red calipers

Red is more attractive specially from a distance.

 

Red calipers to match the red car?

 

Thats why i did it!!
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Not to be too pedantic, but that's a red truck, not a red car

 

that's not a Daytona Dave

 

Didnt you know red Ferrari calipers slow you down faster than yellow Ferrari calipers?

 

I believe Mr Jones would say the only difference is the value as scrap.

 

I'll venture out here, risking life and limb to suggest that Porsche's "upgrade" calipers known as "Big Reds" on "S" equipped and turbo cars began this as a way to help viewers of similarly-bodied cars "see" these particular upgrades. Porsche, sometimes having 4 nearly identical appearing variants though with significant option/price distinctions has nearly mastered this genre of subtle differentiation.

Thus, red calipers on the late 964 series cars and 993s (probably even before that in their performance catalogs) helped ignite the trend.

 

Yup.. you are correct.. it was Porsche who started the whole red caliper thing. Started just after they offered the big Brembo brakes on the 928S4.. (in black).. then they offered the red option as A Hudson suggested in his post.

Paul

 

Mine were painted and they look fine to me... Actually everyone seems to like them pretty much, even in a yellow car.

Tips:

1.- Cover everything else before painting (even ruber caps).

2.- Use a white color base, specially if the originals are dark.

3.- Pick a red that stands out (We mixed a red base with a little bit of an orangie red and a tiny bit of white - your paintor should know). This is due to rim shadow. We recently painted calippers for a friend´s porche and they looked great with out wheels, and then they totally changed when everything was back on...way dark.

4.- Some people are against using stickers for the logo, due to heat. Our solution was quite simple. After three hands of red (dry paint ofcourse) we placed clear stickers (white letters) and then put three hands of good quality CLEAR on top of the whole thing. We had tried it on the porsche, have them for months and the clear protection sure makes the difference, no peeling off with heat or water.

That´s it, good luck.
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your amazing, never find this kind of work in the states!

 

I have a set of black calipers out being powder coated red right now and was wondering what color to use on the lettering..white or black. Many tell me black but the white seems to look great...What do you guys think?

 

Hey man, I tried both black and white and second option looks the best. Check te pic above that´s my car.

 

Yes the white lettering looks good. Anyone have a good pic with the black lettering on the red caliper for comparison? By the way I have stencils being made for the 355 calipers. I can get a sheet of 10 for $50.00. They are peel and stick so you can spray your own color on with high temp paint. They are about 10.5 cm by 1.4 cm. same as orginals. pm me if interested.
PS if you only want 5 then Im sure that would work out too. Also if there are many who want them then Im sure I might get a better price.

 

Hi guys,

I thought i throw my 2cents too.

I went with red calipers/yellow lettering.


Cheers
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Like any painting, it's all in the prep. More prep, better results.

 

The calipers pictured above are not mine. Mine are going to be ready soon. They are being stripped and powerder coated red. Then they will be rebuilt seals and all ect ect. Then I will apply the stencils and paint the "FERRARI" back on them. I must say that the yellow lettering looks good too. It will be white, black or yellow lettering....havnt made up my mind yet.

 

You know, they can powder coat clear if you want to go that route.

 

Dont understand...powdercoat which part clear?

 

Well I got my Calipers back powder coated and rebuilt. I went with the white lettering and it looks great. Placing the stencils in the exact spot takes some good eyes (or 2 pairs of reading glasses. Here is a pick after I used the high temp white paint to fill in the stencils. You will notice that the stenciling on the left calipers looks upside down. They are the passenger side calipers and before the 430s came out Ferrari or Brembo were too lazy I guess to turn the calipers around so that the F in Ferrari starts at the top of the caliper on both sides of the car when in place on the hubs. As it stands right now the factory calipers have the writing upside down on the passenger side of most if not all cars before the 430.
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