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Old Jul 5, 2017 | 08:22 PM
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Color changing brakes!

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Had my car out to Utah motor sports campus about 2 weeks ago. Car was fantastic! Did 4 sessions and after the 3rd got out and checked tire pressures to see this!!! My brakes had burned the silver paint and changed them to gold!!! Anyone seen or done this?!
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Old Jul 5, 2017 | 11:46 PM
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Yup, fairly common. It's one way to know if your "all highway, babied by grandma" AMG has been on a racetrack
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Old Jul 6, 2017 | 06:30 AM
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you brake way to hard!
are you going to repaint your calipers or keep them the way they are now?
maybe new color tone will grow on you?
fugazy gold color tone might be cool?
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Old Jul 6, 2017 | 02:22 PM
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No way!!! I was braking perfectly. It's an AMG! It performed perfectly, never saw any fade, never got soft. I now need pads, but that's alright.
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Old Jul 6, 2017 | 03:46 PM
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No way!!! I was braking perfectly. It's an AMG! It performed perfectly, never saw any fade, never got soft. I now need pads, but that's alright.
i was only joking with you, of course you have to brake hard sometimes depending on situations.

it's strange that 4 pot calipers turn into copper tone look after hard brakes.
my 2 pot calipers on my c43 never had this issue changing color after hard brakes
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Old Jul 7, 2017 | 11:28 AM
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Maybe they were repainted at a certain point with wrong paint so it turned yellow from heat.
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Old Jul 7, 2017 | 11:58 AM
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Maybe they were repainted at a certain point with wrong paint so it turned yellow from heat.

i don't think so. It seems to be a fairly common thing. Only with the cars that have been used on track when they get really hot
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i don't think so. It seems to be a fairly common thing. Only with the cars that have been used on track when they get really hot
If this is after one track use than its not normal.

Ive seen these cars at the track. No color change
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One some cars the paint Mercedes used can not stand the heat, some cars are fine. I have tracked mine 4 times this year, 4 times last year and mine are fine, friend of mines c32amg turned gold after one event
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