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What color abutment brackets?
Ok, so I got my rear calipers polished to match my C6Z polished calipers. The metal quality is NOT the same, but they're ok. Question is what do I paint the abutment bracket?
Silver/Chrome Black Red Here's the calipers:  
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02-20-2013
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Re: What color abutment brackets?
Dom,
Just my opinion, but I would give them the same treatment as the front abutment brackets. When I rebuilt and painted my rear calipers(red), I also painted my rear rotors red....then realized that my combination up front was red calipers/black rotors. Talk about a DOHHHH!! moment. I'll get around to fixing that one of these days. BTW, my abutment brackets are black, front and rear. I feel like the black brackets make the calipers jump out at you. Kinda like they're just hanging there out in space. Jep |
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Re: What color abutment brackets?
Jep,
C6Z calipers are fixed not floating. No abutment bracket.
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Re: What color abutment brackets?
My bad!! I forgot that you had those bad boys.
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Re: What color abutment brackets?
I would do a mock up of a black and silver and see which one looks better. I believe red would be out of place only because you don't have red anywhere else to pick it up. Keep us posted
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Re: What color abutment brackets?
Black. It goes with everything and is Rosa Nero approved GC
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Re: What color abutment brackets?
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Those rear calipers looks great!!!  David |
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Re: What color abutment brackets?
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I also have a couple of sets of decals coming for the Z06 front calipers. I originally put on a purple CORVETTE decal but it seems the color may be a bit too subtle and doesn't stand out enough for me. So I have red and black sets of decals coming since they're cheap enough. My gut is telling me black for it to stand out on the highly polished calipers sitting behind silver PC wheels. Here's what it looks like currently. 
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Re: What color abutment brackets?
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  That sounds like something I would pull LOL Dom, What about a matte black for the bracket? That contrast will set the caliper off and draw attention to the caliper not the bracket. That is what you want anyhow. Daniel |
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Re: What color abutment brackets?
Looks good
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