Painting calipers on a non sport? hmm..

[iOllieSM]

Hi all,
So this weekend the weather is meant to be nice and i have decided that im wanting to paint the rear drums black as when i was fitting coilovers, noticed they're looking a bit sad - After mentioning this to my dad he told me how he has some "Marine blue" caliper paint for his car. This got me thinking, is it worth doing mine? I think it'd look quite good, but at the same time i think its a bit pointless making non sport calipers more obvious?
gimmie opinions please your opinions mean alot!

Pic of car to try help with opinions
Thanks, Ollie

 

[hopey-182]

a lot of people on here worry about what other drivers think its youre car do what you want m8.

 

[Knuckles]

Wouldn't Hurt

 

[iOllieSM]

Yeah have decided since writing this thread that im just going to do it can always change it if it doesnt look right.

 

[James28]

Nah I'd just do them black mate!

 

[iOllieSM]

Well I've done them in blue, quite a nice deep blue and done the drums on rear in black. Happy with it tbh but It is a shame that you can't see much of the blue seeing as the wheels don't have many spokes. Looks good though can see myself changing to black in the future but for the meantime these will do me fine!

 

[James28]

Well done on sticking with black for the drums! Coloured drums look gash.
Good job on the fronts though if it looks decent!

 

[iOllieSM]

Drums were always going black, I totally agree about them looking poor in any other colour! There's a blue mg zr going round here with blue drums. Looks horrible!

 

[Hawk182]

i did my rear drums black also on my old car, they just look silly in any other colour. you made the right decision. got any pics?

 

[iOllieSM]

Didnt get any pictures of it today but will get some tomorrow and put them up

 

[Kelvin_Hannam]

I agree with hopey_182. Your car so do as you please.
All i would say is that it would be a waste of your money adding mods trying to make it into something it is not. Painful to wait but save your money and buy the car you really want.

 

[iOllieSM]

I agree with hopey_182. Your car so do as you please.
All i would say is that it would be a waste of your money adding mods trying to make it into something it is not. Painful to wait but save your money and buy the car you really want.

Yeah i agree with this, im not going to be doing anything else really with the car tbh. Reason behind modding it? same as every one my age i suppose who is interested in cars - wanted to have a go at making it unique, wanted to try some new things out, but above all else because insurance is SO stupidly expensive il probably end up keeping it for a couple of years. Just felt like making it my own for the duration of the time i have it

In other news, iphone camera is s**t unfortunatly and found it hard to get any pictures of the drums and calipers. This is what i managed to get though! The drums are just a glossy black. The pic below shows the colour - its a subtle mod which cost me nothing! so cant complain im happy with it anyway.