RS 1.0 Caliper Paint
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sheets



Joined: 25 Jul 2008
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Posted: 8/26/08 3:56PM    Post subject: RS 1.0 Caliper Paint  

Any suggestions on where to find Hot Lava Caliper paint. Or a color that is very close. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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ack154



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Location: Hitting Cones in NY

Posted: 8/26/08 4:03PM    Post subject:  

Go black or go home.

Well... just go black. You're probably not going to find any sort of "caliper" paint to match the RS1 and if you're off by too much, it'll just look bad with that color.
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pickledchang



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Posted: 8/26/08 6:47PM    Post subject:  

the only other color that would look good (maybe) besides black is a color that matches your wheels. again, thats a big maybe...
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ChelsDS



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Posted: 8/26/08 8:08PM    Post subject:  

I would go black honestly. Why paint your stock calipers a bright color when there is nothing to show off?
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pickledchang



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Posted: 8/26/08 8:29PM    Post subject:  

ChelsDS wrote: I would go black honestly. Why paint your stock calipers a bright color when there is nothing to show off?

+1
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iKONA



Joined: 04 Feb 2007
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Location: South Chicago

Posted: 8/26/08 8:47PM    Post subject:  

If you seriously want to go rs1 on your calipers. Just buy 2 colors or 3 and mix them as best as you can. If you want to get pearls in there go to a shop that sues Dupont paints and buy some powder pearls that you think would match.
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Zefoxe



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Posted: 8/26/08 9:34PM    Post subject:  

ChelsDS wrote: I would go black honestly. Why paint your stock calipers a bright color when there is nothing to show off?

theyre better then the tCs brakes, thats plenty to show off to me :D

you can always hit up a body shop to mix a can for you, just make sure its a high temp paint.
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ack154



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Posted: 8/27/08 3:17AM    Post subject:  

Zefoxe wrote: ChelsDS wrote: I would go black honestly. Why paint your stock calipers a bright color when there is nothing to show off?

theyre better then the tCs brakes, thats plenty to show off to me :D

you can always hit up a body shop to mix a can for you, just make sure its a high temp paint.
:eyebrow:

Where do you get that idea from? No, really... where have you heard that?
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Lil_Deuce_tCoupe



Joined: 29 Jul 2006
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Location: Sutton, MA

Posted: 8/27/08 4:30AM    Post subject:  

Check this out - G2 caliper paint in orange.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ORANGE-G2-BRAKE-CALIPER-PAINT-2-PART-EPOXY-FREE-SHIP_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33563QQihZ019QQitemZ290256164166QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
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usmc7236Ret



Joined: 07 Jul 2008
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Posted: 8/27/08 10:14AM    Post subject:  

Red to match TRD springs....



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usmc7236Ret



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Posted: 8/27/08 10:16AM    Post subject:  

Lil_Deuce_tCoupe wrote: Check this out - G2 caliper paint in orange.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ORANGE-G2-BRAKE-CALIPER-PAINT-2-PART-EPOXY-FREE-SHIP_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33563QQihZ019QQitemZ290256164166QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Looks like a good match, If you go with this I would like to see pics.
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ack154



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Posted: 8/27/08 10:22AM    Post subject:  

That orange does not look like Hot Lava at all... and if the color is off by just a little, it's going to look worse than something far off. It'll look like you tried to match it and failed.
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sheets



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Posted: 8/28/08 4:33PM    Post subject: Samples  

Thanks for the posts. My shop is going to get some samples of the G2. We are also going to consider using yellow. Saw yellow on a Orange Flame 360 and it looked alright to me. Refer to link to see the 360. http://clubscuderia.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?s=9b8afbc542be6b00a075f091bff5c32c&t=19927
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pickledchang



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Posted: 8/28/08 4:46PM    Post subject:  

that looks so-so... i think it would look better with more of a darker gold color/light bronze for the calipers.
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xBster



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Location: Indy,IN

Posted: 8/28/08 6:47PM    Post subject:  

I'm thinkin' Black or Red....keep it simple.
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