I am the anti-bling (matte black brembos here)
Jun 8, 2006, 04:14 AM
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Well the red wouldnt be so bad if every kid out there with a Sunfire didnt paint his calipers red to show off his 16" American Racings. But I personally like the red, althought the black looks better than I thought. I think it would look good if you did go ahead and powdercoat them, but gloss black instead of flat. Just my 2 pennies....
Jun 8, 2006, 05:37 AM
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I have an idea for the logo that I think is going to work out very nicely. I stripped the paint all the way down because I just wanted to. I know it sounds compeletely **** retentive but I hate painting over one color with another. Figured if I get a big chip I'd rather have some dark tone casting color underneath than a bright a$$ oxidized red spec showing 
Jun 8, 2006, 05:55 AM
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that it teh ultraGHEY!!! jk man! i actually like it. and i LOVE the MATTE black look. I wanna see these in person! next time you're down, gimme a shout. and if you do wanna go the decal route, i've got a couple connections so lemme know...
Jun 8, 2006, 06:09 AM
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Has anyone ever tried to just strip the calipers down? I might start a new thread asking this. Just strip them and polish them up. On a silver EVO that might look bad ***.
NOT CHROME... dingle-berries...
NOT CHROME... dingle-berries...
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Jun 8, 2006, 09:08 AM
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im just wondering, if you were concerned about the fast and the furious 15 yr old kid with big bright red brembos... are you going to paint your canards silver ? 
.... just giving you a hard time... i like the red personally
.... just giving you a hard time... i like the red personally
Jun 8, 2006, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by travman
If you cant disassemble the calipers completely, then is it possible to have them powdercoated still?
I think the powdercoating process would be hell on the seals. I would NOT try it.
Jun 8, 2006, 11:01 AM
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I don't really like it, but I understand where you're coming from. You did a great job, but I personally would of preferred it like this:
(By the way, this brembo is from the 2007 STi Limited.)
(By the way, this brembo is from the 2007 STi Limited.)
Jun 9, 2006, 02:41 PM
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Nah I like the black/silver contrast of the car, that is one of the reasons I did the calipers black. I think once I'm satisfied that this paint is truly baked on I'm going to go with my buddy Asassin79's suggestion of using a gunmetal grey color high temp paint and doing the Brembo labels like that. The monochromatic theme would look sharp imo.
Take care
Josh
Take care
Josh
Jun 9, 2006, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by feldguy
In all seriousness, it should be CAKE to print out a brembo logo in the right size...even BIGGER for more appeal,
Stick it to a piece of poster board, and trim it properly.
High temp white paint and...well, now THAT would look sick. Not saying it doesn't but it'd be better
Stick it to a piece of poster board, and trim it properly.
High temp white paint and...well, now THAT would look sick. Not saying it doesn't but it'd be better
Jun 9, 2006, 04:51 PM
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Need for Speed look :
Canards > Wing > Taillights > Brembos
You've got a lot of work to do to make a sleeper, or to raise the maturity level of the car. IMO you shoulda left them alone, red/silver looks fine. Maybe someone with a BBY/LY/EB would want to consider a re-paint, but not to flat black... In fact, the flat black looks more cheap IMO that I would've imagined.
I applaud you going after your own style, but I'm glad it is yours and not Mitsu's.
Canards > Wing > Taillights > Brembos
You've got a lot of work to do to make a sleeper, or to raise the maturity level of the car. IMO you shoulda left them alone, red/silver looks fine. Maybe someone with a BBY/LY/EB would want to consider a re-paint, but not to flat black... In fact, the flat black looks more cheap IMO that I would've imagined.
I applaud you going after your own style, but I'm glad it is yours and not Mitsu's.