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View Poll Results: what color calipers on a sapphire blue 991?
Red
9
12.68%
Yellow
12
16.90%
Blue
14
19.72%
Green
10
14.08%
Orange
15
21.13%
Silver
11
15.49%
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unconventional caliper color suggestions?

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Old 09-09-2019, 12:15 PM
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Silver!

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Silver might work, with Blue PORSCHE lettering. If you need someone to make custom color decals contact Sandy (fannonsandy@gmail.com) who has made decals for many of us here.
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Originally Posted by LexVan
Maybe I do this and get a matching Hello Kitty decal..
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Run no calipers at all
Old 09-09-2019, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Z.
Like this, but with black PORSCHE decals:

Wow this may have sold me on orange over acid green!!

The silver looks nice if my wheels are black but feels too matchy with silver wheels

I see yellow is getting quite a few votes but i don't want to be a pccb poser with my peasant base brakes
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Dropping the car off Wednesday.. its between orange and acid green at this point, will search thru some more pics to decide
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Originally Posted by koven
............ its between orange and acid green at this point, ..........
Between the two I would go orange. It will play better off of the sapphire. You may want to consider other details of your car in orange too, it would accentuate and coordinate your caliper design in a good way.
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Old 09-09-2019, 04:19 PM
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Somewhat related but when I had Red brake calipers I did not like the White PORSCHE lettering on them so I had some decals made to convert them to Black, but since I swapped to PCCBs, which already have Black lettering, I have an extra set that I have no use for - PM me if interested. These are Black over Red vinyl that matches the calipers well so don't worry about having to try to cover each letter by itself!


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I hope you are getting them powder coated and not spray painted?

I got a feeling that you are going to be putting your amber side lights back in.
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Agree with Lex: do not use any of those caliper paint kits! Do it right by taking them off and having them powder coated.
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For example, just look at the photos of the pink caliper (powder coated, super hard/slick gloss finish) and the silver caliper (nice color, but lots of 'orange peel'). Not to mention how they hold up to the heat cycles.
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Originally Posted by LexVan
For example, just look at the photos of the pink caliper (powder coated, super hard/slick gloss finish) and the silver caliper (nice color, but lots of 'orange peel'). Not to mention how they hold up to the heat cycles.
Correct me if I am wrong but the factory ones are just painted, right?
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Look into Wheel Dynamics. They are even in CA. Interesting, they DON'T powder coat. But there is a Rennlister here who did this as a full-time 2nd business (pilot) who only DID powder coating (that's his pink sample).

https://wheeldynamics.com/brake-calipers.html


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Jet-Hot, who now does the powder-coating for Soul Performance, does great work at very reasonable costs albeit you will have to ship them the calipers. Odds are though that anyone looking to have this done can find a fairly local shop.
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Old 09-09-2019, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Z.
My wife's favorite color is pink and even she gagged thinking those would be going on a Porsche!

Seriously though, any color other than the ones that are known for the type of brakes (e.g., Yellow for PCCB).
They actually look pretty good on it Bob,



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