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Old 02-02-2013, 07:27 PM
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Iv got a red s2 with 17inch silver softlines thinking of smoothing my calipers painting them and maybe putting a ford sticker or ford racing sticker on them then lacering over the top got cossie rears and st170 fronts any ideas on colours don't want it looking to Chavy just nice
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I posted a similar thread the other day, the out come was gloss black. However on my old erst I painted them red and they looked nice. I had 2wd cos on mine all round.
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Yeah didn't think of black I was thinking maybe silver or red then a small ford badge on back calipers and ford racing sticker on front calipers
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Black for sure. I hate calipers that stand out too much
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Iv recently painted mine, had the same problem deciding colours so went for aluminium silver (just to give it that newish look)

Heres mine
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Yeah I was thinking ford wheel silver same as wheels but myt look odd also I will b smoothing the calipers
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Here's a picture of mine in gold



But I've uprated the brakes and still went for gold again.


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Yeah not sure if gold will suit the red car with silver wheels
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IMO id say either black or silver... Subtle but effective enough

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