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#1 liirge

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 06:52 PM

Hiya,
Im wondering what colour to paint my new Bake calipers, im thinking red or Black.
I was wondering if you could post some pics of Painted Calipers either on their own or Behind some Rims!!
So come on..l
Get em out!

#2 RetroRay

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 07:12 PM

I would personally go for black only because it doest show dirt as much :D

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 07:14 PM

all black then have the AP logo detailed in red... looks the *man danglies* thats what im gonna do :D

Edited by rick.spi, 13 July 2009 - 07:14 PM.


#4 nicksuth

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 07:18 PM

Just got to be RED

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#5 leaky

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 07:25 PM

Iv got drums on mine :D Iv got a set of disks in the garage to go on and was gonna paint them red.

#6 M44K TS

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 07:29 PM

Black & silver ftw

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#7 IFlingPoo

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 07:39 PM

No pics as I don't have them yet, but I today ordered some of these.

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 07:49 PM

Hmmm Nice, kepp em coming

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 07:55 PM

Blue looks nice with a Blue Engine, can't remember who's this was (shame he fitted the 4 pots updside down???)

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#10 mars red mike

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 08:10 PM

Lol at the above pic. You get so many people building monster engines these days : 1380s, eight ports, 16 valvers, turbos etc . Mega complex engine specs and yet they still manage to put the fan on back to front!

#11 nicksuth

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 08:13 PM

Lol at the above pic. You get so many people building monster engines these days : 1380s, eight ports, 16 valvers, turbos etc . Mega complex engine specs and yet they still manage to put the fan on back to front!


.............. and calipers upside down, doh !!

Blood nice set up though >_<

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 09:52 PM

Heres mine. You know if you paint them red it increases your braking efficiency by 25% ! :) >_< :-

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 11:02 PM

Here's Mine, painted them yellow since took pic

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Posted 13 July 2009 - 11:06 PM

Here's Mine, painted them yellow since took pic


That'll be that invisible yellow paint then eh ???

EDIT = okay, you just beat me to it with your edit (and pic) !!!

Edited by nicksuth, 13 July 2009 - 11:07 PM.


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Posted 13 July 2009 - 11:20 PM

Lol


will update with yellow pic later for you lol




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