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    What colour calipers?

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    Getting the calipers refurbished... What colour do people think on a black car?

    Yellow?



    Red?



    Also has anyone removed the black weight on the front of the caliper housing, is it necessary as the other versions of brembos on the RS models do not come with it.

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    Yellow. If mine didn’t come red I would go yellow or black.
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    I think it also depends on the wheel choice but either yellow or red seem to be pretty popular on a black car. Unless you plan to run a bright silver wheel (and even then, i'd be hesitant), I'd shy away from black if you're going through the trouble/money to have them refinished.
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    [QUOTE=golffather;13642193]Getting the calipers refurbished... What colour do people think on a black car?

    Yellow?




    I’ve been pondering this question too. And all I can say is that this pic has sold it for me. WOW


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    Maybe its me but if you happen to be in California and have the Black classic plates with yellow text, yellow calipers would bring all of that together.

    I'm actually going to get mine painted and while the red calipers bring out the red in the Super Charged badge, I want the classic plates so might go Black with Yellow Audi rings

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    Red, yellow or lime green? Big fan of red myself...
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    Original owner powder coated them red, they look good to me. Especially on black.
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    My new RS5 set for my A5 is getting done as we speak in orange. Image1556248464.633352.jpg


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    What are you guys paying to get this done, my car is black and I'm considering having mine done in red.

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    Considering something like Mopar purple myself. Want to go different than the masses.

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    Red looks good on my gray s7. I would also consider yellow or orange. IMG_20190420_165831.jpeg

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    Has anyone done gold around here?


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    My vote is for orange against a black car. For the SLC I powdercoated my Brembos Prismatic Illusion Orange. I have some high temp orange paint for the S7, but I haven't full commited to the color as I think it may clash with my bronze ADV.1s.



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    Go yellow!


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    I vote burnt orange

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    Quote Originally Posted by MolonLabe300 View Post
    What are you guys paying to get this done, my car is black and I'm considering having mine done in red.

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    I'm pretty sure that the guy who I bought my car from said he paid $550 to have them powder coated. And they furnished the "S6" decals also.

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    I paid around $325 to get all 4 of my calipers done plus the 4pt engine brace for the SLC

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    Quote Originally Posted by infinitereality View Post
    I paid around $325 to get all 4 of my calipers done plus the 4pt engine brace for the SLC

    You found a business to take off the wheels, disassembled everything, powdercoat, and reassemble everything - plus the engine brace, for $325? That sounds like a serious money loser doesn't it, lol.
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    ye
    Last edited by golffather; 09-10-2019 at 02:29 AM.

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    red is too common, I vote yellow or even Green
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    Quote Originally Posted by Commonwealth109 View Post
    You found a business to take off the wheels, disassembled everything, powdercoat, and reassemble everything - plus the engine brace, for $325? That sounds like a serious money loser doesn't it, lol.
    Just powdercoated calipers and brace, didn't say anything about removing wheels and disassembly. Calipers are only 2 bolts each to remove. I took pistons and seals out, it's easy with a piece of wood between them and compressed air. I bought new seals when I put them back together. Business sand blasted, prepped and powdercoated for $325
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    Quote Originally Posted by infinitereality View Post
    Just powdercoated calipers and brace, didn't say anything about removing wheels and disassembly. Calipers are only 2 bolts each to remove. I took pistons and seals out, it's easy with a piece of wood between them and compressed air. I bought new seals when I put them back together. Business sand blasted, prepped and powdercoated for $325
    Gotcha, that makes sense. I was going to say that I may get mine changed every couple years if I could just drop it off somewhere & have all that done for $325, lol.
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    I'll be going wilt lime/highlighter green!

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    I vote Bananas.

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    I was going to paint mine red, but the yellow looks really good!
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    If you have the factory S Sport package with the red calipers then I would stick with them. I just purchased a new 2018 Glacier White S6 with the S sport option back in February which has the red calipers and I'm super happy with the look. That being said, if I had a 2016 with S sport (which had black calipers) or a non S sport car that was painted black...... I think that red obviously looks good but seeing that it's a factory option and somewhat common, you should definitely consider yellow (looks great!!)!!! Other colors like lime/highlighter green, bright orange, anything contrasting, etc...... would look great. If you're spending the money/time, do something unique but tasteful to individualize your car!!!
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    Classic red:




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    Powder coating is going to be easier to keep clean than paint. If you're going to go with red, consider a shade which is different from most, like Crimson Candy Red.

    Blue is another color that looks good against black and isn't very common.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Commonwealth109 View Post
    Gotcha, that makes sense. I was going to say that I may get mine changed every couple years if I could just drop it off somewhere & have all that done for $325, lol.
    No lie! Hell I'd be tempted to do every year so they stay looking new! I do think $335 for what they did was a great deal. I never asked for a price since they had to be done reguardless, but was happy with price.

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    Appears we can remove the weights when we powdercoat or paint the front calipers?
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    Love my yellow

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    On a black car, either red or silver, esp with black wheels, although yellow doesn’t look as bad as I thought on a black car (I usually think of Porsche yellow calipers on white or silver cars: Here’s silver on my black car:



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    I like how light blue looks on my car. Unfortunately I dont have any great pics from the side. 20190420_004359.jpeg

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    Wow- those colors look great. What would you go with on a Red A7
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    Quote Originally Posted by E-SWIFT View Post
    Wow- those colors look great. What would you go with on a Red A7
    Silver looks good and everyone will think you have ceramics fitted.
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    I'm starting to like the idea of going blue on my back car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by widebodyfx View Post
    This was BMW Blue
    That's just wrong.
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    Quote Originally Posted by A6sport View Post
    That's just wrong.
    Honestly that looks pretty good tbh


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