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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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Red face Painting Rear Drum Brakes

I didn't know whether this would fit under this part of the forum or not, so forgive me if I've got the wrong place.

I recently got new rear drum brakes for my 1996 civic. They're gray at the moment.
I have black rims and a white/black theme going on, and I don't know what color to paint them. I was thinking black, like my rims, although I don't know if it'll make the rims look stupid if it's all blended like that. I was also thinking white, like the body of the car.. has anyone seen if that looks alright or not? I'm just looking for advice on how to go about it. I also have some disc brakes for the front and the calipers are red, which doesn't fit my color scheme too well.. so I'm thinking I will do those the same color as my drums.

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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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After doing a little more looking around, this is what I'm thinking:

Rear drums and front discs - black.
Front two calipers - white.

Look alright?
 
Old Sep 1, 2008 | 11:47 PM
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sounds good. white would have looked dumb on the drums. who wants to show off drum brakes?
anyway, if you're painting the rotors, which i suspect you want to so that the rotor edges are black, don't worry about getting it on the braking surface, as it will burn off after you brake a couple times, just don't be surprised if it feels sticky while braking those first couple times.
another thing i recommend is removing the dust shields on the inside side of the front brakes, as they aren't really doing much, and it will look better without them.
 
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