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Old May 19, 2006 | 09:53 AM
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...with newly installed brakes from the WDP purchase:




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Red calipers look great on most cars, but my C5 is Bowling Green, and I just couldn't see a green car with red calipers - I didn't want it to end up looking like a Christmas Corvette....

My thanks to everyone else who has posted threads with their results of painted calipers & brake installations. Those bracket bolts are on DAMN tight - even my impact gun wouldn't break them loose. Nothing a cheater bar couldn't loosen though!
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Looks great!! BTW - the bracket bolts should be at 125 lb ft. torque.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 10:07 AM
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Beautiful car and the perfect color choice for the calipers!
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Old May 19, 2006 | 10:10 AM
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Looks great. BG is such a cool color. Good work
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Old May 19, 2006 | 10:21 AM
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Great job and and color choice

Perfect with DBGM
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Old May 19, 2006 | 10:28 AM
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Great look, but I must have missed the jackstands!
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Old May 19, 2006 | 10:36 AM
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You did a nice job!
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Originally Posted by blacksedan87
Looks great!! BTW - the bracket bolts should be at 125 lb ft. torque.
Yep - that's what nearly broke me....
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Lookin good! FWIW, you should have painted the rotor hats green too!
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Love those black calipers.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 03:06 PM
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Looks Great
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Looks great. Did you paint the letter white or did you polish them?
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Very nice
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Originally Posted by Cozmo
Looks great. Did you paint the letter white or did you polish them?
Just lightly sanded. I've always thought the lettering on other painted calipers looked white as well, I guess it's just the contrast against the black.
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Where did you buy the rotors? I really like them
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Originally Posted by 02canavette
Where did you buy the rotors? I really like them
These were from the recent "WDP" purchase (http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1554557894) I was one of the lucky ones, ordered Feb28, received them a few weeks later.
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Originally Posted by barrynk
These were from the recent "WDP" purchase (http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1554557894) I was one of the lucky ones, ordered Feb28, received them a few weeks later.
I have the same rotors. I also got lucky. I was going to paint my calipers when I installed the rotors but like you had a heck of a time getting the rears bolts off. I went over to a friends house for help. I didn't want to paint the calipers in his driveway.
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Looks awesome!! I like your color choice!!
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Black is the new Red.

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