I had the same concerns. Mine were stock painted red when I got the car. I think it looks bad a$$, and I am the last person to bling things. I have even considered painting yellow, next, since red kinda imitates Big Reds, which I am NOT pretending to have.

I WANT to see (pic) them in red (from those that have done it) and I want to see them in NEW original (pic) condition.

Then I will know what way to go.

Wouldn't a flat black color provide better thermal properties?

I often wonder if paint (any color) prevents heat from leaving the caliper... wouldn't unpainted calipers run cooler?

Polished and clean would probably be optimal.

I like the red calipers. On Porsches and other serious sports cars. What I hate is the silly red, floating, non-high performance calipers you see on a car like a Pontiac Grand Prix GTP Comp G Special Limited Edition 25th Anniversary GTO Thingamajigger.............. :rolleyes:

My vote is to leave 'em black because I like the understated look.

Mine look even worse. But to me, this is a look that says 'straight from the 917 parts bin.'

It's all business. Nothing fancy.

Then again, on a street car, I think red calipers can look cool. I don't think it's stepping too far into 'bling'-land to paint your calipers.

If you want Bling Bling you could always go electric blue

http://www.f20c.com/albums/album189/aaj.sized.jpg

This may top the painted drum http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=4620&catalogId=10101&lang Id=-1&storeId=10101

Real stupid looking
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1079125365.jpg

More like, Real Mean Looking!

I painted them red with Chevy Engine Paint (will withstand the heat and it looked close to Guards Red) in my previous car. I thought they looked great.

Don't fall victim to the peer pressure. It is your car after all is said and done.

Paint 'em, David

BRAKES!

Matter of opinion. Won't make the car faster, and in 10-15 year's time, when your car wil be really rare, you'll kick yourself for not keeping it original.
I am in the process of undoing that exact mod on a factory race car, and it's a huge headache to bring them back to correct finish.
YMMV :)

by GeorgeK - I'm sold! All you had to say is original look VALUE in 10 years.

ORIGINAL THEY STAY - I'll just clean them up - when I am done I will post pictures, hopefully I can get them to look new

But the brakes you are considering for paint are not original to the car. So what's the difference? Or do you have a factory Widebody look?

George which car are you talking about?

It's factory widebody -

IMO you made a good choice.

Rick,

Bigrubberjeep's car is a factory turbo-look, so the 930 calipers are original to the car.

I vote to keep them original as well (black w/ white lettering).

SmileWavy

Eric, we must've been typing at the same time. I totally agree.