yknot
Hobbies: Hot Rods & Shooting
Not sure how many of you Boss owners or GT Owners with Brembo Brakes, like the flat balck caliper color Ford decided to go with....But I personally hate it. They look dirty all the time, no matter if you keep your car clean or not. Every other top performing car that uses Brembo brakes, like Ferarri, porche, Audi, and so on, use nicely painted, Red, Blue, Yellow or Grey calipers. So why did Ford think Mustang owners would like the dull, boring and dirty flat black??
It must have been a Bean Counter issue?. ?. As no real Performance guy or gal would have those dirty looking things on there ride. I have run into this issue before, but never on a car with a name brand caliper like Brembo. Maybe it's just me? I'm not sure, do you like the black calipers on the Boss 302 series of vehicles ?? I think they are very nice parts, and I would like to show them off like they should be seen, so I decided to remove my calipers, and the supporting brackets, and have them professionally painted. They were removed, plugged, masked, glass bead blasted down to the base aluminum metal, then painted. I know there are many easier and cheaper way to accomplish this look, but personally I don't think there is any better way, then to do it like every other performance vehicle company does, ...except for Ford ofcoarse. The cheap brush on paints are not what I invissioned or wanted, they have many drawbacks and are not the right finish, nor is cheap rattle can paint. The job is time consuming, in that is would take a shop with the equipment needed about 6 hours to do, but once done right, the look will out last the brake system.
What do you think.?? Is this an improvment over the factory OEM Look? Color is a personal choice, and or may be related to your favorite brand. I think as long as your happy and the parts still function like OEM, then go for it. Though I would referr to have the color remain within the Brembo color line, offered around the world.
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It must have been a Bean Counter issue?. ?. As no real Performance guy or gal would have those dirty looking things on there ride. I have run into this issue before, but never on a car with a name brand caliper like Brembo. Maybe it's just me? I'm not sure, do you like the black calipers on the Boss 302 series of vehicles ?? I think they are very nice parts, and I would like to show them off like they should be seen, so I decided to remove my calipers, and the supporting brackets, and have them professionally painted. They were removed, plugged, masked, glass bead blasted down to the base aluminum metal, then painted. I know there are many easier and cheaper way to accomplish this look, but personally I don't think there is any better way, then to do it like every other performance vehicle company does, ...except for Ford ofcoarse. The cheap brush on paints are not what I invissioned or wanted, they have many drawbacks and are not the right finish, nor is cheap rattle can paint. The job is time consuming, in that is would take a shop with the equipment needed about 6 hours to do, but once done right, the look will out last the brake system.
What do you think.?? Is this an improvment over the factory OEM Look? Color is a personal choice, and or may be related to your favorite brand. I think as long as your happy and the parts still function like OEM, then go for it. Though I would referr to have the color remain within the Brembo color line, offered around the world.