painting calipers red with black rims.

[lonemustangman]

Has anyone with a Black maverick or other color thought about painting brake calipers red with the black rims? I did that with my mustang but wondering about the MAV. Good or bad idea?

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[FirstFord]

In my mind, that's appropriate on a lowered sport truck. Think it would look out of place on a work truck or off roader.

 

[ColoradoShooter]

Personally, I think painted calipers look best when it’s on a legitimate full-floating forged/billet 4+ piston caliper.

 

[FirstFord]

Personally, I think painted calipers look best when it’s on a legitimate full-floating forged/billet 4+ piston caliper.

Very good point.

There's nothing worse than drawing attention to a flimsy caliper and tiny rotor. You want to draw attention to a badass brake setup.

 

[snowcatxx87]

RSQ8 16.5" Brakes, yes. Maverick Brakes, No.

 

[Platinum2]

Brembo/Wildwood/Similar = Yes
Motorcraft/AC Delco/Mopar, etc. = NO

 

[lonemustangman]

This is why I ask. I don't want my MAV to look stupid

 

[JBnorthTX]

I once painted smaller calipers black on one of my cars. They were not attention grabbing but looked a little more upscale than the grayish silver stock look.

 

[olderbudwiser]

This is why I ask. I don't want my MAV to look stupid

Well silly looking in eyes of beholder. Im seeing Pickups bigly lifted with the front end maybe 4-6 inches higher than the rear. Usually accompanied by tires and rims 4-6 inches past fender wells. Not my cup of tea but seems to be gaining traction.

 

[rupzuk]

Give it a year and those big brake kits will come in the colour of your choice.

 

[glpuckett]

Has anyone with a Black maverick or other color thought about painting brake calipers red with the black rims? I did that with my mustang but wondering about the MAV. Good or bad idea?

As soon as I picked up my F.E.R.R. my eyes were drawn to the shinny metal calipers and I knew I needed to do something about it. The Rapid Red in person is a RICH DEEP red, so it was important to me to be subtle and not take away from the truck itself. I decided to order from G2 USA and do a color match (D4). This was the 1st time for me to paint calipers and it was a bit of work (3 coats), but nothing overly complicated. I was very pleased that the actual color turned out even deeper then the truck and accomplished the subtle affect that I wanted.

 

[PriusHater]

Don’t care for the shiny aluminum color myself. if I painted mine, likely would go with Cyber Orange. Although have no idea how entailed painting brake calipers are.

 

[HPR]

Don’t care for the shiny aluminum color myself. if I painted mine, likely would go with Cyber Orange. Although have no idea how entitled painting brake calipers are.

You could get ford's school bus color that's on some of the work trucks, I'm 99% sure its the same color just without the metal lol.

 

[ToothGrinder]

I wouldn’t be opposed to velocity Blue calipers. I would definitely let one of you crazy bastards do it first though.

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