I paint the Fit calipers and rear drums red!!! will post pictures tomorow...

 

why paint them red?

 

hmm honestly i did the same too but not the drums it looks funny IMO =/ but hey its your car so do what you want =) i hope it not the bright red i hate that =P

 

Please don't. If anything paint them black to hide them. Unless you have a big brake kit they need not be painted.

 

drums=black so black>*

 

how long do you leave the calipers sitting with the wheels off before you can get going? I don't want to paint them and be stranded for the whole day. I'm guessing maybe an hour would be fine?

 

please don't paint your brake parts, you will regret it.

 

Why's that? Looks?

I'm a fan of colored calipers, appropriately colored calipers I should add. Very racy appearance. Not at all a fan of painted drums though.

You can get Mugen and Spoon front calipers in blue. Why not paint?

 

Because painting calipers is being a poser IMO, if you have a BBK or spoon calipers then colored is awesome. Just like on my STI Gold Brembos looked great, but I would laugh my ass off if some kid painted his stock brakes gold on a base Impreza.

But to each his own, Ive just been around a long time and have seen that most people always in the long run wish they had stepped away from the paint can

 

I don't see a problem with painting them black. My car/rims are black. I'd like black calipers too.

 

HAHAH SO TRUE!!!


its because they see how bad it looks and realize what the hell they were thinking.

 

here they are..... have them painted for a week now and I don't regret it, they look nice to me, a did my wife's pontiac vibe first for practice cause she wanted to painted them, they look little rusty, they looked nice to me so I did mine... had to wait 24 hours when I did it.

 

nice clean TW, might have been better if you just painted the fronts and left the drums black, what % are your tints?

 

mother of god
that's ricey
sorry

painting them black is the only way to go.
and the drums,

hahahahahahahaha

 

i'm not a fan of painted calipers/drums either, but to each his own. i think no paint is best, and if you must, then just do it black. but otherwise it screams tacky to me.

 

The only reason I have painted my calipers in the past was because the oem paint was coming off. Red=Ricey.

 

I like the gold Brembo calipers on my 07 Sti too, but anyone who mods a street car is a bit of a poser aren't they? I mean lightweight lugs and batteries, carbon fiber body pieces and oversize Volks on a Fit is all a bit silly isn't it?

I painted the stock calipers red on my 05 blue WRX and got many compliments from serious car people and lay people alike. Its a personal-taste thing bobo so right back 'atchya.

 

volcom: hey man, just wanted to say that it looks good! props to you and don't get discouraged from what other people say! it's good to follow your n2ition and tune your car for YOURself!

 

YEP I AGREE SOO TRUE!... i love the look but IMO ill leave the back one black =P well thats only cuss i wanted to you can do whatever you like... but overall i like them =) PAINTED CALIPERS FTW!!! =P dont hate appreciate =)

EDIT: oh hello there ghettoboy long time no see or talk =P

 

Looks good but should have left the drums black.