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Old 31st May 2016, 08:02   #1
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Hi I had problems with my calipers so going to clean and overhaul them, so was wondering about giving them a coat of paint while they are off the car so looking for any suggestions as to which colour would look nice on an anthracite ZTT with straights ?

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I painted my green to match the bodywork on my ZTT, green might look nice as a contrast.





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Hi I had problems with my calipers so going to clean and overhaul them, so was wondering about giving them a coat of paint while they are off the car so looking for any suggestions as to which colour would look nice on an anthracite ZTT with straights ?

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Brighter colour might be better for the dark colour cars Robert .
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Old 31st May 2016, 08:40   #4
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If you want them to look nice paint them red, if you want them to blend in with most others paint them a rust colour
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Old 31st May 2016, 08:47   #5
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I always go body colour although my Typhoon had XPower bright green which were surprisingly effective!

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I've got an anthracite zt with straights and I'm gonna paint mine red with some mg decals on them this is when I get my refurbed alloys back anyway
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Also gonna clean up the hubs and give them a coat of silver to blend them in a bit
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Here are some photos of the silver callipers which I had on my 75 I used to own.





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Just refurbing a set myself at the moment and I think I'm going to paint mine red. I've found some caliper decals as well which I thought I might put on in silver. These will be on my primertallic silver ZTT.
Though of red because some MGFs had 4 pot calipers fitted and they were red with a white MG logo, they look good

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3816498628...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MG-Brake-C...YAAMXQoYJSJFV1

Some for the Rover too

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-Brak...gAAMXQoYJSIMQo
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Fusiliers blue callipers look stunning , some of the best I've seen
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