# caliper painting rice or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 31, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350 "2006-03-31T07:08:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![traydogg6969](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/traydogg6969/32/5999_2.png) [@traydogg6969](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traydogg6969)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/1 "2006-03-31T07:08:52Z")
ok me and Jordons Pontiac have been discussing this and he thinks its ricey to paint ur calipers.i dont seeing that alot of the big brake kits come with the calipers already a color (black,red,gold,) and mine are kinda dull looking so vote up bitches and lets see whos right.here is what my calipers look like now.i plan on painting them red when i change to my summer wheels ![http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/771000-771999/771618_7_full.jpg](http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/3/web/771000-771999/771618_7_full.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/2 "2006-03-31T07:09:59Z")
rice if you imitate something you don’t have, it’s ricey. If you bought a big brake kit that was painted it would not be ricey, but since you’re rocking stock brakes, painting them to look like a big brake kit is rice. ---
**Author:** ![SMort38](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/smort38/32/6008_2.png) [@SMort38](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SMort38)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/3 "2006-03-31T07:13:01Z")
i think the red would be a little ricey… but a black might look ok. ---
**Author:** ![Jordons\_Pontiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@Jordons\_Pontiac](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jordons_Pontiac)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/4 "2006-03-31T07:13:28Z")
Rice if ya ask me does it make you faster no. ok nuff said my 2 cents. ---
**Author:** ![2toneishot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2toneishot/32/6010_2.png) [@2toneishot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2toneishot)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/5 "2006-03-31T07:15:01Z")
i think a black or a silver would be ok, it just cleans up the car a little bit ifyou have wheels and can see the caliper. since most calipers are rusty i think it looks decent ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/6 "2006-03-31T07:19:55Z")
like 77 redneck said. if it doenst come like that. leave it. my SRT had red painted calipers from the factory. so i left them that way. always cleaned them so they stayed nice 14K later they were still red. ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/7 "2006-03-31T07:28:40Z")
I say paint them black…wont stick out too much and look like rice, but will add good detail to your ride. ---
**Author:** ![munster\_ek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/munster_ek/32/5977_2.png) [@munster\_ek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/munster_ek)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/8 "2006-03-31T07:44:11Z")
> [@bics56](#): > > I say paint them black…wont stick out too much and look like rice, but will add good detail to your ride. I agree. It’s not rice unless you paint them yellow, lime green, purple, etc. ---
**Author:** ![traydogg6969](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/traydogg6969/32/5999_2.png) [@traydogg6969](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traydogg6969)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/9 "2006-03-31T07:46:07Z")
> [@munster\_ek](#): > > I agree. It’s not rice unless you paint them yellow, lime green, purple, etc. lol my friend painted his calipers and drums lime green on his camrey 🤣 ps makin another poll on what color to paint them ---
**Author:** ![SonofaBish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@SonofaBish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SonofaBish)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/10 "2006-03-31T07:46:37Z")
i don’t think that’s rice… i’m thinkin of painting calipers also probably red ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/11 "2006-03-31T08:13:10Z")
i have mine red on the jetta, i think it looks better then being all shitty looking. If I were you I would just hit those with a wire wheel and get a lil polish to them. that will probably look the best ---
**Author:** ![neonmike22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@neonmike22](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonmike22)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/12 "2006-03-31T08:48:50Z")
Z32 calipers come red from the factory in japan. ---
**Author:** ![Hycomp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Hycomp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hycomp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/13 "2006-03-31T08:50:57Z")
Paint them an non-obnoxious color and it will just help to clean up the appearance a bit. On a related note, I’m pretty sure that rim in your pic qualifies as rice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![04liquidS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/04liquids/32/6002_2.png) [@04liquidS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/04liquidS)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/14 "2006-03-31T09:24:36Z")
> [@munster\_ek](#): > > I agree. It’s not rice unless you paint them yellow, lime green, purple, etc. Mine are blue :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![BETRAYED93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BETRAYED93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BETRAYED93)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/15 "2006-03-31T09:25:20Z")
black or gunmetal… ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/16 "2006-03-31T09:30:40Z")
> [@BETRAYED93](#): > > black or gunmetal… i like that look… i personally was thinking of painting mine black, just so they look better. if not black then red or silver. leaning towards silver ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/17 "2006-03-31T09:35:24Z")
paint them all black, and then sand off the tops of the raised NISSAN letters so they’re metallic. gearhead did that for some kids NA 300ZX a while back and it looked nice. Although I think he used red paint. ---
**Author:** ![traydogg6969](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/traydogg6969/32/5999_2.png) [@traydogg6969](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traydogg6969)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/18 "2006-03-31T10:01:18Z")
> [@Hycomp](#): > > Paint them an non-obnoxious color and it will just help to clean up the appearance a bit. > > On a related note, I’m pretty sure that rim in your pic qualifies as rice. 😃 lol i dont have them no more hahaha ---
**Author:** ![traydogg6969](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/traydogg6969/32/5999_2.png) [@traydogg6969](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/traydogg6969)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/19 "2006-03-31T10:02:47Z")
> [@Darkstar](#): > > paint them all black, and then sand off the tops of the raised NISSAN letters so they’re metallic. > > gearhead did that for some kids NA 300ZX a while back and it looked nice. Although I think he used red paint. ya i planed on sanding the nissan logo ---
**Author:** ![Swarzkopf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Swarzkopf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swarzkopf)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350/20 "2006-03-31T10:03:52Z")
Semi-related to this thread…dude who lives next to me has a red lowered Jetta with big red “Porsche” calipers (sitting on some big slotted/drilled disks). They look real good. Is swapping to Porsche brakes common on VWs? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/caliper-painting-rice-or-not/181350.md?page=2)