409CISecondGen

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Well, I guess I have to be able to stop right? Since my brakes are shot right now I decided it was time to put the brackets I've had in my garage for 6 months to use. The calipers came yesterday and they are huge!

-Brembo 6-piston 17Z calipers
-Ferodo DS2500 pads

To be matched with the BMW 745i 13.7" cryo-treated and slotted rotors, I also ordered some Russel stainless lines which are backordered.






The only question is what color to do them in with an orange car and hyper silver wheels? I was thinking gloss black with orange flake, but I want to hear/see some other ideas.

Death{AW}

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I would go Red or same color as your car :-D

Rich-L79

Can't go wrong with red.

409CISecondGen

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Orange car with Red calipers?

You can't put red or yellow on an orange car. It looks mismatched to me, either the same color or more contrast than only one step left or right on the visible spectrum

Death{AW}

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If you will go with dark color it wont be visible as much from far shots. Bright colors wont work on your car really.

Rich-L79

Then either BOM or silver. The silver will get lost in the wheels and rotors which would be okay in my opinion, but I assume you want them to stand out a bit.

409CISecondGen

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Hence the orange flake to make it pop

TriShield

Red or black. I hated cleaning my calipers constantly on mine.

99twinturbofirebird

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Black or color match , but i would color match it if it were me. What do those calipers come off of (what car/ truck) and what was the cost

99twinturbofirebird

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VW Touareg?

Tim94gt

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I think they would look good in gloss black or the silver finish CTS-V's use.

409CISecondGen

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They were 500$ loaded with pads and off a Touareg. I got the brackets for 100$ too. If I just bought some cheap rotors and painted or powder coated them myself I could have a BBK for under 750$

99twinturbofirebird

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who made the brackets for you? $100 is cheap considering proxyes sells them $200

99twinturbofirebird

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and are you using the 745i rotors?

409CISecondGen

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The Proxes rotors are only for 4-pistons in the front and a much smaller caliper. These 6-Pistons will look huge, which is what I need behind 19s.

I picked them up from Bohnman Customs (an LS1GTO sponsor), his last set. He now sells the 6-Piston CTSV Brembo brackets for $240. These actually have a larger piston area than the CTSV 6-pistons. I have done the math and with his 13.4" 4-piston CTSV rear kit and these Touareg front calipers the brake bias is within 5% of stock, leaning a bit towards rear bias.

And yes they use 13.7" BMW 745i rotors, which require hub rings. The CTSV Brembos require the rotor to be machined and opened up to the GTO hub diameter.

JoeyG2

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Color match them with black brembo logo. clear coar over the logo. BOOM.

409CISecondGen

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I ended up going gloss black with orange flakes and orange "Brembo" decals bro. I think the coater ordered the color today.

I've never seen that on a caliper before so it's going to be nice to have something custom. But here's almost exactly what you suggested lol

409CISecondGen

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Still waiting to put the orange flake on it

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MWRitter

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Sweet!