What color should I paint my Brake Calipers?

I do agree with the Challenge grille recommendation. I think the red/black contrast is rather striking and breaks up the monotone of the stock 360 from the rear.

EDIT: Korr cool bike! My uncle had a similar bike but 125CC in South East Asia many moons ago!

 

I know a person who didn't like the challenge grill black contrast but he wanted the much better engine ventilation so he ordered a challenge grill and painted it body color, maybe that's an option?

 

THere are couple of them here. I will try a search and see if I can find it. IMO the painted challenge grille does not look very good.

 

I'm sorry I don't got any from far but i got these,

http://www.nasharty.net/my-symbian/modena/before.JPG
http://www.nasharty.net/my-symbian/modena/after1.JPG
http://www.nasharty.net/my-symbian/modena/after2.JPG

 

Don't paint them!!!

If it didn't come from the factory, then leave them be. I have a customer that went and painted his calipers yellow, and it looked awful. It looked like it was done after the fact.

 

I don't know. I left mine "Stock". But,I keep seeing all of these ads with Ferrari's For Sale. And,they advertise,"Red Brake Calipers",as if it's some kind of expensive,or,Performance option...

 

and here i found a 355 with the search

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3571&highlight=painted+challenge+grill

I don't think I like it, maybe it's because it's still black at the top?

 

Jimmy,
The painted challenge grille doesn't look very good for two reasons:

1) Because if the holes, from far the grille doesn't look the same colour that it's painted. Kind of like a striped shirt from far.

2) Because of the different material, the paint doesn't look the same as the rest of the car and from a distance, it's kind of like bubbled paint.

Again, just my opinion.

 

Anything that detracts from the lines of a car is wrong. You might think red calipers look techno cool. But in catching your eye it disrupts the flow. You have a Ferrari damnit, and less is more. Coming from an artist here.

 

Damn, you just keep copying all my opinions



JK, giving you a hard time

 

How about a nice Mauve.

 

It's a Ferrari red for sure.

 

Do you want my Ducati tires? They're coming off at the end of the week. Just let me know.

Good luck with the caliper decision. BTW, I have the black Brembo F50 calipers on mine. They look great on a silver car.

 

I have factory-painted silver calipers on my F355. Since I don't see many of these, I have posted an image.

 

How about the color they came with from the factory!

 

Well on a 355 thats ...black, black, black or black, oh yea good idea!

 

Are you sure? I always thought that there was an option for coloured calipers on the 355, althought I could be wrong on that.

 

chrome them or even better, paint them pink then paint little butterflys & flowers on them

 

I still think lime green would work best.

 

I saw a black/black 360 Spider w/ yellow calipers, shields and offset yellow stitching that looked quite good. The accent was subtle (well, as subtle as it could be on a 360 spider, anyway!)

Jimmy, On yours, you might as well complete the red/black offset theme and paint them red.

DL