"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
03/13/2015 at 17:52 • Filed to: None
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"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
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So I am about to (read within the next hour) run out and grab some supplies, including caliper paint for the new toy. I cant figure out what color will look best with this green color. There are also a few minor suspension parts that will get repsrayed. I am between Yellow, Silver, or Red. For dexterity, here is the car.
those wheels will go sooner than later making the calipers visible.
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BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 17:55 |
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Don't go with red. It doesn't look very nice with green. Either silver or yellow, with silver being preferential. Yellow and green reminds me of John Deere.
RustedSprinter
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 17:55 |
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Red for the extra HPs.
E. Julius
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 17:57 |
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Yellow, no doubt. With that shade of green, red will make it look like a tacky christmas ornament.
Manic Otti
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 18:01 |
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This is just me, I'm not a fan of colored calipers, so I'd paint them black.
RallyWrench
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 18:03 |
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If it were British, I might say yellow. But I'd go silver or black, nice & restrained so as not to detract from the bodywork.
itschrome
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 18:03 |
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keep the wheels!
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 18:05 |
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Gold
SantaRita
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 18:08 |
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silver with anything is complimentary and classy. red or yellow are almost too much and might distract from the rest instead of enhancing.
Skyrider
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 18:18 |
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I think you have to pick the new rims first and see what color would compliment them. If you must paint them now, a Fiat would look best with white IMHO
Axial
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 18:18 |
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While I like colored calipers, I would not use anything but black with this car. It just suits it, especially with those bumpers.
Yellow will make it too John Deere. Red makes it Christmas, Silver is just too bright.
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 18:27 |
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Gold or bronze.
Not bright yellow, it will look like a John Deere.
Not red, it will look like a christmas tree.
Silver, or by extension grey or black will make them disappear, or blend with the wheel in silver's case.
You wouldn't be asking us this question, if you wanted them to disappear.
If you are talking about painting suspension parts aside from brake caliper over-spray, I would suggest silver or iron grey on those for a clean, but stock-like look.
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CAR_IS_MI
> Skyrider
03/13/2015 at 18:39 |
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silver mini mags
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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 18:40 |
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Any chance of a pre-73 bumper conversion? Any classic car of that era deserves to be back-dated that way.
PushToStart
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 18:43 |
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Gold, silver, or black. The car is bright enough as it is, so having calipers that "pop" out with a contrasting color probably won't look as good as something more neutral.
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CAR_IS_MI
> BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
03/13/2015 at 18:57 |
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I'm going for the Abarth style bumper conversion.
Just a couple of nubs . also, probably fender flares. and I like the color of the one you posted.
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CAR_IS_MI
> PushToStart
03/13/2015 at 18:58 |
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I might take the hue a tad darker when I fix the dents and dings on it. I like the green, but I would love it to be more of a BRG.
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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 19:06 |
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That looks cool.
124 Abarths had IRS or DeDion rear axle conversions, didn't they? I thought I read that, but I might be mistaken.
Some Cobra-like jacking/towing point brackets, or whatever they call those, would be cool...
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Skyrider
> CAR_IS_MI
03/13/2015 at 19:13 |
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How about silver calipers with red trim?
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> E. Julius
03/13/2015 at 20:24 |
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Yeah, but yellow will turn it into an Italian John Deere.
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E. Julius
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
03/13/2015 at 20:25 |
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Fair enough. A few people suggested gold after I commented this and I think I like that better.
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> E. Julius
03/13/2015 at 20:29 |
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That would go better.