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So I wanted to match my type s front caliper with the rear same color,so it looks nice without the chipping as Im always on the highway...thought I be the first guinea pig,got everything done for under $30bucks..it was worth it and I like it.

Brembo caliper cover
Zip ties (to hold it temporarily while glue dries)
Premium silicone headgasket sealant silicone II
Black caliper paint

Only tools you will need is a dremel to trim the plastic caliper to make it fit perfectly...u can fit it straight out the box but I wanted for it to sit flush and a a a drill with thin drill bit....to drill small hole thru middle chrome simulated screw to pas thru a zip tie thru the middle to hold it and I also used 1 more zip tie on each side.
I cut off the zip ties after its been holding couple days , made sure is holding nice and tight and it's dry...use and spread the silicone by the chunk and spread well so it holds

Anybody needs anything I'm here to help.

 

Nice little write up but Aaron beat you to it (SharksBreath)

 

That first picture with the rotor it was my first test fit.....as u can see now in the other pictures I was able to get it to fit perfect.

No way!....I thought every one was to chicken to do it....lol
Since its not the real deal

 

Haha check his thread a few pages back. He bought them, sanded them and painted to match his fronts.

 

Just saw it he did a good job...

I paid $9 bucks for the covers for mine...lol

I wanted to do gold originaly but,I didn't want to paint anything as I didn't want any chipping...

 

That looks sweet. I just painted mine with G2 paint cuz i dont wanna deal with the hassle when it comes time to replace the brake pads and rotors..

 

*kicking rocks*

 

Looks good. Hey you already have the brembos up front, nothing wrong with dressing up the rear a little. I also painted my stock calipers with black G2 caliper paint. Looks much better black than keeping the stock color.

 

Great Job. I agree with The Machine. Not a big deal to have a fake cover since the car does have Brembo's up front. A cheap mod I want to do down the road
Thankyou

 

OP, where did you get the covers? $9 is super cheap.

 

Sorry...


What I did -> http://home.comcast.net/~adobeman/brakes/decal.jpg

 

Op, excuse my noobniss but brembo makes "caliper covers" for our cars?

I assume with this mod you didn't actually paint your calipers and add a brembo sticker?

Where can such covers be had?

 

You can find the caliper covers on eBay, and they're not made by Brembo

 

^ merci

 

Where do you guy buy the cover?

 

It's just a cover,many colors to choose from,I bought it black to match my type-s front brembo caliper....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140734411199...ht_6799wt_1022

Aa370hk is the eBay user name for future reference

 

Haha nice I'm surprised someone really did this haha it's the same as caliper paint but easier to install

 

adobeman sighting!

 

i was thinking about it but got lazy since u got to remove them when you change pads =\

 

looks good! props for doing it, I might follow after replacing my rotors.

 

Damn only $8.50....

 

I replaced rotor pads and then put the cover on....won't be back there for a long time !

For the kind of money I wasted, why not?

I've spent money on other stuff that hasn't worked for my car...and this was def worth it...thought I pass on the knowledge

 

There's also the smaller version of the caliper cover,that one might be perfect fit straight from the box..

 

Instead of Brembo, I did one up, I did Stoptech covers.





I even did the 13" rotor covers too. Got to do the rears now.

 

OP looks good

do your covers "cover" the entire rear caliper tho? or is there still part of the caliper showing with these covers installed?

 

Stoptech covers look good also!...

First pic was still a test fit, after cutting with dremel some more...got it to fit perfect with no caliper showing...

 

Those stoptech covers and rotor covers are so damn expensive

 

You had me for a split second IHC.


I still want to do the rear covers for mine. I really only want them to match my fronts now (white with black sticker).

 

^^^^ Shhhhh-don't tell anyone, but.......

 

I think I need to order those stoptech "covers" like IHC.

 

At least get the ones that "look" like a brembo rear caliper. Sheesh!!!



real

 

Not bad for those who are already rocking the Brembos up front.

 

Stopped reading the thread when i saw he posted and clicked on his links... they are all dated 2006 lmao.

 

^This. Four piston front calipers and "6 piston" rear calipers eh? Gotta be a first.

But hey, whatever provides buoyancy to your aquatic vessel.

*kicking rocks*

 

Hypnotoad has spoken!

 

^All glory to hypnotoad!

 

Good mod, I might give it a try sometime soon

 

I'm usually against fake Brembo covers, but they really do look good in black. Any other color though, I'd rather break my toe kicking rocks.

 

Come on guys lighten up a bit...if they would sell them without the brembo logo I would have bought em....it looks better than having nothing there...

 

Those are actually not too bad looking. I bought some front/rear (universal set) Red Brembo covers like 5 years ago and never installed them because they looked really really fake (didn't even have a bleeder valve with cap). These on the other hand look pretty convincing.