Here ya go, BLUE Calipers
 

I have done this a while back, and finally got a chance to post to my 986 brothers.

DupliColor caliper paint, with "Porsche" sticker and clear coat over it. Wheels off and taped only.

I also redid the wheel bolts (again, learned from this awesome forum) and used I believe a Rust-Oleum or Krylon chrome with automotive primer underneath.

I think it turned out quite good with my Seal grey and grey top. You can see that the amount of sunlight that shines on it will give the calipers almost a different shade of blue. Enjoy!http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1364107682.jpghttp://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1364107740.jpg
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That will certainly throw a bunch of folks off into confusion! Pretty cool.Nice Box.I think the Corvette ZR-1 has the same color calipers.We went to the factory in Kentucky to see them being built.

Looks great! Now you need some tinted tails :)

Nice work. And I love the aero II kit.

I like it, you don't look like a S poser with red calipers. Could you send a photo of the front of your car? I would like to see your front bumper. Wheels are nice too.

AKL:cheers:

Love the color combo....industrial cool.

I think that looks really good, and original too. Well done!

Three steps to reinforcing...
 

the stereotype.
1. Paint brake calipers blue.
2. Paint finger nails blue.
3. Blue rinse your hair.
Then we will need pics :):)

Cool. Thats a pretty serious drop.

I like the idea to finish the bolts. I was just about order chrome wheel bolts. Better to save that money towards those adjustable rennline pedals ive been wanting

Loving the non-traditional color ;)
Everybody has red, yellow, or black...boring! There was no way that I was going that route.

Looks really nice!

Kindly let me/us know what wheels you have? Specs please?

TIA!

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

That was partly where I got the inspiration. Gotta love Bowling Green (never done the tour myself). Do you own a vette?

That was in my original plan for a long time, but believe it or not, I am digging the orange in the taillights.

I will post a pic of the front later in this thread. I wouldn't call red calipers poser, BUT it is really too common as almost every sports car has them

I was about to buy the chrome bolts also, but happened upon the diy thread. Saved me a cool $75-80.

BSA 18x8.5 and 18x10, I believe the same ET as the oem 18's.

Don't own one of the blue caliper Vettes but have respect and admiration for Vette history of 60 years and US sports car effort!The factory and the 100,000 square foot museum is worthy of your time if ever convenient for you.

986, how did you lower the car?

Just h & r springs, still have stock shocks.

986, how does it ride? I have heard good things about H&R's but not so good when paired to stock shocks? I really want to get mine down but i don't want it bouncing like a ricer, nor do i want to spend £$£$£$ ?

What year is you car and what mileage is on the shocks?

Any problems, rubbing, etc etc

Same question as Essex

986, I gues one final question for me and heliguy - how many miles have you done since intsalling the H&R's as i am interest in tyre wear, especially to the rear.

Rather like our other questions which focus on handling and ride quality, people have concerns that relate to toe in and camber and the obvious damage the enforced new angles have on tyre wear.

So be interested to know how many mile you have now done and how the tyres are holding up assuming you haven't changed the rear links?

Apologies for so many questions but the stance on your car is so sweet, that of i could achieve this by just installing H&R's with no real negative impact it would be brilliant.

Essex and Heliguy,

Yes we are always looking for the perfect stance and yet retaining the original comfort and wear characteristics. Ok, this is from what I remember because it has been ~10 years since the H & R's were put on my 02 base.

I first had these installed with the stock 17" wheels and oe Conti Contacts. I think it was definitely stiffer, but no bounce. The Conti's in the rear ended up wearing inside prematurely I believe at 17k miles. No rub at all, except one time when I took the car to the grocery store and literally loaded the whole front trunk with canned goods and gallons and gallons of water (the extreme weight on the front end caused it to rub in the front).

Then I put on Bridgestone RE050's that refused to wear.

Shortly after I put on the 18's that you see here and I believe the ride was actually better. I don't know if it had to do with the offsets and the wider track that is obvious in the pics. I put on Fuzion ZR's on and it lasted at least 30k miles.

In the meantime since 2004 or so, I had started tracking the car with the original set of Bridgestones so some of the miles are on that track set also. Then moved to many,many sets of used and new R888.

I currently have 75k miles on the car, BFG KDW's (very good tire btw) and I must say the stock shocks and H & R's are still matching quite nicely with ride/handling capabilities/etc. You guys have to be a little careful though because I heard the shocks changed from Boge to Sachs from 2000 on???

So, all in all, very reliable, comfortable, and I always get compliments on the stance of the car.

Feel free to ask more questions. Cheers!!!!!

986, great response.

So are you saying Boge or Sachs was better?
mine is a 2002 's' and as such should be running Sachs? - is that better in the context of upgrading to H&R's or worse? why the difference?

Just to confirm with the approximate 30mm drop that H&R's provide you didn't change your rear links - but still got that kind of tyre mileage?

Im thinking - fit some H&R's and if the shocks don't like it - grab some Bilstiens - but at least have a go with the springs:D

Essex,

I am saying a change was done to the shocks at one point in time, but from what to what I cannot remember (I honestly forget whether I have the Boge or Sachs). All I can tell you is the older ones were worse than the newer ones, and the difference may have been how they were valved, the rebound, and just overall match to the 986 handling characteristics, etc.

No rear link changes and yes the tires lasted. I must say that I got very LUCKY because I was expecting some premature wear also, and I knew absolutely nothing about suspension tuning. It must be the combination of the springs/shocks/wheels/alignments that made it near perfect.

Yeah...I thought of changing the shocks many times to the Bilstein Sports, but after years of tracking and beating the crap out of the car, the shocks/struts still work mighty fine. Oh well.

Just do it Essex...the lowered look/feel is worth any wear because 17/18 tyres (British spelling ;) ) are so darn inexpensive these days!

And post pics when you are done!:dance:

One question I have for everyone.

Need to change the top due to tears in plastic rear window, will the wine (red) top be too much with the blue calipers? Or should I stick with another grey top?

Thank you for your opinions.

Definitely stick with grey ;)

986....Great color choice with the Blue Calipers!!! With that said I just saw a silver 981 with the wine top and it looked amazing. It definitely made it stand out although, I'm not sure how it would look with the blue calipers . If your leaning on keeping the blue color of the calipers then I would stick with the grey top, otherewise if you are ok with re-painting the blue calipers then I would go with the wine top.

Here's one with a wine top. Hope this helps in your decision.

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Thanks Particlewave and jgama25 for chiming in.

I was thinking that it would get a little color crazy with the blue and red also.

Although one of the best color combos I have done so far was a white C6 vette with red interior, red fender hashes, black wheels and GOLD calipers with black lettering--->simply stunning! So if you think about it, that car had white/red/black/gold all showing on the exterior.

My 4 yo daughter just asked to see "daddy's" car on the computer again...after searching for it and viewing the pics, I just had to revive this thread.

Our boxsters rock and is one of the best looking cars ever!!!!!!