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Old Jun 7, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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Bad Idea!

As said before, heat build-up would be terrible on those! The very definition of Rice!

Caliper paint and maybe decals is a much better option!
 
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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yea it looks good in those pictures on the ad but in reality it would be pretty damn rice i would agree
 
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by thechronic
the point would be looks...nothing more. i think painting your calipers doesnt look good, and having covers on them looks a lot cleaner. in the same way that having the brembo cover on the brembo's looks a lot better than painting them gold.
https://g35driver.com/forums/g35-coupe-v35-2003-07/224465-g2-caliper-paint-kit-completed-tonight.html

Looks pretty clean to me...
 
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 03:13 PM
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that does look really clean. do you have to remove the whole caliper to do that though? because i really dont want to mess with bleeding my breaks and what not...is there anyway around that?
 
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 03:39 PM
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i think the OP has big time brembo envy ...
 
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 07:07 PM
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yea i do they look nice but thats not what we're talking about anymore
 
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Old Jun 9, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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I feel I've lost about 10 IQ points just for looking at this thread
 
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Old Jun 9, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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I feel I've lost about 10 IQ points just for looking at this thread
LMAO NO DOUBT!

Ahmmm dah...what were we talking about again????
 
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Old Jun 9, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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to the OP - don't tell anyone if you decide to do this. ppl will flame you even if it turns out nice / isn't obvious they are just covers.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 08:02 PM
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holy ****. seriously guys. it was an idea. i was throwin it out there and now i agree that it is a ****ty idea, calm the **** down
 
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 05:26 PM
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this made me lol
 
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