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Old 02-25-2010, 06:22 PM
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ive got a black 99 trans am and was wondering if anyone has ever used these brembo caliper covers. i think they look cool but i wanted to get an opinion on them first. anyone have any pics of them on cars? thanks
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A company called MGP makes some metal ones, I tried them but my TTII's would not clear in the front, paint your cailpers, safer, IMHO.
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plus 1. I feel like a broken record with this one, but paint them and put some caliper decals on. Looks better and much more satisfying.
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they look like crap imo they are really fake looking +1 on the painting/decals part
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You can tell they're covers......
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maybe from really really far away they look good
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Wanted opinions so....
I think they look rice in my opinion (and I'm not really one to throw that word around).
Like the others have said, it would be much more satisfying to clean, paint, and maybe put some decals on your existing calipers. I remember seeing a company that advertised on a thread here and they had pictures. I'll see if I can dig it up...
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Not the same Brembo covers you wanted opinions on but here's an idea of what they look like
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...02-f-body.html

Originally Posted by Stroker396@APF
Looks like they were right on schedule. Here are pics of the covers for the LT1, LS1 and 5th gen F bodies

We will have these ready to ship this week









This is not the same car, just a cool pic I got from my event at a friends shop
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My personal opinion, complete no-go. i just cant get passed the idea of adding something for looks that -fakes- something performance wise. 100% fake. so unless you've got some brembos under those covers, its a no go. personally, id recommed painting them instead. i've painted the calipers on both of my cars red, and they both look great.

here, check this out. same thing came up a while ago (the search is your friend) - https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...per-cover.html
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There's no way around it.... this is the.

Definition of RICE...


For those that dont know

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I vote for a petition to get these douche caliper covers off LS1Tech
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i'm personally not into caliper covers...powder-coating with decals FTW!! waiting on my tax return to get mine done....just looks better & flows better...again, just my .02 since ya asked for opinions....
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I happened to run across covers like these and thought maybe. Once I saw the price I was like screw that! It'd be cheaper to paint (or powder coat) your existing calipers, and it would look better. Those covers are ricey.



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