What Color Calipers?
 

Ok. So i will be getting my calipers powdercoated and am having a difficult time deciding on what color to get.

INFO:

I am getting a set of 20" gloss black wheels with a pearl white pinstripe. As well as new rotors with a black anodized hat.

Currently the car looks like:
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/...1_gYd4G-XL.jpg
http://jpmcgphotography.smugmug.com/...5_CX2cx-XL.jpg

more photos also incase you care enough to check!
http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...a-daisuke.html

Decisions...

I wanted white calipers personally.. but of course they will get dirty fast even with ceramic pads.

Other suggestions have been:
a light blue to try and match the burnt TI look of the exhaust tips.
Deep crimson red to match the deep red of the tinted tail lights.
Regular bright red..
Turqoise/teal (spelling errors may abound!)

More than just simply an opinion, wondering if anyone has seen any car or has images with a setup you would recommend (overall car must be similar to really get a good idea)

So any input thoughts = appreciated!

Daisuke

my parents have a pearl white GT-R which has black rims and they went with red and it fits pretty well

I voted White w/ Black lettering. That way you can keep the Panda theme..........

im getting mine coated a turqoise/teal color...

i know this car has gold wheels...but you can kinda get an idea of the turqiouse color on a white car. maybe someone can PS the wheels black?
http://asianguywithacamera.com/image...images/120.jpg

Hey. I'll be doing gold calipers with gold lugs on a black faced rim.

Red... ALWAYS Red!:rock:

nice maybe yeah is someone could do that it would be great.

I thought about black & gold.. (GO STEELERS) but theres no other gold on car

reds always good for calipers i think.. but then also alot of people have it.

Ok who voted for PINK!!!

My parents's GT-R with the red calipers ok not a Z but still pearl white, black glossy rims and red calipers with those AP racing/Stillen J-hook brakediscs :p

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...t/DSC_0184.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...t/DSC_0117.jpg

(not my parents but the guy that works on our cars, we borrowed the GT-R to him for his wedding)

i have a similar panda theme on my PW 370z, and I'm planning on doing white with black letters, so I suggest same for you.


I also like how Brembo gold looks on PW, so that's another option.

brembo gold would look great on PW but no powdercoater can source that color..

Orange with white decals for sure. You should also do a orange pin stripe around the lip, not white, and get orange anodized lug nuts. Small orange accents under the hood. Black out the headlights with orange projectors maybe? Or do the amber reflector in matching orange color. You can also take the rear emblem, have it painted black, and make the "NISSAN" in matching orange as well.

Or... all that, using another color. lol

Anything but white......

thats completely.. different from how it looks onw.. you nuts man you nuts..

James quit hatin on white... you just tryin to make my car look bad.

I voted for the deep red. I think a bright red will stand out too much and detract from your panda theme while white might be taking it too far. A deep red could look really nice if its done right. Good luck and keep us posted.

:confused: Explain, I'm confused lol.

ive had my front and rear emblems done in a pearl black with white nissan lettering.. haha

basically : ) suggested alot of stuff i planned in white as orange..

I picked white with black lettering. You don't really ever see that. It's different. It would be noticed but not in your face being that that your car is PW.

how about a bronze colour? white/bronze goes well, black bronze goes well, I'm sure black/white/bronze would :D

otherwise, Deep red/turquise :)

thats what i was thinking. I mean im prolly gonna hafta wipe it down everytime i pull into the garage.. but again, i dont drive it every day. like today was the firs ttime i drove it since sunday.

Hrmm. got any kinda photos of setups like that/ white car with black wheels n gold?

Visuals help me out alot.

and dangit! if pink wins I really will do pink.. then run around everywhere saying that all 370z's love pink calipers.

I was in the same boat as you with picking a color, im going with red with a white akebono.

I strictly said orange to match the orange interior.

I have a customer who really wants it and has been talking to different powder manufacturers. He is going to have them send me something that might be close enough. I told him if he finds the correct powder, his coating is free, because it will be the holy grail of caliper powdercoat!

Dai,
Here are some that I think would look good:

I don't have a picture, but I'm sure you have seen Shanna's Candy Teal brakes on her G35 at Z1, that looks hot on white.

White:
http://www.thepowdercoater.com/galle...te_akebono.jpg

Aquamarine Blue:
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7066/dsc00909s.jpg

Crystal Red metallic:
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6581/dsc04938f.jpg



And of course, I do have candy pink!
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2561/candypink.jpg

Hi Mike

Is it possible to powder coat the hats on 1 piece rotors? Will the color stick?

It will stick, but shipping is quite expensive. You are better off going with a high temp spray paint, unless you want a fancy color.

MMM that white and pink looks goood!!

Please don't get the pink! I voted for the white with black letters. Something different but not crazy. Red is always a good choice too. Looks great on white cars.

Hope this helps you out!!!

Oh yea. The white for sure. The red is perfect to. But it's the same as others. White would defiantly separate you.

I voted red...

I'm surprised at how many people actually voted for white... seems like a horrible idea for a brake caliper. In functionality and taste.

BTW Mike, the color I got might not be spot on... but I'm going to give it a shot anyway.

white is nice but wont it be always dirty because of brake dust?

I photochoped some colours for my car will post it as the website where I posted is down, as my wheels are also kind of black (gun metal)

Ok these might help I guess

Candy Blue
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/fccb3a0aba.jpg

Purplish Blue
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/d0e1ad0fa9.jpg

Red
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/18f1269628.jpg

Orange
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/8bf0c19852.jpg

Dark Orange more like 350Z brembo
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/77120e8290.jpg

Gold
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/bf40bd5b3c.jpg

Dark Golden more like Titanium shade, I am planning to go for this
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/e03a38d474.jpg

Last but not the least Yellow
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/7c8370ee70.jpg

thought i'd throw mine in there (real, no photoshop):

The color is 'Safety Blue'
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...Ma%20Z/5-1.jpg

Here's mine next to a 40th anniversary red:
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...YangHiRres.jpg

i voted white with black lettering but deep crimson red would look good too i think. especially with a lot of metal flake like graham has on his stoptech's on the G35

even if its fairly close, it will be popular!

i can understand that white would be a tough go due to dust etc... but saying its bad taste well thats kinda well... everyone has their own tastes and opinions.. we all dont like the same beer, soft drink, type of women, car colors etc...

I don't go around saying people who get silver 370z's have bad taste.. i just say its not my choice!!

Thats a great shot. Nice color choice btw.

I may be leaning towards blue a bit, although i do still have some time to kinda think about it so who knows I could still end up with Pink.

Touche... but white calipers scream rice and tasteless modding.. IMO.

How many classy cars do you see with white calipers from the factory? How many Honda Accords and Mistubishi Eclipses have had someone paint the calipers white?

You know, just because it's something you don't see everyday... doesn't mean it is always a good thing.

Silver Z's aren't my favorite either... :tiphat:

i understand most dont do it. most do it to be "different" im considering it as I think I would like it and it would match my overall scheme. realistically im only gonna do what I think looks good.

But then when you say about factory, almost everyone has red and i agree it does look good. But I think for my car it would simply stick out and look good on its own, and not particular look good with the entire car (if that makes sense)

For eg if you took a picture of my wheel area people would go, that looks good (with red) but if you took a picture of the entire side of my car with the white that would look good.

Either way, whoever all posted examples of other cars etc ty, visualization really helps me out in what I think im gonna get.

and its not like its permanent, we can always redo them if white doesn't work out.