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Old 02-19-2013   #1
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Default 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

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Old 02-20-2013   #2
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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.

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Jep,

C6Z calipers are fixed not floating. No abutment bracket.
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My bad!! I forgot that you had those bad boys.
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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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Black. It goes with everything and is Rosa Nero approved GC
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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
I agree with black, maybe a gloss black?

Those rear calipers looks great!!!



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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
Ricky,

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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Ricky,

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.
Dom since they are decals why not stick with the C4 script which is bolder? D
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Dom since they are decals why not stick with the C4 script which is bolder? D
GC,

I think the C4 script would look small on a 6 piston caliper the size of the C6Zs. I also like the way the circles accentuate the piston location.
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