Well here she is. I finally got them done, took way longer then I was planning due to the fact that the caliper paint was so thin. I think they turned out good, and once I can get some gunmetal wheels it will really stand out. I don't know how to post the thumbnails, but here are the links;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/100_0334.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/100_0332.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/100_0333.jpg

 

Pretty cool. Kudos for using a color that most would think clashes with the green. I'm not so sure about the center caps though...should've gone with green to match the car.

 

looks great!

 

wow that looks really good. nice job. finally someone that got creative with their calipers that DIDN'T get carried away....like painting calipers blue on a silver car.

great pics.

 

Too much color clashing for my taste. To each their own.

 

you a green bay packer fan or john deere?? hahahaha

 

sorry had to do it..

 

that's the same thing that ran through my mind....farm equipment :D

 

Looks good cept the center caps.

 

Looks good man, I was just thinking about that combo a few days ago.

Now jump in your car and clean the rust of those rotors

Oh by the way, green and yellow are not clashing colours. They are side by side on the colour wheel. Clashing colours are opposite of each other on the wheel.

 

Clashing colours??? Are you people all too young to remember Lotus, the Formula1 racing team? They pioneered the green and yellow combination, running various combinations of British Racing Green with yellow stripes and yellow wheels (even yellow exhaust headers and collectors on one of their Indy racers).

Cobalt_RX, nicely done. Now you need to do the wheels! Here's a shot or two of a few Lotus in those famous racing colours from the 60s (Jim Clark's World Championship winning cars), and a certain Miata with an homage-to-Lotus colour theme (note the calipers! ):

Regards,
Gordon

 

Let them be gord, we are better off without them....Have your red calipers...all of you!! Miata looks good man, maybe not some peoples cup of tea, but I was born a brit, and I will be damned if I don't appreciate a nice green car!

 

Looks great!! Nice job. Not 100% sure on the center caps!

- Irish

 

Gord beat me to it. Lotus would have something to say to any uneducated, snively little child who said those colors clashed or that they were John Deer colors. Those are classic sports car colors to anyone who doesn't secretly fantasize about putting a couple of coffee can mufflers on their 8.

 

Oh my !!!

 

I dont like it sorry

 

Love it. Looks good.

 

not my cup of tea ...... but to each their own ...

 

Man....brings back memories. I LOVED the Lotus cars; even the red white and gold Gold Leaf Team Lotus cars. My personal favorites were the black and gold John Player Special cars; I still have my team jacket, F1 team win stickers, and a pit pass signed by Emerson Fittipaldi when he was F1 world champion for 1972.

Kids today don't know what they're missing. How about the powder blue and orange Gulf Porsche 917 Le Mans cars? Or the Ferrari 512's? And the fabulous Jim Hall Chaparal's? Not to forget the beautiful McLaren Can Am cars. Teams were more personal and individualized; now it seems they're mostly corporate owned. There are some cool looking cars today too, don't get me wrong, but I have very fond memories of watching XKE Jags and Corvettes and Cobras going at it on racetracks in Southern California.

That British Racing Green Miata pic you posted was great.

 

I really like the calipers - but, think that if I painted the center caps, I'd paint them to match the car color.

Nice job!

 

Think it looks great. Yellow is perfect match for the green. Like others, not sure about the center caps though, how about just black?

 

when i crossed the thread title i thought it would look ugly but i saw the pics and it looks great and i think very special combination 4 an8!!!
Good Work.
Have and Ms STENCIL and your calipers would look like the ms yellow black 4pistons brake kit!!

 

WOW, thanks for all the comments both good and bad. Yeah the center caps didn't turn out very well. Do you think it would help if I did the rest of the center cap or just try to get some new ones? The wheels will really set it off.

 

DITTO

 

I say get new ones and then leave them alone.... they don't need to be painted.

Calipers look good though.