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Your best bet would be to just paint the entire caliper and then hand paint the lettering back on top.
I would personally go with a gloss or semi-gloss black, or a sliver that comes as close as you can find to matching the body (and the accents in the wheels).
The other thing that I would consider is polishing them (or at least parts of them). Having a silver caliper with polished accents would go REALLY well with your rims! There are threads online where people have sanded them down with progressively finer grit paper, and then take some metal polish and shine them up. It shouldn't be too hard at all if you are just doing some accent areas.
I would personally go with a gloss or semi-gloss black, or a sliver that comes as close as you can find to matching the body (and the accents in the wheels).
The other thing that I would consider is polishing them (or at least parts of them). Having a silver caliper with polished accents would go REALLY well with your rims! There are threads online where people have sanded them down with progressively finer grit paper, and then take some metal polish and shine them up. It shouldn't be too hard at all if you are just doing some accent areas.
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i think painting it red is a bit cheesy...its a MB, not a hopped up Honda with loud fart cans.
either save up for a BBK, or paint your calipers bright silver with black lettering...
vaseline works well for letters....i used to custom paint valve covers for honda D/B/K series fans.
either save up for a BBK, or paint your calipers bright silver with black lettering...
vaseline works well for letters....i used to custom paint valve covers for honda D/B/K series fans.
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i think you should get them power coated that way when you spray chemicals on the wheel and caliper it won't mess up the clear coat......Red is fine if done right it will look good....but with paint you will be repainting it again
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Linh, I think you should do it considering how ugly the calipers are with that OEM finish. I think they will make your wheels and car POP that much more.
There are some pics of my calipers when I had some temporary stocks on: https://mbworld.org/forums/wheels-ti...ss-wheels.html.
I used ///AMG decals, because we share the same calipers as the older 55's, plus the mercedes and brembo logo looked too long for the amount of space on the caliper. I got the decals from xenonmods.com and they came pretty fast and aren't badly priced. In any case, good luck.
I am with you on not paying for a BBK, I don't see the need to, especially since my car isn't that fast and doesn't need to stop at high speeds. lol.
There are some pics of my calipers when I had some temporary stocks on: https://mbworld.org/forums/wheels-ti...ss-wheels.html.
I used ///AMG decals, because we share the same calipers as the older 55's, plus the mercedes and brembo logo looked too long for the amount of space on the caliper. I got the decals from xenonmods.com and they came pretty fast and aren't badly priced. In any case, good luck.
I am with you on not paying for a BBK, I don't see the need to, especially since my car isn't that fast and doesn't need to stop at high speeds. lol.
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Thanks for the info. I haven't decide yet even though I already bought everything. I my mind, I also think it gonna stand out with red caliber because it lowered, big wheels, diffuser, lip, spoiler...etc.
