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Post by simonc » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:26 am

If I may Gayno, I'd go for silver dear boy. Never goes out of style and gives your fine automobile a certain je ne sais quoi.
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Post by wurlycorner » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:37 am

Green does loom great on white TbH, so I would suggest the Kawasaki green also. But since you've ruled that out...

What colour wheels will you be going for? Dark coloured? In which case, white calipers would look 8-)
If you're going white or silver rims, I'm not sure white calipers would work very well?

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Post by Lude-dude » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:41 am

I painted them silver once, and thought they did not stand out/show up enough

gold or bronze might look good
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Post by bb1boy » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:42 am

Mine are white, I like the look..
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Post by Merlin » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:45 am

Black.
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Post by bb1boy » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:47 am

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Post by NafemanNathan » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:51 am

D2 Purple...

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Would look great with dark bronze rims on a white 4th gen ;-)

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Post by mart609 » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:58 pm

Don't go red. (to boy racer (wannabe brembo y0) )
Also think green would look gash
White would look cool.
Mine are black. you can hardly see them.
Silver OEM would also be on the list.

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Post by Gayno » Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:00 pm

I'm torn between white and silver.

I was leaning towards white as you don't see many around. However I've now swayed to silver, as ideally I need to also paint the central part of the discs which have got surface rust, and I think doing them white would be a bit too much!

Sure I could buy 2 tins of paint, but if one tin of silver is enough to do the lot, then it makes more sense!

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Post by nitin_s1 » Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:02 pm

I would go for Silver as I said before. :)

White would get dirty and turn in to Silver/Grey anyways. :P

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