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Originally Posted by Mr31FlavorsVette
I'm thinking that's the way I'm going to go as well. Do they just slip on?
yes, you do not need to do anything with the calipers
I painted my calipers and rotors back in 2003 (I think). The calipers still look GREAT but after a few years my rotors were getting rust on them. I went with the chrome covers and love them.
I'm ok with chrome 'hat covers', if that turns you on. But painting them red( to match red calipers), or body color, to me looks cheesy, and overdone. You want the caliper color to stand out, nothing else. Mine are black. It's your car, you want to make it look 'better', don't misinterpret what I said, just look at any exotic car( Lambo, Fcar, McLaren, Porsche, Koenigsegg, Pagani, Viper, CORVETTE), none have wheels globbed up with extra 'rainbow' of colours. Just the caliper color, simple, clean, mean.
Less is more.
frank
Originally Posted by chasboy
Just so I'm clear here, the "hats" are part of the rotor and the hat covers are separate parts.
One remark about overspray, I once spray painted the spokes of another one of my cars, on the car and thought I protected the braking surface. Ended up with new brakes.
Bill, do you have any thoughts about hat covers? I'm referencing those dust "covers" that were somewhat popular years ago but fell out of favor because of heat build up, etc. they were called Klein Wheels.
My hats are in pretty good shape, better than my Z, which had less miles when I got it. I'm on the fence with color, thinking maybe body color or black, maybe chrome if I get the covers.
..........I painted mine red when i did my calipers....
02-21-2017, 05:49 PM
