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For the life of me I cant understand why anyone would pay money for black calipers. Black should 100% be free. The red works on just about any color for some reason. I personally don't think it clashes with that color.
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For $600 you can make the calipers disappear on a red car. And just be brakes and not jewels. Just my opinion but red does clash with stick and this red also.

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Just my opinion, and why I spent the money. This car with different wheels was voted HOTY at the other place, so others do like the look also.
 

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For $600 you can make the calipers disappear on a red car. And just be brakes and not jewels. Just my opinion but red does clash with stick and this red also.

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Just my opinion, and why I spent the money. This car with different wheels was voted HOTY at the other place, so others do like the look also.
Thank you sir, funny octane was another color of interest and I wondered the same on that car as well. How is the coating on the black calipers? I know old posts said it was pretty bad, but I figured maybe better now. I usually love the red calipers, but have colors I want that just don't seem to work. Thanks
 

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For $600 you can make the calipers disappear on a red car. And just be brakes and not jewels. Just my opinion but red does clash with stick and this red also.

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Just my opinion, and why I spent the money. This car with different wheels was voted HOTY at the other place, so others do like the look also.
Ironically mine was voted HC of the month with the red calipers. Guess it can go either way but I certainly would not pay money for the black. Can just stick with the stock pads and drive around the block for free, voila - black calipers LOL.
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For the life of me I cant understand why anyone would pay money for black calipers. Black should 100% be free. The red works on just about any color for some reason. I personally don't think it clashes with that color.
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First, Sinamon Stick is an Absolutely Gorgeous color and I think that the red looks Great on that Widebody! After all, orange is just red and yellow mixed together, so to take one of the colors out would look fine!

The other option is to just get the brakes whatever color that they come and then either have them painted or powdercoated to the color that you want. Sinamon Stick would look Really Nice on that too.
 

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First, Sinamon Stick is an Absolutely Gorgeous color and I think that the red looks Great on that Widebody! After all, orange is just red and yellow mixed together, so to take one of the colors out would look fine!

The other option is to just get the brakes whatever color that they come and then either have them painted or powdercoated to the color that you want. Sinamon Stick would look Really Nice on that too.
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honestly, I'd have paid more to have the calipers color matched to the car..... its absurd that you would put red calipers on a blue car....
Red shades compliment blue shades. Color theory, check out the color wheel. That’s why Dodge picked red & orange as brake caliper colors to compliment the range of body color selections.
For cinnamon stick, something on the blue spectrum would really pop, but neutral shades like gray and (colorless) black would work. Of course, you can paint it any color and even body color because it’s really your car.
 

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Thank you sir, funny octane was another color of interest and I wondered the same on that car as well. How is the coating on the black calipers? I know old posts said it was pretty bad, but I figured maybe better now. I usually love the red calipers, but have colors I want that just don't seem to work. Thanks
Good question. @DodgeCares pay attention. Originally the brakes calipers were beautiful. I could not have been more happy. Took the car to a closed course and used it in a HPDE event. The rears are more of a gray color now, the fronts not too different. They seem to be okay ON THE STREET, but when used as they represent we can, the color faded.

Good luck, the “reds” are all great colors for the car, it is your choice.
 

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I bought my 2020 HC off the lot so I did not have a say on the calipers.
With that said, I do not know why FCA or whomever decided on gray calipers on this car.
And, it was a $400 and something upcharge!
I will be painting them.

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Good question. @DodgeCares pay attention. Originally the brakes calipers were beautiful. I could not have been more happy. Took the car to a closed course and used it in a HPDE event. The rears are more of a gray color now, the fronts not too different. They seem to be okay ON THE STREET, but when used as they represent we can, the color faded.

Good luck, the “reds” are all great colors for the car, it is your choice.
Hi DGatzby,
Thank you for taking the time to provide your honest feedback. We will make sure to document accordingly!

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I'm not a fan of my red calipers. I ordered them black, but the dealer forgot to add it to the build sheet and I overlooked it when I approved the build, so meh. Hellraisin is better than Poopstick (it looks brown in low light). :)

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