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Which colour calipers do you think will look best on my black GTD?

Black
6 (26.1%)
Red
13 (56.5%)
Silver
4 (17.4%)

Total Members Voted: 22

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Offline Jimble

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Re: Painting Calipers - What colour?
« Reply #10 on: 28 March 2011, 17:44 »
Black imo, i still find it strange that vw chose not to paint them in the first place. I suppose it's just one more area where the GTI is superior! :laugh: :lipsrsealed:
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Re: Painting Calipers - What colour?
« Reply #11 on: 28 March 2011, 17:50 »
nar they don't paint the calipers properly either.
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Re: Painting Calipers - What colour?
« Reply #12 on: 28 March 2011, 17:57 »
Black imo, i still find it strange that vw chose not to paint them in the first place. I suppose it's just one more area where the GTI is superior! :laugh: :lipsrsealed:

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Re: Painting Calipers - What colour?
« Reply #13 on: 28 March 2011, 18:12 »
nar they don't paint the calipers properly either.
:grin: mine are red in a couple of places!
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Re: Painting Calipers - What colour?
« Reply #14 on: 28 March 2011, 22:19 »
Cheers so far!

Looks like reds winning...any more votes?

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Re: Painting Calipers - What colour?
« Reply #15 on: 28 March 2011, 22:23 »
i have red on my black mk4 golf
i think red calipers look good on a black car
and i personaly like blue on silver cars

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Re: Painting Calipers - What colour?
« Reply #16 on: 29 March 2011, 00:02 »
RED
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Re: Painting Calipers - What colour?
« Reply #17 on: 29 March 2011, 00:36 »
Red for me too. I had red on my old Stealth Leon, looked brill :)
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Re: Painting Calipers - What colour?
« Reply #18 on: 29 March 2011, 05:45 »
Black.
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Re: Painting Calipers - What colour?
« Reply #19 on: 29 March 2011, 09:20 »
Paint them red and you'll turn your car into something its not   :shocked: :lipsrsealed: :laugh: :laugh: