Subject	Black calipers are so under-rated these days.
Posted by	Dave N on October 04, 2005 at 10:25 AM
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In Reply To	my car is aztec red posted by jt12203 on October 04, 2005 at 10:20 AM
Message	My car is Aztec Red and I repainted my calipers black. It's amazing how nice they look when they've been repainted to that color. Here's another example of how restoring the black finish: Rears before: Rears after (this was before I cleared the "NISSAN" letters: Front after (not the best picture): Dave Little did Bob realize that Harold discovered the elusive "brown note" and was about to put the theory to test Sig Quotes: "Your sausage scares me!" - TT-XTZ 6/13/05 "Did you ever get some?" - TT-XTZ 5/24/05 "Or he's having a rough week like the rest of us and decided to take out his agressions of not being breast fed on me." BigTDogg 15:45, 09/25/03 "Pick her up from day care and take her to Dairy Queen for a snow cone." YugoBernie 1/7/04 of course those are canadian bannings and beatings, which after the conversion rate is really only a "hey! stop that!" Chris(NJ) 1/14/04 see the green "n" next to my name? what's COZ? (n/m) - 300zx88 8/11/04 It really does look like you except a straight version.. - Spongerider :) 11/11/04
Follow Ups	what's your opinion...on painted calipers and stcok wheels - jt12203 10:12:35 10/04/05 All comes down to how well you do it, ie paint vs over spray (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 10:13:51 10/04/05 You can always go black. It will never not match. - rufflez 10:15:12 10/04/05 I think it would also depend on what color your car is. - ssm300z 10:15:17 10/04/05 You'll be fine as long as you go with a color that - Dave N 10:17:14 10/04/05 my car is aztec red - jt12203 10:20:38 10/04/05 Black calipers are so under-rated these days. - Dave N 10:25:56 10/04/05 is there a way to paint the ... - Rickytl (MA) 10:31:21 10/04/05 you should have done that when you first bought the rotors (n/m) - fst300zx 10:43:28 10/04/05 meh they came on the car, i'll do it when i get my - Rickytl (MA) 15:05:13 10/04/05 I used a brush and black engine paint (n/m) - Insomniac(VA) 11:49:48 10/04/05 Yes. (n/m) - Dave N 12:21:08 10/04/05 Very nice - I need to do that. =) (n/m) - TT XTZ 10:49:05 10/04/05 that car doesn't look red! (n/m) - boileralum 11:00:01 10/04/05 I plan on painting mine black when I put my new rotors on - boileralum 11:31:50 10/04/05 2nd. - rufflez 11:51:11 10/04/05 I'm not feeling the masked areas of the rotor hat :-P (n/m) - Dave N 12:18:30 10/04/05 You can't really see it. It doesn't bother me. - rufflez 12:28:53 10/04/05 looks like you sanded yours more than I did - Insomniac(VA) 12:36:47 10/04/05 did you take your calipers apart to pain them? - VG30DE racer 18:22:08 10/04/05 Like the Moda R6's..... (n/m) - racer2fst 12:25:36 10/04/05 2nd that. - BigTDogg (MA) 12:57:30 10/04/05 Red = "showy" Black = "subtle" (n/m) - jgbatlantaZ 14:39:32 10/04/05 I was expecting to receive some shrapnel - ZEngineer 10:23:44 10/04/05 =) While yellow isn't my first choice (shows dirt way too - Dave N 10:28:41 10/04/05 Lots of people have that combo, it looks good. - just4kinks 10:30:50 10/04/05 Black looks great =). (n/m) - Kenny 10:38:49 10/04/05 Agreed. - aggiez32 11:53:58 10/04/05 2nd ... - Guapo 12:02:02 10/04/05 quiet you (n/m) - mousersix (San Antonio) 12:15:36 10/04/05 Is pi your track number? :) (n/m) - aggiez32 12:15:54 10/04/05 it was that day :) (n/m) - Guapo 17:13:25 10/04/05 here's mine - Insomniac(VA) 11:43:53 10/04/05 VERY nice car!! it's a beauty! (n/m) - mousersix (San Antonio) 12:16:06 10/04/05 wow - ZLover4Life 17:15:01 10/04/05 RED ALL THE WAY, any dark color will blend into the - E=mz² 12:01:46 10/04/05 I did yellow with - CRAZZEPETE. 12:08:13 10/04/05 you joking right?> I hope.. (n/m) - Jaspec 12:13:46 10/04/05 I don't know if this will work for me, having probs with - CRAZZEPETE. 13:07:45 10/04/05 fixed - CRAZZEPETE. 14:18:10 10/04/05 Go red! - 15zcar 12:08:14 10/04/05 What color is your Z? Red,black, gold is my - Jaspec 12:09:41 10/04/05 black on red - red on black (n/m) - giacz(HoboNJ) 13:08:28 10/04/05 RED! Mine are getting powder coated this week.. (n/m) - MidLifeZ 13:18:06 10/04/05 I want to see a white 300zx with either blue or red calipers - Player 13:43:46 10/04/05 Here are mine--red on Charcoal Pearl TTZ - Ken400 20:18:30 10/04/05 Red on Red, non-stock wheels, in stock color - Barry'z (NJ) 20:25:17 10/04/05 These are mine red on red Z, look good - Andztt 00:21:12 10/05/05
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