One of the things on my 'list' is to glass-bead the calipers and rebuild the fronts, and rears. (I've got a full extra set I can play with.) The car will be Saturn Yellow again, but I'm not thinking Yellow calipers are all that nice looking. I'm thinking about Red to look like the 'Big Red' ones they have for the Boxter and 996.

Does anyone have a pic of their car with Red calipers?

I don't have any pics, but I have seen them painted. I'm thinking of painting mine red when I finish cleaning them

Here ya go. I just cleaned, wire brushed and used high gloss enamel. Not show quality, this is a fun and track car.

In case you wanted to see them in Yellow (My favorite)

QUOTE (skline @ Jan 28 2005, 10:22 PM)

In case you wanted to see them in Yellow (My favorite)

Wow...That's beautiful. But on a yellow car, do you think it'd be a little overkill?

And here is the best picture I could find of my yellow car and you can see the calipers were both yellow.

Oops

Wow...You answered a future question with that pic. I was thinking of painting all my 'chrome parts' black. Most important, the door hinges. That's the look I want to go for.

Thanks...That looks great.

here is a thread with pics of my red 320 i calibers, i just used manifold paint.

personally, I think painting stock, cast steel calipers bright colors is sorta "rice"....

There's that rice factor again.
I guess i should finaly get around to fitting the big Brembo's

JT

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I think painting stock, cast steel calipers bright colors is sorta "rice"

To each his own...

Mike, I am shocked by your post. The term ‘rice’ is politically incorrect, and could cause this thread to be deleted by admin. Anything implying national origin, religious or political leanings is expressly forbidden on this board.

Further, you insulted three sensitive members who painted their stock calipers, and believe a formal apology is in order. I like painted calipers, and to all those who agree, I will be marketing the attached sticky to really dress up the calipers.







PS This is all a joke!
PPS Thanks for supoorting WCC 2005!

I eat rice. Its really good with cinnamon and even good with a little vermacelli in it too.

How can I make this so political that the thought polezi step in?

Yellow is out...to offensive to WWII vetrans

Red is out.....I lived thru the cold war

Black is definitely out.

White is definitely out and banned.

Blue is out...to depressing

Green is out...would make everyone envious

I think silver might be safe, but you may offend the native americans.

Fushia should be safe, unless you go through Corona.

***sigh****

Howard, I agree with your reaction to Mike's outrageous post. His castigation was indeed deserved!

I am concerned with perhaps a greater issue concerning the painting of calipers. That is the prejudice shown toward colors other than yellow and red. Why is it that only these colors are given the opportunity to grace calipers. Are we so narrow minded that we truly believe only red and yellow are good enough?

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Howard, I agree with your reaction to Mike's outrageous post. His castigation was indeed deserved!

does this mean I am not going to get voted in for prom king???

This is a huge reach for me, but on a serious note...

WTF is going on here? Are we so sensitive that it has come to this? To all of you who make the jokes, thanks! You make my day. To everyone who gets the jokes, nice to see you.

To the rest of you girly boys, get over it

I've about had it. I'm thinking about limiting my visits to the sandbox.

howard! i thoiught i was prom king!!!! and you were queen

I think red and yellow are used to show the calipers off. It seems like a waste unless you have upgraded them to something larger. That is why I painted my Volvo calipers. Personally, I dont really care what others think about my calipers as long as the damn things stop my car. I just think it looks cool.

scott, while we are talking about the aesthetically pleasing elements of cars (914's)

why do you put a 916 rear on without doing the front?

Well, thats a good question, to be honest, I never liked the 916 front nose. Had one on my first car and just never really liked it without flares to go with it. Some people like them some dont, I am one of those that dont. But the 916 rear bumper, I really like that. Covers the lower bottom end and has clean lines. I prefer it over the chrome rear bumper and valance.

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Jan 29 2005, 08:47 AM)

howard! i thoiught i was prom king!!!! and you were queen  :blink:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaron, you'll have to fight that out the prom king thing with Mike. I Can't accept the prom queen thing now since we're celebrating our 39th anniversary today.

Hey, wait a minute, how about you for queen? Don't you live in a big place with lots of boys?

QUOTE (Howard @ Jan 29 2005, 10:00 AM)

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Jan 29 2005, 08:47 AM) howard! i thoiught i was prom king!!!! and you were queen  :blink: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaron, you'll have to fight that out the prom king thing with Mike. I Can't accept the prom queen thing now since we're celebrating our 39th anniversary today. Hey, wait a minute, how about you for queen? Don't you live in a big place with lots of boys?

here comesd the gay corona jokes LOL

is a derogatory term intended to the on Japanese cars.
I think 'sauerkraut' would be a better expression to use regarding our German cars.
Why don't you get off your and quit and each other and .
I suggest you go your car or have a


If you don't like this post, you can .



Oh yeah. I almost forgot. Paint your calipers red.

Hey John I like sauerkraut I am officially offended

PS...I just stole all your smileys

I always paint mine black..sleeper style, even if they are 911 calipers.

If you wanted to go for originality you could be among the first to leave them bare metal and let them rust like the rest of these cars.

QUOTE (VegasRacer @ Jan 29 2005, 09:31 AM)

is a derogatory term intended to the on Japanese cars. I think 'sauerkraut' would be a better expression to use regarding our German cars. Why don't you get off your and quit and each other and . I suggest you go your car or have a If you don't like this post, you can . Oh yeah. I almost forgot. Paint your calipers red.

Wow. That is just beautiful. Why red? Are you a commie or something?

RED, it looks better tha the rust color

Now wait, you pinky painters have not considered the thermal ineffeciency of that layer of paint that will reduce the thermal conductivity of the material over which it is applied and thereby lead to "faded brakes".

I am now going to inform the gubermint agency responsible for enacting laws against transgressions such as this. Endagering the Pubic Safety is a serious matter and not to be taken lightly

It's your car man, paint them purple if you like that!

Opinions are like..... well you know.

So my opinion is that red and yellow say "hey look, I've actually got brakes on this car"

Or if you've got lobster claws or some other big brakes, then it says "hey look, I've actually spent a bunch of money on brakes"

Geez if you really want people to notice your brakes why not chrome plate them? Then your statement would be "hey look, I've actually got brakes on this car with bling"

My opinion (see sentance #2) is that brakes are suppose to be a functional part of the car, not a styling exercise. So my preference is OEM appearing gold or silver cad plating (see Eric Shea's rear caliper thread), or black. This is just my opinion though, and I'm probably wrong (just ask my wife )!

I like black.. because then when they get a layer of brake dust on them, you can't tell!

QUOTE (skline @ Jan 28 2005, 08:22 PM)

In case you wanted to see them in Yellow (My favorite)

On a 914:

Most functional would be a thin coat of flat black, best for heat dissapation. My guess would be for regular street use, any of the glossy colored paints are great looking, red seems to be the most common regardless of car color, some times the red looks good, other times with other car colors it aint the best choice. For a yellow car, yellow would be good, red not too bad either. My opion would be a gloss black on a yellow car would be best looking.

Let us know what you decide!

Red on the rears:

Joe...That's exatly what I wanted to see. Any pics from a little further back?

Thanks for everyeones help. I appreciate it.
(Sorry if I started a controversy!)

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(Sorry if I started a controversy!)

you better be

I still think red is okay. I never thought of black. I think I'll go that route

Anyone have pics of black calipers?

QUOTE (CptTripps @ Jan 29 2005, 04:09 PM)

Joe...That's exatly what I wanted to see. Any pics from a little further back? Thanks for everyeones help. I appreciate it. (Sorry if I started a controversy!)

No controversy....some threads lend themselves to hijacking we are good at it too!

Black...almost any set of Brembos

Joe... your calipers are UGLY

QUOTE (VegasRacer @ Jan 29 2005, 09:31 AM)

I think 'sauerkraut' would be a better expression to use regarding our German cars.

I don't know where you guys have been but i have always heard our cars referd to as krautwagens,krautcatchers and krautmobiles! But then again I'm half kraut living in the saout where rednecks have a slanderous name for everything.

Why not aluminum?

OHHHHHHHHH... that's right they FLEX OH SO BADLY

QUOTE (CptTripps @ Jan 29 2005, 04:09 PM)

Joe...That's exatly what I wanted to see. Any pics from a little further back?

This is the best I can do right now:

QUOTE (914RS @ Jan 30 2005, 02:41 PM)

QUOTE (CptTripps @ Jan 29 2005, 04:09 PM) Joe...That's exatly what I wanted to see. Any pics from a little further back? This is the best I can do right now:

That's exactly what I was looking for.

Great stuff.

QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Jan 30 2005, 11:34 AM)

Why not aluminum?

Now that's what I'm talkin' bout Eric!