Caliper colour suggestions

  1. My model of MX-5 is: nc 3.75
  2. I’m based near: kent
  3. I’m looking for technical help or recommendations on: caliper colour

After suggestions really, I have an aluminium mica 3.75 and it will have silver wheels. The brake discs have the black coating and I’m about to do the calipers.

I’m unsure whether to do them silver to match the rest or black to contrast and hide brake dust and tie in with the black trims/tyres etc elsewhere on the car. Open to suggestions or any pictures anyone may have.

Thanks in advance.

Red seems to suit most body colours.


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I do have 2 cans of vht red kicking around was going to do my brembos on my old car, but with this I want to be a bit more subtle.

Mine are red, behind darker colour alloys I think it suits.

My true red NC had copper colour (Hammerite smooth) painted calipers. Although it turned out looking like a bronze colour, liked the colour though. Against the silver alloys it suited, well I think so as the car body was red.

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If they are the standard brakes I would go silver, safe and looks smart :+1:

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I did mine in gold. Looks classy compared to boy racer red.

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Silver for me. I don’t particularly like to make them obvious.

So against silver wheels that’s what I’d go with.

Porsche Yellow !!!(I might be biased tho) :sweat_smile:

Well I must admit for a wild minute I had considered tein green (ford modena green) before deciding between black or silver - would of certainly been different…

Well nothing wrong with linking them to a contrasting colour scheme elsewhere on the car! :grin:

I did mine in March this year, Kawasaki Green to remind me of my youth?

See they actually look very good :+1:

Reading this earlier I was going to suggest either yellow or green. Done to a high standard, I think they look good in those colours. I think the same yellow you see on Porsches that usually have carbon ceramic brakes would contrast well with your car. I say be bold: MX-5s are fun cars that are there to be personalised :slight_smile:

Does this help?

Well I bit the bullet and went with black. Normally my go to colour but was in two minds. New retainers, slider pins, grease and rubber caps.


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