opinions wanted please!

[JohnnyDMonic]

i painted the front calipers on my nova silver a few days ago. it looks cool, but i don't know whether to paint the drums as well?

anyone care to voice their opinion? or have any pics?

cheers

[dave_sport16v]

Paint the drums in mat black, silver will attract too much attention to them, therefore making your car look less rampant

[OllyHewitt]

i say silver

still look nice when painted up nice.... and then they look at drums and think "pah its only got drums at the back" then you waste em

[JohnnyDMonic]

yeah i'm not bothered about the lack of disks at the back. they're completely pointless on a nova. just not sure if they'd be too um.... silver!

[alistairk]

Hmmmm.... the only time I think bright drums look good is when they're something retro like a 50's hot rod with "state of the arc" huge finned alloy drums all polished up. For a Nova or other modern car I'd matt black them to avoid falling into that "chav-look" trap.

[JohnnyDMonic]

yeah that's the trouble with driving a nova! don't want it to look chav-esque in any way. that was my main concern. might go for matt black then.

[Alex@MK3OC]

A nice sutle silver would look ok, and not be too in your face.

P.s you gonna be at trax?

[JohnnyDMonic]

the hammerite i've got isn't exactly subtle lol. looks ace on the fronts but might be a bit too silver for the back.

i'm not going to trax mate, but i'll be at billing on saturday you going?

[Alex@MK3OC]

Billing's this saturday?

In that case a nice black would look sweet

[JohnnyDMonic]

nah, billing is 17th - 19th sept.

[Alex@MK3OC]

Might go if i can afford it after Trax, gonna try and get track time if there's any left, and a 0-60 run

[OllyHewitt]

johnny - get em chromed


mmmmmmmmm chrome

[Haynzee]

drums look crap if they

a) arent brand new
b) arent shotblasted before painting.

its cheap enough to buy a new pair of drums and give them a dusting of dark silver hammerite, this is the best option imo

[OllyHewitt]

i did this to my astra when had a 1.4

cost me £8 per drum - cheaper than your time wire brushing them down!!!!

easier to paint too

[JohnnyDMonic]

£8! from autovaux is it?

cheers for the gen dudes

[OllyHewitt]

i got mine from partco... didnt matter that they weren't gm parts