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RedSIinPA · 05-26-2006, 02:52 PM

I've thought about doing this to calipers on numerous cars. My gut feeling while STILL considering doing it (my SI is habby red) is that it's borderline rice. I think if Brembo or Wilwood or any other company never made sweet looking "big brake" kits, (esp. Brembo), then people probably wouldn't do this as much. My earliest recollection of seeing brake calipers that 'were cool' were noticing it on Porsches. And it remains sweet, as does seeing the track models 350Z and G35's equipped with the Brembos. But what i think it boils down to, is that painted calipers replicate brake kits. It's a tough sell...it's nowhere near as ricey as fake hood scoops, M3 fenders, or lit exhaust tips. In fact, if I could come up with a word that means "not quite ricey but questionable, I'd put it here __________.

05-26-2006, 02:52 PM	#21 (permalink)
RedSIinPA Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,019	I've thought about doing this to calipers on numerous cars. My gut feeling while STILL considering doing it (my SI is habby red) is that it's borderline rice. I think if Brembo or Wilwood or any other company never made sweet looking "big brake" kits, (esp. Brembo), then people probably wouldn't do this as much. My earliest recollection of seeing brake calipers that 'were cool' were noticing it on Porsches. And it remains sweet, as does seeing the track models 350Z and G35's equipped with the Brembos. But what i think it boils down to, is that painted calipers replicate brake kits. It's a tough sell...it's nowhere near as ricey as fake hood scoops, M3 fenders, or lit exhaust tips. In fact, if I could come up with a word that means "not quite ricey but questionable, I'd put it here __________.