caliper color

[whiterider00]

since the weather is getting nicer, i want to make my ho look a bit nicer. what color do you think i should paint the calipers? heres a couple (bad) pics to go off of.

[Valley olds]

I would go silver, cus it will kind of go with the lip, as compared to black blending too much with the face of the Rim.

BTW: How are your exels? I was considering getting some, but they are kind of cheap, and I was wondering if quality was at stake.

[Misuseofyou]

Voted. What size are those rims?

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

rims look like 15's.

I'm gonna say white or silver for the poll....probably silver though cuz white is just a bitch to keep the brakes as clean as the rest of the car.

[Cliff8928]

Not white...

[xstrong4lifex]

what is your shocks springs on your Alero?

[whiterider00]

to answer a few questions...

the quality of the wheels is fine. i had them on this winter and havent cleaned them yet, but so far i notice no chips or anything in the paint, and no defects in the polished part of the wheel.

yes they are 15's.

and ive got sprint springs and kyb gr2 struts.

[xstrong4lifex]

to answer a few questions...

the quality of the wheels is fine. i had them on this winter and havent cleaned them yet, but so far i notice no chips or anything in the paint, and no defects in the polished part of the wheel.

yes they are 15's.

and ive got sprint springs and kyb gr2 struts.

Hows it ride?

[Spilner521]

Red
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[whiterider00]

rides pretty good. i cant really tell you how much stiffer than stock it is cuz i went from cracked front springs, and i think original struts (150k) to the new setup, but it isnt that bad of a ride, with a decent amount of drop.

on a seperate note, if anyones bored and wants to do a quick photoshop of what the car would look like with red white or silver calipers that would help me decide too. thanks.

[leoalero]

Not white...

agree

[dragon8807]

here's red
http://i40.tinypic.com/jsn8e9.jpg

[whiterider00]

ok, the choice is down to white or silver.

[cherrington17]

silver

[whiterider00]

anyone wanna shop a pic with silver and white...? probly gonna end up doing this tomorrow if its nice out, and ill probly get which ever color they have in stock. can always change it if i dont like it. ill post some pics when im done.

[Daytona]

With back rims you should stick with black calipers. If you had chrome rims or a non-white body colored calipers would make more sense.

[pimpalero2003]

I have to agree with red!

[shadow1050]

Id say go with silver in my opinion

[kevin1114]

white and silver, in my opinion is too much of the same thing... I'd go with red also, or Blue !

[black00gt1]

no vote for pink? damnit lol

[whiterider00]

right now ive actually got one of those kits to clean and paint the calipers lying around somewhere and im pretty sure its got black paint. i also havent been able to find white caliper paint anywhere, and thats the color i was leaning towards. maybe ill just go and stare at it for a while and maybe itll become obvious to me what color to go with. thanks for all the input.

[billytheman1188]

wanna make it look nicer? get some 17s or 18s.....15s=:banghead:

[billytheman1188]

also....why paint them red!?!?! there is no red what so ever on the car...... and no blue engine comments! LOL

black or silver

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

I think Billy should just be banned from paint and color specific threads. lol free to post the rest of the boards.....haha

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

wanna make it look nicer? get some 17s or 18s.....15s=:banghead:
15's are lighter. significantly. I would go with 15's for performance, really. or if the budget ever really got nice, smaller diameter brakes with smaller calipers (somehow with more pistons), and even smaller wheels.

[will176]

15's are lighter. significantly. I would go with 15's for performance, really. or if the budget ever really got nice, smaller diameter brakes with smaller calipers (somehow with more pistons), and even smaller wheels.

yes, they are lighter, but the smaller the rim= the larger the sidewall area... the smaller sidewalls that you would have on a 17 inch rim would allow the car to handle much better

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

well, i'm going for drag, not track

[Nate's Alero]

orange? nothing looks good with those rims... eww

[darksobsession]

silver

[cherrington17]

if you do white, you'll be taking your wheels off to clean them, weekly... AND it'll look bad. its too much white.

black will be hard to see w/ all that sidewall.

silver will accent the lip thats already on the tire. you need some kind of complementation. silver is the only obvious choice.



anyone who picked red, should be beaten. where else is there red anything around there!?!

[whiterider00]

the reason ive got the 15's is cuz like a month or so before i got the wheels, i just spent near $400 on new tires for stock wheels. i really wanted something that looked better than my stock wheels i had painted black, and had seen some other white cars with the same type (black w/ polished lip) and size wheels, and it looked good. figured, what the hell, might as well get em.

so now im debating between white and silver, even tho with white itll get dirty really quick. and i agree with the few who said red would look like shit. i just wanted to have more than a couple options up there. suprisingly its not the least popular tho.