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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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I was thinking of little things to do to the SS today, so I went by my local auto parts store and picked me up some paint.

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Just the Caliper's:


I didn't like that so the final product :


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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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I did that on my Z. Looks really good, but would look even better with "chrome" CAMARO decals and a few coats of high temp clear.
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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by djsanchez2
I did that on my Z. Looks really good, but would look even better with "chrome" CAMARO decals and a few coats of high temp clear.
I was thinking of that, or idk If I have room for "Super Sport"
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Easy and cheap mod.
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Nice. Paint the rotor hats!
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The center lip part will have enough room for "SS". I already have mine ready for the SS, but have not gotten the time to do it yet.
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That's what I did a couple of weeks ago as well as the rotors' hats.
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1600x1200? Really? Come on. . . A monkey can resize a digital image nowadays. Rotors looks good though.
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please do not paint the rotor hats!!!! that has got to be one of the worst ideas to date.
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please do not paint the rotor hats!!!! that has got to be one of the worst ideas to date.
Why?
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 02:50 AM
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Why?
please spare me that. it looks very tacky and does not compliment anything. your entitled to your own opinion but there is a reason this is not a real popular thing to do. to the original poster it's your car and do what you want but coming from someone who has built real show winning cars ie world of wheels not some rinky dink high school show i'm just giving you my opinion.
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I wont be painting the rotor hat's,its just not a good idea.

And I just took the pictures off my phone and posted them up, sry if there to large.
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Looks good. I gotta do that soon.
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Holy huge ****** pictures batman
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what brand are those rotors ?
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Looks good. Paint the rotor hat centers, it will look way better.

Sounds like some of you guys need to get some bigger monitors. Pictures arent that big.
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what brand are those rotors ?
No clue, They came on the car when I bought it.
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Originally Posted by Grn4fbody
I wont be painting the rotor hat's,its just not a good idea.
IMO, painted rotor hat centers look much better than rusty rotor hats. I can see yours are starting to rust around the edges - just wait until it goes all the way around.

If you're looking to win shows, you shouldn't have rusty rotors OR painted rotors, right?
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