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Old 05-08-2016, 07:29 PM
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Default PCCB Brake Caliper Color

Ordered GT4 in Guards Red with PCCBs and black satin wheels. Planned to have calipers painted guards red to match car color. Wondering if I should leave them yellow or consider another color like black or polished silver.

I left them yellow on my GT Silver Boxster GTS because I think the yellow looks good with the silver. But on guards red I'm afraid the yellow might clash. Yes, I realize this is silly superficial stuff but I love design and color and how it all works together!

What color would you go with for the calipers?
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I would personally leave them alone.
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My rosso scuderia (Looks like Guards red) challenge stradale has silver color pccb's and it looks fantastic on a red car. I would definitely paint it though. I have seen people (on RL) calling the red GT4 with yellow pccb's the McDonald car. I would vote silver first then red second. cheers
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Silver to dark silver would look KILLER!
Old 05-09-2016, 12:01 AM
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It would be nice if Porsche eventually lets customers pick their caliper color:



There have been some GT4 owners who've painted their calipers aftermarket. This one is my favorite:



At any rate, I'd love to see the PCCB caliper Photoshopped into silver and other colors.
Old 05-09-2016, 12:15 AM
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Leave them as is. I really like red with yellow calipers - Iron Man

Yellow with red calipers could be mistaken for McDonalds
Old 05-09-2016, 12:32 AM
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Leave them yellow. It's the only way for cougars to make a decision between two porsche owners at the bar.
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I would leave them yellow.
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^^^As others said... leave 'em alone!

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Originally Posted by ShakeNBake
Leave them yellow. It's the only way for cougars to make a decision between two porsche owners at the bar.
The winning answer! No need to go any further for advice.






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Leave em yellow!!
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yellow
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I'd leave them alone - they look good, changing them costs money, and changing them might cause you issues (like flaking) down the road. A lot of my Tesla brethren want to paint their calipers red (if they have base grey) and there has been mixed results - that on a car that barely uses the brakes. I'd leave things the way God (or Porsche in this case) made them.
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people are modding the heck out of their GT4s - why stop at painting calipers if you want to?
so paint them if you want to; what matters is that you like it



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