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Old 04-14-2010, 01:08 AM
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Caliper cover?

Okkkkay so basically my cars a lease, and I dont want to paint my calipers i think it would be a pain in the a$$. Anyways i was just messing around on the internet and i found Brembo Brake caliper Covers? What you guys think? And they do make these without a brembo logo Im not asking to have "wanna be brembos" Just the idea of a brake caliper cover rather than paint.

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First off...these are NOT made by Brembos. These are cheap plastic pieces that some guy printed out Brembo stickers and slapped on. Not only are these extremely cheesy lame, they can present a very real danger associated with these. They say it won't effect heat dissipation, but I'm going to call BS on that.

Please don't put this on....almost as bad as AMG badges.
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Originally Posted by Azn_C300
First off...these are NOT made by Brembos. These are cheap plastic pieces that some guy printed out Brembo stickers and slapped on. Not only are these extremely cheesy lame, they can present a very real danger associated with these. They say it won't effect heat dissipation, but I'm going to call BS on that.

Please don't put this on....almost as bad as AMG badges.
First off I was just asking thats why theres the thread, I wasnt asking to put the brembo ones.. I should of given better piv but they make caliper covers with no name basically a plastic cover that changes the color almost. But if it does have any affect forget it.

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and the point was asically to not paint rather to put cover because the cars a lease
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I was pretty sure you knew they weren't Brembo, but wanted to make sure any newbie reading this post understands that as well cause it could be misleading when you said Brembo Brake Caliper Covers. Caliper covers are covered fairly extensively on multiple forums for all makes and are pretty much universally laughed at. Fair warning :p

I understand your concern about it being a lease, but covers are not a good way to get around it. You might be better off painting, and asking someone to swap calipers when you return the lease.
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And sorry, it's late and after rereading my post, I was a little terse and a-hole-ish. I'm going to blame it on being a new BMW owner now lol. Now excuse me while I put on my oakley, bluetooth earphone, and pop my collar
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Originally Posted by Azn_C300
And sorry, it's late and after rereading my post, I was a little terse and a-hole-ish. I'm going to blame it on being a new BMW owner now lol. Now excuse me while I put on my oakley, bluetooth earphone, and pop my collar
hahahahahahaha its all good thats the answer i was looking for lmaoo thanks thoo =] and anything new with the bimmer?
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The covers are molded from fiberglass. They attach by applying a very strong (and messy) black silicone. If you install, it will leave a huge mess when you remove them.
My advise- Don't do it.
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They are clear silicone not black.

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Fake Brembos from fake ebay?
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Originally Posted by Derspeed
Fake Brembos from fake ebay?
Point of these were to not be wanna be brembos haha the questin Im asking is if they were no name would you put them on? hahaha basically..

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