Brake caliper paint selection for Slate Blue FX50s

[cheste1]

Trying to pick a paint color for the brake calipers, here's what I have it narrowed down to:

Gold Flake:

Burnt Copper:

Daytona Yellow:


What do you guys think? I'm starting to think the yellow may be a bit too much. Perhaps the gold flake?

 

[RIPnFX]

I like gold flake or copper

 

[RAGTPZ]

None of the above??? Personally I would opt for either silver or black.

 

[Themechanic]

Depends on the color of the car. Plus if you pick anything else besides yellow. Its good to do yellow as a base and then
the color of your choice (It brings out the shine of your color of choice)

 

[cheste1]

The color of my ride is slate blue, I agree the yellow is a bit much. The calipers are already silver and do not stand out at all. Black would be too subtle for my liking. I think I'm really torn on the copper and gold.

 

[RIPnFX]

My FX is iridium blue and I chose gold and love how it looks. I think gold will look good on blue slate as well. Here's a pic of mine

 

[cheste1]

Ah man, that's exactly what I was looking for - somebody with a photo of a similar setup. I think I am going to sand down the infiniti logo when I prep 'em for paint and keep them blank/no logo. Perhaps a yellow-tinted primer base will work well.

 

[Sideswipe]

Heres mine:

 

[cheste1]

Nice, did you repaint the logo back onto the caliper after painting it Sean?

 

[Sideswipe]

yes...you should be able to see a couple of letters peeking through

 

[santiagodraco]

You can order vinyl logo replacements from ebay. I went with Akebono since the FX50s brakes are Akebono.

 

[Themechanic]

Yeah i agree gold looks very good on blue! Do the gold!

 

[cheste1]

Yeah, the copper is too deep, grabbing the gold enamel and searching around for some yellow-tinted primer. Thanks all...looks like I am going to have a fun project next weekend with springs, stud replacements/spacers and brake repaint.