CL-Slick

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I am thinking about painting my brake calipers red or black. I know black looks best on some colors but was wondering what it would look like on SSM.

indoMFP

there is a guy over in the 2nd Gen TL forums that painted his black.... looks good.. I painted mine red, but I got NBP....

voigt

I painted my ssm 3G's black. I was debating between black and red, in fact I even bought red but backed out at the last minute. I am very glad I went black.

fuzzy02CLS

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Mine were black when I had my SSM CLS.

CL-Slick

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Any pics? I am buying the paint tomorrow and planning to paint them this weekend.

Allout

Why paint them? Just get covers.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=196917

CL-Slick

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Guess you didn't see my post in that tread. lol I will be going w/ the black paint. I hope to have a DIY and pictures up by the weekend.

voigt

if you go to a sign shop you can get them to make you ACURA decals (get them to make them with the thickest vinyl, or a vinyl made for painting) and then paint the front of the caliper white, when it dries lay down the decals and paint the whole thing black. When you are finished you can remove the decals and have black calipers with white lettering. I am doing this sometime I already have the ACURA decals.

gnuts

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^ That sounds like it would look really nice. Definitely post pics when you're done that. I've been wanting to do my calipers black, and maybe putting the Acura decals would be a nice touch....i think some matching SSM paint for the decal would look good too.

bhurlbut

fuzzy02CLS

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You won't be able to put lettering. The caliper has a gap in the middle. There's no room for letters.

bhurlbut

Wouldn't the heat absolutely destroy decals anyway?

bhurlbut

I painted mine black first, and then abruptly changed to red.

thevikas87

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haha dude please tell me you switched the sides your rotors were on cause thats still the wrong side! ( i think this might just be that old pic...)

02CL-TypeS

CL-Slick, I am looking forward to your DIY write up! If it's good I may do mine

voigt

Decals will be destroyed thats why you need to use them as a mask. Here is a pic of someone who did it on the TSX. However, I don't think as decals they would survive.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=caliper+decal

fuzzy02CLS

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That lettering looks very bad.

kyle77777

Black FTW.

AcuredCLS

to be honest i like the black, but Acura's new cars that come out of the show room like the tsx for example are painted with a nice silver. I think i might paint mine silver, because its OEM?

sorry but the car was dirty when i took that rite now

AcuredCLS

and i just realized that was the wheel that was curbedddd....hahah ouchhh

CL-Slick

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I will defiantly have a DIY done. I decided to go with the black. I bought the kit this afternoon and hope to get it done Saturday if the weather permits. Thanks for all of the input guys. I think I will be happy with the black.

voigt

I agree, I got mine done on a curve that matches the rotors.

dave586270

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Black is the way to go! i think you'll be happy with it man!

02CL-TypeS

meh, I don't get what all the hype is for black rotors. IMO you might as well leave them stock if your gonna paint them black. If I paint my rotors I will probly go red or silver

dave586270

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Just a personal choice. I mean if you're gonna any time or money into it for wheels and such, might as well complete the package and finish it off with some clean lookin calipers!

p.diddy

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so you would rather leave them that stock rusty grey than paint them black. likeyou said thats your opinion.

02CL-TypeS

yea I just don't think anyone will ever notice black rotors. People don't ever notice your stock calipers just gray

The only possible way I would paint them black is if I got black wheels, which I would never do

dave586270

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To each his own...

p.diddy

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its not always about other people noticing your car. like i think i might paint mine black and it has nothing to do with other people noticing it. i want to do it cause it looks better. i got 19's and i just ordered some r1 rotors i think it would look better with black calipers.

dave586270

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Exactly. When you do the work, its cause you want to see it when you look at it. But it its cool as hell when other people notice it. Especially people who can appreciate the time and effort, like the people on here!

poisx7

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well FYI it hides the ugliness of the calipers especially if not BBKing.
Back is beautiful, didn't you now that

CL-Slick

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After seeing the pics I'm really glad I decided to go with black. I want to add a nice touch, but not draw a lot of attention to the stock brakes. Within the next month or so I should be getting some cross drilled rotors. Hopefully R1 Concepts or Rotoras. I think they will look good with the black calipers.

dave586270

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You will be pleased when its all done...

Aracheon

I think I must be one of the few that thinks painting them silver is the way to go. This is just my opinion, but unless you're doing a BBK, red looks too "ricey" and the black just seems too... "stealthy".

CL-Slick

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I was going to do silver, but I think they will stand out too much against the silver paint and rims.

CL-Slick

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Sorry guys, it rained all day here and I was not able to get the calipers painted. I will try my best tomorrow, if not one day after school this week.

dave586270

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LOL, dude that's exactly why I painted mine black. I've got black accent on my rims and I wanted the Calipers to match for that "stealthy" look. I think that in the end, its all about how you want to set the car off. If you want it to look clean you go with silver or black to keep it simple and smooth. If you want it to stand out and be bold you do red or yellow. Just depends what you want and what you like.