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So Im gonna paint my rims and calipers. Need your help.

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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 07:44 PM
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Why don't you buy some better calipers that will draw better attention to your G.
I don't know a lot about breaks. Will new calipers improve breaking? How much money are new calipers?
 
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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 07:53 PM
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depends how much you want to spend. just save up a little bit. Brimbos, Akebono's, wilwood, project mu, stoptech, take your pick. A lot of people switch to brimbo and akebono. But if you have a little more money the rest on that list will look awesome on the G
 
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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by bluedevils95
depends how much you want to spend. just save up a little bit. Brimbos, Akebono's, wilwood, project mu, stoptech, take your pick. A lot of people switch to brimbo and akebono. But if you have a little more money the rest on that list will look awesome on the G
Do I need to get the whole system? New rotors? Or can I just get calipers?
 
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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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need to get bigger rotors i believe. Not sure about the brimbos.
 
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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 09:54 PM
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If you want to clean up your wheels, I would recommend painting over the rusty, dirty hub and the stock brake calipers. Duplicolor sells a kit to paint the calipers. It is just a brush on but it works great. I painted mine black (to hide the ugly stock brakes) and painted the wheel hub silver (duplicolor caliper spray paint) It looks clean, easy to do, and lasts a long time.
 
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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 11:29 PM
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If they are discolored and showing their age like mine are, than why not paint them. OP the colors you are considering would look good imo. Just stay away from loud colors like red, green, yellow, etc. for the stock calipers.
This. Clean them really well with a wire brush to take all rust, etc off. paint with caliper paint.

Nothing other than Black/gloss black though. That'll look aweful

Originally Posted by dukehotty
If you want to clean up your wheels, I would recommend painting over the rusty, dirty hub and the stock brake calipers. Duplicolor sells a kit to paint the calipers. It is just a brush on but it works great. I painted mine black (to hide the ugly stock brakes) and painted the wheel hub silver (duplicolor caliper spray paint) It looks clean, easy to do, and lasts a long time.
Looks awesome nice work! But your tire flat?

lol.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 12:09 AM
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Thanks. I think it's just the angle. I agree, stay away from anything but black or grey/silver for the calipers. By the way, the duplicolor paint has lasted me over a year and still looks really good.
 
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