Whats better? Caliper covers or Caliper paint?????

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Old 05-25-2012, 01:49 AM
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Covers ??

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Old 05-25-2012, 01:59 AM
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Wow I can't believe this was a serious question. Tell me it aint so!
Old 05-25-2012, 03:01 AM
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haterz gon hate bro! caliper covers all the way!
Cuz paying for a real bbk is just plain dumb when you can get the same look for much less Stopping is overrated anyway lol
Old 05-25-2012, 09:50 AM
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Hey don't put that on my guys! I said paint!!! PAINT!!!
Old 05-25-2012, 11:08 AM
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Caliper covers and plastidip, what's next? Anyway I didn't even know there were such a thing as caliper covers until about a week back. All I could think was "are you serious?"
Old 05-25-2012, 11:32 AM
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There a time and place for Plastidip, so that to me is ok. Faking a BBK though is just plain wrong.

Fake Turbo <-SMH
Old 05-25-2012, 11:41 AM
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Covers, but only if you also put disc brake rotor covers to go with it.

Seriously, paint or powdercoat is really the only way to go.
Old 05-25-2012, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by soundmike
Covers, but only if you also put disc brake rotor covers to go with it.
Then you'll need to get a car cover so no one will have to
see the mockery Either that or just go 100% all the way and get that super-duper aluminum f-14 fighter wing on the trunk deck
Old 05-25-2012, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Betty
Do you have any photos of how they turned out? Did they pain them on the car or remove them?
They painted it on the car with the high intensity paint. It turned out better than I thought.

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Old 05-27-2012, 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Ra_
Paint, but no bright colors. Keep it black or silver. Leave the reds to real BBKs.
Real BBK's? Such as the Akebono 4 piston calipers on the Sport model G37?
Old 05-27-2012, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Andyt421
They painted it on the car with the high intensity paint. It turned out better than I thought.


This thing has more gap then Michael Strahan
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Old 05-27-2012, 10:05 AM
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Can I say neither?
Old 05-27-2012, 11:06 AM
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upgrade to bbk and paint them.
Old 05-27-2012, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by blnewt
If this was the Honda Civic forum, then yes Caliper covers FTW
Here's pics of my painted calipers w/ Infiniti logo

Newt, I've used these pics before to show someone results when properly painting calipers. Love the little Infiniti logo... nice touch. The non-sport rotors are kind of tiny, but so what. What you did with your brakes and these rims looks great. Good job.

Plastic covers are embarrassing. As an alternative, MGP makes a decent set of aluminum covers, but they're very expensive. They look good enough on some domestic cars, but not nearly as good as the OEM Akebono BBK on the RWD Sport Package.
Old 05-30-2012, 11:45 PM
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plastic drum brake covers...no question.


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