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    OK GP geniuses...... I have a dilemma. Painted my caliper with red. GP is actually burgundy. Looks kinda cheesy so I'm going to try it again. I can't seem to find Burgandy anywhere in High Temp. Soooooo.....
    Picture a burgandy car with Silver stock wheels. Silver or Black???
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    Go silver, I have the same color car and honestly there is no point to paint your calipers black. Plus in my opinion silver looks great with our burgundy gp's
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    silver would look sharp something like this
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    Violet, brass, gold
    Irridium spark plugs last 100k mi and work just as well as copper. Copper is a waste on N/A and only lasts 15k mi. Don't use Platinum.
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    I like the brass and gold if you did it right. But silver is way easier.

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    bronze.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hockeybawler View Post
    .....and honestly there is no point to paint your calipers black.
    Really? You'd rather look at pic #1 than pic #2?

    OE:




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    I like the bronze!
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    I like the bronze and silver
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bronco Boy View Post
    Really? You'd rather look at pic #1 than pic #2?

    OE:




    Painted:
    It looks better, I will admit but its just not something I would do
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    I like the black better than rust, for sure. It's a lot of work for minimal "pop". Thanks for everyone's vote. I went with silver. Only got the front two done, but they look decent. My rims aren't as nice as yours. Just standard base model alloys.
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