Re: You could always have you calipers powder coated for $50.

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Subject Re: You could always have you calipers powder coated for $50.

Posted by OKAaron on August 24, 2011 at 5:44 PM

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In Reply To You could always have you calipers powder coated for $50. posted by Mike aka thedeadking (NoVA) on August 24, 2011 at 01:55 PM

Message I recently did pull them and painted them with Honda Inca Gold. Primered them and cleared them as well. The rears look good due to the smoothness of the aluminum and the raised NISSAN letters, but the cast iron turned out cheap looking. I'm thinking of going just black (car is black) and keeping stock wheels. I did put braided lines with Power Slot blank rotors and Stop Tech pads as well as a MCB/ATE Super Blue. Very happy with the braking, just not liking the cosmetics of it and figured the aluminum would look better and more OEM powder coated as well as being quite a bit lighter.
Not sure how to post pics, but here is a link to my gallery. Brakes are at the end [ http://gallery.me.com/aaronsmathers#100054 ]
If I have the cast iron powder coated, will they have a smooth appearance or keep the grainy look?

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Stock size brake caliper aluminum vs. cast iron? - OKAaron 22:56:56 08/23/11
keep what you got unless you go BBK. (n/m) - Halo TTZ 23:38:22 08/23/11
Agreed. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 08:14:02 08/24/11
3rd. (and you can paint your cast iron ones if you need to) (n/m) - Inzane 11:39:59 08/24/11
From what I've heard they switched to iron to help prevent - BlackholeZ 01:16:46 08/24/11
Early aluminum calipers had some warp voodoo, iir - ttz'in (NorCal) 03:50:12 08/24/11
id rather spend the money on the track edition brackets - Sly 10:10:49 08/24/11
track edition brackets similar perf to akebono upgrade? (n/m) - ryanZ 12:33:15 08/24/11
No - but it at least buys you more leverage & heat-sink - Bernie (NoVA) 13:32:28 08/24/11
It makes a huge difference, in track-time and butt-dyno #'s - schuss 15:40:11 08/24/11
You could always have you calipers powder coated for $50. - Mike aka thedeadking (NoVA) 13:55:13 08/24/11
*your (n/m) - Mike aka thedeadking (NoVA) 13:55:51 08/24/11
Re: You could always have you calipers powder coated for $50. - OKAaron 17:44:38 08/24/11

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