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Old Aug 15, 2002 | 06:15 PM
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Originally posted by preyx
Yep. Elec.-Eng. and CompSci (EECS) major here. Class of '05
boy~ you are young!
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Old Aug 16, 2002 | 04:57 PM
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Anyone have a pic or can photoshop a pic of BLK with BLK calipers?

Red is too intense I think...
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Old Aug 16, 2002 | 06:30 PM
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to me it is more like body color dependent.
if i had a black or blue coupe i would definitely go with red brake calipers.
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 11:54 AM
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caliper color

have a black c230 with C7. think of due G2 blue paint for the calipers. does the g2 blue match the center of the c7 MB emblem blue?

any pics?
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 12:32 PM
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The idea of using red, makes the brakes "STAND OUT". Just my thoughts.
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