipers are not big enough for stickers...

Anyway I still paint my calipers to black! If you paint them in white how do you deal with the break dust?
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Originally Posted by ISbb
I wish that I could have some kind of sticker on my calipers... since I have the 250 so the calipers are not big enough for stickers...

Anyway I still paint my calipers to black! If you paint them in white how do you deal with the break dust?
I painted them black with a white lexus sticker. The sticker gets dirty easily too. So if it was white, it would looked dirt white. LOL
Old 03-10-08, 06:59 AM
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I had painted my gen 1 red and it looked nice, for a while (lol). I had to touch it up twice a year because the rock chips and brake dust baked into the paint. It looked nice initially, but I think it may be too flashy. Anyone for silver?
Old 03-10-08, 08:09 AM
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leave them stock with decals
Old 03-10-08, 11:42 AM
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Hey JavyLSU - where did you get the polished aluminum finish decal?
Old 03-10-08, 12:54 PM
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I like the brush aluminum look
Old 03-10-08, 02:59 PM
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paint them yellow so people will think "OO CERAMIC BRAKES NICE!" ;p

jk. if i were you i'd get them black with light grey Lexus decals. it'd be more subtle. but i was thinking of painting the calipers but i think i'm just going to spend the extra money for the new F-Sport brakes when they're released.
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