PetroC63

Lately I've been considering painting my calipers. I've narrowed it down to three colors, red(P31), yellow or tangerine mist/orange?(SLS).

I'm leaning towards red.

tangerine mist



yellow



red



Keep in mind I just had my Forgestar powdercoated matte black so I was thinking of adding a little color to the vehicle to offset the black on black wheel/car color combo.



Agency Power tips in matte black too and their valvetronic exhaust.


My old wheels were gunmetal with a black pinstripe which were nice but I wanted a different look.

_AMG_

All the colors you named would look great. Ive always liked yellow calipers on black cars. I think orange or yellow would look killer!
Have you considered going with blue?

PetroC63

Blue was in the mix but I think blue would look better on a silver car.

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black-clk500

I vote orange--otherwise a few years from now, some dude will post a thread about having red calipers and wondering if he has P31

Yellow won't look good on a black car IMO.

I love my red calipers, but it is getting really played out on more and more AMGs.
My next AMG will have CC with orange stockers

VaclavSV

Hahah +1

My vote is a bright orange or white... don't go yellow!

tgoss

Verde Ithica.

_AMG_

White is gonna look really out of place on this car.
A definite NO imo!

PetroC63

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

Initially I was leaning towards red but now I'm thinking orange w/black AMG lettering will really stand out.

Mort

Haha....and I just voted for red.

ZephyrAMG

The OP doesn't need P31...his car eats p31s and ***** them out for breakfast. I'd say don't go with red because it will signify perhaps having lowly p31 in regards to the level of your car. Plus as mentioned, red is played out and almost on every STI and riced out prelude, VW Jetta and Civic I see...
I've always thought Red is so wanna be Ferrari...

I vote mustard or dark orange...can't wait for pics.

black-clk500

Telll us how you really feel!
I never knew you hated P31 cars so much--BTW who said he needed P31?
Anyway, I hope you haven't forgot to take your meds again

Sean S

I vote for yellow as well, here is a quick Photoshop I did. Hopefully it will make it a little easier for you

PetroC63

Thanks Sean, that was a huge help.

Sean S

No problem, any time!

ZephyrAMG

Haha....too funny. I don't hate P31...I mean the OPs car from what I know is beyond P31...

BAD430BENZ

yellow will definately be my next color . i yahoo'ed white Ferrari Italia and got pics with yellow calipers and dammmmmmmnnnnnn it looks good

Merc63

I like the red first, orange second. Nice work on the pics.

I am Jeff

Mike...I'm really feeling the Blue. That should have been one of the voting options.

PetroC63

I agree Jeff especially after Sean provided the photoshop work. It looks much better than I thought it would.

Now I'm really confused.

I started with red, shifted towards orange and now I'm really liking the blue.

obsidian05e55

See my sig.. I vote orange. I love yellow, but its starting to become as common as red.

mainly

orange looks great or blue, provided its the bright blue, not dark

by the way how to you plan on painting them to retain the black AMG lettering?

MBz Andy

Orange.... Blue will be a killer if you can get the AMG logo in White tho

PetroC63

A few coats of paint, allow the paint to dry, add the stickers and then apply clearcoat.

Even Money

Here's what I would do. None of the above. Paint them a matte gun barrel blue, like a well worn shotgun barrel, would look stunning against the black.

mainly

man, i would not reccomend painting them at all.

if you want it to look professional, ie like oem, have them powder coated, its expensive, but after seeing multiple attempts of guys painting their own calipers...? it always turns out looking cheesy. even with the caliper painting kits... still cheesy.

i had the oem calipers on my m5 powdercoated, and the results were amazing. better than oem, actually as the e60 m5's calipers werent powdercoated from the factory, as the amg's are, but painted.