What looks best color for calipers with a Nighthawkblack car

I want to get Brembo fronts and paint rears to match

Here are the color options

 

I voted red, black would be sweet too.

 

I think silver/aluminum looks great on the car. I done this a couple weeks ago and they look awesome. Click on the my webpage and go to Gallery and you can see some pics.

 

Rob, IMO either black or silver. Red calpers belong on Porsche's and high end sports cars, not a TL. If one has a Brembo caliper, then I can see red being OK, but not for me.
But that is just my opinion.

I am still searching for a high heat "metallic grey" paint(gloss). Black is too subtle and silver is too reflective. I never liked how silver looks painted on a roughly surfaced cast metal as our calipers. Too bad our calipers aren't aluminum so that I can polish them up.

 

Check this site out for metallic silver high heat paint.

http://www.por15.com/hightempcoatings.html



I painted my calipers with it and it looks nice, see pic below.

 

Silver/Alum......I'm painting my this weekend to that.

 

Go with the Red..my friend, It will look really nice with black car. That's what I am having on my car~

 

what about for engine cover?

 

I going to paint mines too. Red, black, silver are the 3 colors I'm debating about. I think black is going to be the winner.

 

I voted for BLACK.

Don't ruin your luxury look INSPIRE by having funky colored caliper.

 

I have red. I vote for black. that way NOONE can call you rice.

Benefits of having black calipers?
zero maintenance. people wont be able to tell if your caliper was originally black...or if it's brake dust.

If money was no object, id go with black colored calipers (doesnt matter if it was brembo or not) and ultra lightweight gunmetal rims.

 

I'm also looking into painting my calipers. Does anybody know where I can get high temp chrome paint? Will chrome look good or should I stick with black?

 

i voted for black and its because I dont like anything that strays too far from stock...the red on a TL does not look stock...if you have seen porche turbos or any high end car with red calipers, you would know the finish on those calipers is stock and it looks phat as hell because of the finish...i agree w/edgalang because you couldn't quite tell if you painted them or not and you dont have to keep them clean...btw, has anybody used like a high temperature gloss to make the paint finish on the calipers shine better...i want a glossy look to my calipers if I paint them...Shyne

 

Hey Binh,

Like I said to Rob, I think only black will look good on black cars unless if you want to have some sporty looks. But you already have luxury look, though.

Chrome rims, Monitor on headrest......and colored calipers???

 

OK I will go with Black for Brembos and paint the rears to match. They still look good and the word Brembo is in white. My car is Black so red looked a little weird to me and Silver looks like nothing different from they greyish stock caliper. My rims are gunmetal color and weigh 17 lbs each so I guess edgalang had it to the tee. I had the Luxury look and still plan to keep it for the most part. I want a silent killer because some secrets are best kept.

 

Here is a pic of my ride before my mods



And After




Just kidding I'll post pics in a few weeks in the gallery