Brake calipers
You could always paint your stock calipers to help with looks. A nice black or silver color would improve the looks a bit.
But Akebono is a nice upgrade, which I will probably do on my xS someday.
But Akebono is a nice upgrade, which I will probably do on my xS someday.
Keep in mind that you may need to change wheels if you upgrade to larger brakes. But it is all worth it IMO. The stock brakes do a tremendous job of hauling down a heavy car in a hurry. There is a few vendors that offer the entire kit with everything you need to convert to "s" brakes for under $1500.
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if you do ANYTHING get the akebono dont paint stock calipers because people that know about cars and are petrol heads will laugh at you.
Stupid? Really? Don't you think that's a little over the top? And I'm pretty sure blnewt would disagree with your opinion, although I can't speak for him.
What I can do is re-post his brake pictures. Sure, they're conspicuously small compared to the Akebono BBK, but it doesn't get any more clean looking than this.

What I can do is re-post his brake pictures. Sure, they're conspicuously small compared to the Akebono BBK, but it doesn't get any more clean looking than this.


Here's a current pic of the back brakes

Here's an old pic of the fronts, please ignore the headlight overlays and wheels as they've been vaporized since

If you keep it subtle it enhances the look, just don't go w/ loud colors, really don't want to draw much attention to base calipers 
Here's a current pic of the back brakes

Here's an old pic of the fronts, please ignore the headlight overlays and wheels as they've been vaporized since


Here's a current pic of the back brakes

Here's an old pic of the fronts, please ignore the headlight overlays and wheels as they've been vaporized since


I'm particularly entertained how I beat him to posting his rims, on the assumption that he'd do exactly that very same thing.
Even more so that he did it right after me, and still didn't notice.
Even more so that he did it right after me, and still didn't notice.
In a perfect world I'd love to be able to pony up a couple grand for a BBK, but gotta make do w/ what I have, and you're right BB, they stop pretty good for bone stockers








