Black Wheels in prep for Brembo's - Not sure of the look!

[VTSSLS1]

Good price for the redline wheels, were they a private sale?

I was looking at doing this to my SSV wheels (car is silver), but didn't like the look at all, too dark. Looks great on other colours but, IMO, not silver. I'm now looking at doing them in grey, similar to the thunder wheels but in metallic.

 

[Thumpin]

Metallic Grey or Charcoal might look ok. I think I'm given the wheels the flick.:hmmm:

 

[Thumpin]

Saw a couple of Silver VF's with the same black wheels and they look OK.

The colour I would prefer is a Lexus colour:

 

[VTSSLS1]

looks similar to shadow chrome to me, circa VX/VY GTS. Not sure how you'd get the paint code though. Does look good.

 

[Evil Empire]

G'day Damian,

Is that car in the first shot, with the GTS rims, Evoke in colour? I've got an Evoke VE, and I've toyed with the idea of black rims, but not sure if it will suit, however, if that car is Evoke in your shot, it may just sway my opinion, as I reckon it looks pretty shmick. Haven't seen many Evoke coloured cars getting around with black rims, so hard to judge.

 

[itsme4g63]

G'day Damian,

Is that car in the first shot, with the GTS rims, Evoke in colour? I've got an Evoke VE, and I've toyed with the idea of black rims, but not sure if it will suit, however, if that car is Evoke in your shot, it may just sway my opinion, as I reckon it looks pretty shmick. Haven't seen many Evoke coloured cars getting around with black rims, so hard to judge.

The oem graphite grey/dark gray ( IDK the color code) , it looks quite fiendish with those black ones on there, almost villain-ish.

Grey and black mixes very well:

 

[Evil Empire]

I think I might be sold on the black now.

Any idea what the rims on that Mustang are?

 

[itsme4g63]

I think I might be sold on the black now.

Any idea what the rims on that Mustang are?

stock 2013+ mustang gt500 wheels lol

 

[Thumpin]

BREMBO's are begg'in to be installed but I know it's not going to be a 5 minute job.

Being an ex-mechanic 30 Years ago, I know what's involved to fit new calipers but I'm seeking any tips of someone that has done the swap recently?
Is it an advantage to fill the caliper with fluid before doing final strut pipe connection to save the effort of transferring from master cylinder?
Do you bleed caliper outer pots first and then inner? Then do it all over again?

Anything else?:beer chug:

Also, does anyone know if the Brembo calipers have a greater fluid capacity than the standard caliper?

Just wondering if the M/C reservoir size for the brembo's is different?? (to compensate for fluid displacement for worn pads)

 

[Towcar]

like the black rims on silver, looks good, I would paint the Brembo's black, have a bit of a stealth look, but anyone that knows will spot them right away!