brake caliper colour [Archive] - Australian LS1 and Holden Forums

HSV2BE

23-10-2009, 01:05 PM

i went red with my white vy, with vy gto rims they standout nice with the dba 4000s

Hi, i was thinking red may be a little too much, any pics?

VXSS346

23-10-2009, 01:07 PM

Hi guys, i am wanting to paint the calipers on my white vy, but can't decide between red or black? Any opinions or pics?

Looking at the new GTS, I think yellow is the new 'in' colour, like this guys spew: :spew: :lol:

Red on white just wouldn't go I reckon.
Personally, I'd just go silver to make it look new again :idea:

poolkeeper

23-10-2009, 01:12 PM

Post a photo of the car with the wheels.
Depends what look your trying to achieve.

NickS

23-10-2009, 01:17 PM

Here's a few of my old VY ... gives you an idea of what red looks like;

http://www.oz8.org/gallery/albums/NickS/DSC05937.jpg

http://www.oz8.org/gallery/albums/NickS/DSC05938.jpg

I'd always go red.

:cheers:

vyls1wa

23-10-2009, 01:47 PM

i can post a pic later. But like the above pic, they dont stand out to much but enough to get noticed a little, i went with a slight darked red, nothing bright. I wouldnt go black, kinda seems pointless unless they were large calipers, black will just blend in to much, but would look better than the shitty rust colour

LS1Grange

23-10-2009, 03:40 PM

I know it isnt a white vy ss but they are painted brakes none the less.
Just throwing up a different option for ya

Red and silver

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x145/ls1grange/Grange%20mods/P1020004.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x145/ls1grange/Grange%20mods/P1020003.jpg

gunsy

23-10-2009, 05:48 PM

if ya got the standard brakes i recon do em black, ur wheels will look better over black brakes rather than those rusty old disks

hypa.ss

23-10-2009, 06:41 PM

go red,red is the fastest colour!!!

HSV2BE

23-10-2009, 06:58 PM

I have gone with red, am doing the second caliper now, first one came up a treat will post pics later.

Spider

23-10-2009, 08:15 PM

'Mohit' recently painted the calipers on his VY and went with the red..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/mohit/SS/brakeupgrade01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/mohit/SS/brakeupgrade02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/mohit/SS/brakeupgrade03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/mohit/SS/brakeupgrade04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/mohit/SS/brakeupgrade05.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/mohit/SS/brakeupgrade07.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/mohit/SS/brakeupgrade08.jpg

I'll be doing mine soon and will be painting them red aswell.

bad88u

23-10-2009, 08:56 PM

http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll379/bad88u/180309573.jpg

http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll379/bad88u/016.jpg

http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll379/bad88u/017.jpg

GO THE RED.

Red Beard

23-10-2009, 09:06 PM

I went with black and silver, in a similar combination to the red and silver above. But my car is blue. Red is just so common these days, unless they're Brembos of course, otherwise you just look like a try hard, IMHO.

255-LS1

23-10-2009, 09:28 PM

unless their big brake kits i think they just look try hard in red. Paint them black or silver or jsut save for some 4 piston harrops or APs.

VXSS346

24-10-2009, 06:05 AM

unless their big brake kits i think they just look try hard in red. Paint them black or silver or jsut save for some 4 piston harrops or APs.

Totally agree!!

Daves8

24-10-2009, 08:19 AM

I couldnt paint my calipers red..... it would draw attention to them, and they are standard.

I agree red/yellow etc would be good with genuine big brakes like brembos and harrops/APs

RRossi

24-10-2009, 08:53 AM

My thoughts are red and black like my pbk1 kit, I think they look good but not tacky as they have the 330ml rotors so they dont look stock,

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/vxssrr01wa/SDC10199.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii19/vxssrr01wa/SDC10306.jpg

RR

HSV2BE

24-10-2009, 09:48 AM

RRossi

24-10-2009, 10:34 AM

HSV2B, I managed to get a complete kit for 1k landed F&R inc lines and pads, with VE calipers, the kit has been okay, I had a few troubles instaling them ie having to trim the rear shock covers 40mm so the wouldnt hit the banjo bolt on big bumps but other than that a big diffrence in stock brake package. When the rotors are kaput I will probably just go out and get some DBA 4000s, only thing is im finding hard is getting some decent pads for VE callipers?

RR

toey

24-10-2009, 12:00 PM

i think it depends on the car and what colour scheme you have going. mate of mine has white fg xr6t and is looking to do his black and blue, same style as the red and blacks previously posted by mohit. this will tie in with his interior which is black with blue highlights.

so to the haters lets remember not every one has 1000's to throw at there brakes when they only want them to look a bit neater then what holden gave us.

in the end dude its your car and do what you want to it and dont worry about wat anyone else thinks. id probly go the black and blue if i was you, i may even do it to mine in the same colours

HSV2BE

24-10-2009, 12:45 PM

Project nearly finished, painting the last caliper now.

kpop

24-10-2009, 01:41 PM

i would have gone yellow !

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/wm.php/images/brembo996tt1.jpg

but also agree, if their tiny stock brakes, then they wont look as good as giant brembos. but its your car, do whatever you want! why not even go for glow in the dark paint :D

255-LS1

24-10-2009, 02:10 PM

toey

24-10-2009, 02:31 PM

im thinking of painting my HSV twin pots black or silver and then painting the engraved HSV logo in the opposite colour i.e silver or black. anyone got any ideas how i can do that neatly? thought of painting all black the spraying logo area solve and lightly wiping with thinners?

cheers

get a photo of a hsv logo and play around with the sizes of it till you can get it right for the caliper, this may need you to print off a few attempts to get it. once the correct size is found take it to a sticker maker and get them to make you some stickers with the logo cut out so you can cover the whole caliper with the sticker and only leave the logo to paint your desired colour. im thinking of doing the same thing but with a "ss" logo. will be black outer frame with either red or blue centre and thinking of having silver ss logo

255-LS1

24-10-2009, 05:03 PM

get a photo of a hsv logo and play around with the sizes of it till you can get it right for the caliper, this may need you to print off a few attempts to get it. once the correct size is found take it to a sticker maker and get them to make you some stickers with the logo cut out so you can cover the whole caliper with the sticker and only leave the logo to paint your desired colour. im thinking of doing the same thing but with a "ss" logo. will be black outer frame with either red or blue centre and thinking of having silver ss logo

nah mate the HSV part is actually cast / stamped / engraved into the caliper so stickers wont work. i need a way of painting the caliper and then only colouring the HSV logo part.

Spider

24-10-2009, 05:24 PM

unless their big brake kits i think they just look try hard in red. Paint them black or silver or jsut save for some 4 piston harrops or APs.

I'll just get these then and no one will ever know..
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Holden-Commodore-Ve-Vu-Vl-Vr-Vx-Vy-Brake-Caliper-Cover_W0QQitemZ270470847763QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_C ar_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3ef9519d13

:rofl: :jester:

eh14

24-10-2009, 07:07 PM

I'll just get these then and no one will ever know..
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Holden-Commodore-Ve-Vu-Vl-Vr-Vx-Vy-Brake-Caliper-Cover_W0QQitemZ270470847763QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_C ar_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3ef9519d13

:rofl: :jester:

nice easy cheap way to get big brakes and the paint them whatever colour you would like. can even buy 2 sets and have interchangable brakes

etho9

24-10-2009, 10:29 PM

red on white cars looks sick man

VXSS346

25-10-2009, 08:34 AM

red on white cars looks sick man

Does that mean it looks good or looks bad? :rolleyes:

:lol:

macca33

25-10-2009, 08:49 AM

Does that mean it looks good or looks bad? :rolleyes:

:lol:
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

MJR-57T

25-10-2009, 09:41 AM

Ive gone for red on my white VY.
Has anyone ever gone for white calipers, i wonder what it looks like

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c389/chevy_big_block_bro/23082009552-1.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c389/chevy_big_block_bro/23082009551.jpg

255-LS1

25-10-2009, 09:47 AM

id bet.... filthy after about 5 minutes lol

nice lawn BTW haha

cnnonyx

25-10-2009, 10:01 AM

id bet.... filthy after about 5 minutes lol

nice lawn BTW haha

That lawn is pretty dead level isn't it - well done on the lawn, from me as well

kpop

25-10-2009, 10:12 AM

I'll just get these then and no one will ever know..
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Holden-Commodore-Ve-Vu-Vl-Vr-Vx-Vy-Brake-Caliper-Cover_W0QQitemZ270470847763QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_C ar_Parts_Accessories?hash=item3ef9519d13

:rofl: :jester:

19" brembo calipers on 10" stock rotors :confused::goodjob:

Spider

25-10-2009, 10:17 AM

19" brembo calipers on 10" stock rotors :confused::goodjob:
Just wait till I get em,I'll show ya!

Words could not describe the look.

:lmao::lmao::lmao:

smokey777

25-10-2009, 05:15 PM

http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll379/bad88u/016.jpg

i love these mags

MJR-57T

25-10-2009, 06:59 PM

id bet.... filthy after about 5 minutes lol

nice lawn BTW haha

haha, thanks
You should see it now, ive seen 3 lions and a giraffe grazing out there.

Ive had the the calipers on for a few months now and they're as clean as they were when i put them on so you might be surprised.

I was looking at a link earlier for polished calipers and they looked hot

http://formula.bambeezer.com/calipers.htm

http://formula.bambeezer.com/frontcaliper5.jpg

send-it-up

25-10-2009, 07:54 PM

Never seen polished calipers before, but they look damn good!

SINISTER R8

25-10-2009, 09:08 PM

i'm going to paint my calipers black, to go with the whole Sinister look of my car, the rest of the car is black. i kinda dont want them to stand out too much, just give the whole car the dark and sinister look.

ASSASIN

25-10-2009, 10:38 PM

Candy Red Ceramic coating looks good IMO

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m64/scorch220/DSC00678.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m64/scorch220/DSC00680.jpg

Evman

26-10-2009, 04:09 AM

Black :)

http://aces.rwkw.com/Random/SS04.jpg

MJR-57T

27-10-2009, 11:24 AM

Black :)

http://aces.rwkw.com/Random/SS04.jpg

Now they'd look good polished

slideshift

27-10-2009, 07:51 PM

Candy Red Ceramic coating looks good IMO

that looks awesome, how much roughly that set you back? i'm lookin at doing mine blue to match my paint

ASSASIN

28-10-2009, 12:34 AM

that looks awesome, how much roughly that set you back? i'm lookin at doing mine blue to match my paint

Cost an arm and a leg but well worth it.
Call CIC coatings in Kelmscot

hally

28-10-2009, 01:17 AM

Candy Red Ceramic coating looks good IMO

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m64/scorch220/DSC00678.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m64/scorch220/DSC00680.jpg

Ceramic coating for the win!

I painted my calipers silver the first time round, I wasn't over the moon with the look (I didn't think there was enough contrast).

Painted them red second time round and was happier. I thought it might be a bit try hard myself painting them red, as someone pointed out earlier, but at the end of the day I know I'm not trying to pretend ther something else. They'll do until there's something decent nestled in there anyways haha:)

dmar

28-10-2009, 01:37 PM

im going to paint mine digital camo when i get the time.

MJR-57T

08-11-2009, 03:01 PM

im going to paint mine digital camo when i get the time.

http://www.dressaday.com/digitalcamo.gif
You mean that digital camo.

Are you doing it by hand or do you have a template?

dmar

09-11-2009, 01:48 PM

template made in ps cut out of contact (2 or 3 layers) then stuck on, will be interesting

steves87

09-11-2009, 01:54 PM

haha, thanks
You should see it now, ive seen 3 lions and a giraffe grazing out there.

Ive had the the calipers on for a few months now and they're as clean as they were when i put them on so you might be surprised.

I was looking at a link earlier for polished calipers and they looked hot

http://formula.bambeezer.com/calipers.htm

http://formula.bambeezer.com/frontcaliper5.jpg

was just about to post up how rarely does anyone ever polish them up... i vote for the polished look:goodjob: