jono22
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Having just fitted a set off new 17s to my car am now looking at doing something to smarten up the brake calipers / drums on my car, car is jet black in colour and my idea is to paint the front calipers in a bright yellow colour, the only thing I am not sure about is to continue the yellow theme to the rear drums or not ??
for anyoe thinking yelow - urgh ??!! seriously having seen a few black coloured cars with yellow calipers then done correctly it can really look well smart, so okay paint rear drums yellow to match or just a smarten up with black hammerite ??
anyone with any pics off there own car done this way would appreciatte some pics.
cheers
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LeeM
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no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
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carribicbaby
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nooooooooooooooooooooo nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonoooooooooooo
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Adam_B
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no
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Pucci1
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black and red go very well together
possibly a red colour but continue the colour thoughout most of the car 
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Arctic_Monkey
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I would go for the yellow drums as well, I've got yellow drums and calipers, and my corsa is arden blue, with speedlines...doesn't sound very nice but I quite like it 
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Mike
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Black calipers and drums for me, red calipers if they're 4 pots or bigger and that's how they come, but prefer black
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WU-TANG- DAN
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red
unless your trying to pull off the bumble bee theme
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harrisp
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Black no doubt about it, do you really want to paint them a lairy colour to advertise that you have drum brakes?
[Edited on 27-01-2008 by harrisp]
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jono22
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Yellow front / black at back it is then !!
cheers guys !!
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EarlofBarnet
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Yellow front and Black rear one mine:
Was going to put Yellow ST badges on the doors, but don't think I'll bother now. Hammerite do a good Yellow, which is what I used.
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jono22
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Okay cheers for that, yep totally convinced its a yellow front and black rear !!
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16V_1600
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Black calipers and drums imo. Firstly, you DO NOT want to draw attention to drum rear brakes by painting them yellow. Drums suck. I just hammerited mine in black.
I did the same on the calipers. When I bought the car they were red. I soon did them black just like the drums.
lairy colours for calipers should be left to cars that can boast big brakes. 
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k e l
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Mattb
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yes to the calipers being yellow, but paint the drums black mate
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k e l
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i painted the back drums black but now got disks on the back so did them yellow
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Superlite Ltd.
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Im thinking about yellow calipers on mine as i have a couple cans of yellow paint...
but yellow and green? 
Kel that looks brilliant as does Earls
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Whittie
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G_Man
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
yes to the calipers being yellow, but paint the drums black mate
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swedge
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Registered: 3rd Sep 07
Location: Hawick,scotland drives: 1.4 sri corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
made me think of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzyFmilkd80
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by swedge
quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
made me think of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzyFmilkd80
pmsl @ that cheesy video
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swedge
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makes me wanna get some smiley t-shirts and start hugging people, oh yeah and some white gloves
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by swedge
makes me wanna get some smiley t-shirts and start hugging people, oh yeah and some white gloves
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mav
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yellow calipers and black druns would be fine.......
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ed_jones
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what are you guys using to paint your calipers and drums. Im thinking or redoing my drums black and maybe my calipers yellow but dont want to have to buy a yellow kit and a black kit for £40 from demon tweeks. Do you use another type of paint or mixture?
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