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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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Painted Brembos and did some other stuff.

On Sunday, me and my cousin did a few visual mods for my car. Here's the end result.
















I'm thinking about getting new rims and lowering springs within the next 2 months.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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loooks good
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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Nice dude. The last guy I saw on here who painted his Brembos painted OVER the Brembo words lol. I was scared when I opened this thread, but I was I relieved when I saw that you didn't make the same mistake he made.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:40 PM
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except for that red turbo thingy that needs to go. just my opinion tho
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 07cobaltguy
except for that red turbo thingy that needs to go. just my opinion tho
+1, but everything else is sexy
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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looking good
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 07cobaltguy
except for that red turbo thingy that needs to go. just my opinion tho
Me too!
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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yeah the red turbo on the door doesn't look good imo but like the other mods
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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The Turbo badge almost looks crooked but it could just be the angle of the pic?... I I'm lovin the painted brembo's. Have to work up the courage to do mine though...
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 01:48 PM
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yeah the red turbo on the door doesn't look good imo but like the other mods
Yeah I agree on that as well.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteSSBalt
Nice dude. The last guy I saw on here who painted his Brembos painted OVER the Brembo words lol. I was scared when I opened this thread, but I was I relieved when I saw that you didn't make the same mistake he made.
Yeah, I tried painting Brembo into the caliper but I couldn't get it to come out right. So after I wasted a couple of the brembo logos I bought, I just stuck one on there. It's waterproof and should stay on for a long time. I also put a clearcoat over it so it shouldn't come off easily.

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The Turbo badge almost looks crooked but it could just be the angle of the pic?... I I'm lovin the painted brembo's. Have to work up the courage to do mine though...
It actually is. I didn't notice that the bend in door gets lower the closer to the end of the car. I'm going to reapply it later and make it straight. After looking at it a little, It does look kinda weird, but I still like it. Maybe eventually I'll see if I can find a different one.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 03:51 PM
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Did you just paint right over all of the brake lines and end caps on the Brembos? That is going to make servicing your brakes REAL fun...should have masked them off...

Also, what did you paint them with? I've heard that clear coating is a bad idea because the clear coat likes to yellow a bit when it gets hot...
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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good job homie looks good
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TrevMo
Did you just paint right over all of the brake lines and end caps on the Brembos? That is going to make servicing your brakes REAL fun...should have masked them off...

Also, what did you paint them with? I've heard that clear coating is a bad idea because the clear coat likes to yellow a bit when it gets hot...
I taped off as much as I could and my cousin took the caliper off the brake disc so I wouldn't get paint on the disc or the surrounding parts. It was a high performance rustoleum spray paint. Supposed to be able to withstand high temperatures.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 04:07 PM
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I'd have the SS sit in the middle of TURBO instead of aligning them together but thats just me
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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That's actually what I'm going to do when I straighten it out.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 05:06 PM
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Or you can buy the turbo badges from gm and stick them under the ss like the ss/sc.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 05:21 PM
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i like
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 05:24 PM
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Yes on the red brembos! I was waiting for someone to do that.
No on the red turbo.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 11:40 PM
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finally! i was waiting for someone to paint the 08-09 calipers

they look good
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Sizzle06
Or you can buy the turbo badges from gm and stick them under the ss like the ss/sc.
I wanted it to stand out a little from the supercharged ones. Maybe if you could actually read those badges I might have considered it. I figured I want to stand out a little from all you SS/SC guys. I might look for a different turbo badge though, since it seems no likes it. Although I will keep this one for a little while, since I still do.
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