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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 06:11 AM
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i like doing mine with silver calipers,brackets and rotors, and paint the pads body color like this:


i am using the original rotors because i'm broke, but they look nice. no fancy caliper paint here, just rattle can silver base coat, dupicolor red on the pads. that won't last on a daily driver, but a rarely driven car works great. refresh every couple of years!
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 06:45 AM
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I did mine in SOM with "brushed stainless" decals:



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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 05:03 PM
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dude, i need drilled and slotted rotors bad!!!
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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97ramsst, What brand rotors are you running? Thanks.
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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Looks good! Lol I've got the exact same on mine, Did em about a year ago and used rattle can clearcoat over the decal and they still look as good as the day I painted them!
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 05:44 PM
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Everything looks great, nice job. Have you gotten around to lowering your car yet?
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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those look great , i used gold on the bracket
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