I hate it!

They look like they have been used for a long time? and the car is only 5 months old lol!

Does anyone have the same opinion as me?!

I love the

 

paint them!

 

..X2

 

or clean them.

 

I just cleaned them.... still loook dull

I dont have any painting skill's either....

 

go knock on ure next door neighbor door.. im sure they do... painting ure brembos is not a skill... its time consuming

 

I love them they way they are, inconspicuous....

 

Mine have the dull look as well. I hated it at first but with time I just got used to it. Still people notice them and are surprised, "Wow Brembos on a cobalt" hehe.

 

I get that all the time "Brembo's on a Cobalt??" Did you put those on there? lol

I just want them a gloss black!

 

They do look pretty dull even on a new balt but like it has been said, nothing a little caliper paint can't take care of.

 

very true...i just wonder why they have them so dull looking?
good ol

 

Cheaper probuction. It's like there is no paint on them when you compare them to STI brakes but hey, they're still Brembos.

 

Good point. Yea there is almost no paint!

 

lol i cant believe they didnt just pay the extra SMALL amount of $$ to have them painted red black or gold.. Compared them to my 350z and they just look so dull.. but still WAYY better then regular calipers

 

True, but if you bought the special edition Sti it came with they same flat black finish so not to be to bling bling gold like the regular Sti's...

 

That is why I powdercoated mine on my 09 G5 GT as soon as I bought the vehicle. They look like a paint job and all I ever do is wash them when I was my car.

http://www.gmpartshouse.com/calipers/calipers%20016.jpg

http://www.gmpartshouse.com/calipers/calipers%20018.jpg

http://www.gmpartshouse.com/calipers/calipers%20027.jpg

 

so you had to take yours off? i wanna get this done asap

 

I want to paint mine, but Im not sure what color yet....my car is Imperial Blue metallic, Im not sure what color would look good with that.

Did you personally powdercoat them? What did you use?

haha +1. I get it all the time too. I even got it from the tech at my local dealer who was doing warranty work on my car....

 

LOL wow from a Tech? shame

 

They are dull because there is no clear coat on them. If you want them shiny, go get some clear and spray them. But if you ever took notice to EVO Brembos, they look like ass because the clear comes off. They all do it so I think it is genius that they left them flat on the Cobalts. And just for the record, you should not paint your Brembos. You people are ricers at its best. They're Brembos! Leave them alone.

 

Lol ricers cause the brembo's are dull color and look cheap? Get a life.

I am gonna get mine painted black

 

GM scratched off some of the coating when installing the wheels. The Brembo calipers look aluminum, so it is more likely they used some type of paint like Alumahyde. I wonder where I can get some touch up for the Brembos. There are like 2-3 marks that reveal the shiny metal and it'd be nice if I could cover it up.

I agree that the Brembos should have been red from the factory. Red is the racing color for Italy, IIRC, and it is used on other Brembo calipers.

 

My wife is a stay at home mom so I just put my G5 on jackstands until I was finished with the powdercoating of the calipers.

Mike The Powder Coater does all of my stuff for me at www.thepowdercoater.com

 

So if i want them professionally done... i have to take them off :/ ?

 

I dont understand how wanting their car to shine makes them ricers.

is no like paining the stock calipers on a ls os something