hi, i found 4 brembo calipers for $500 with brake lines, pads and the rear bolts...HOWEVER the 2 front calipers are black (somehow painted it seems) and the 2 rears are the factory gold...so what do you guys think? should i get them and repaint the front ones gold?

 

What color is your car?

 

my car is chrome silver with the 18" touring rims

 

Its all in your taste but I think the Black would look nice and clean.

 

the issue is that the rears are gold, the fronts are black so either case i would have to repaint 1 of them...

 

I said I preferred them in Black being that your car is silver... so I answered your question.

 

If you need Brembos, who really cares about color for that price

 

agreed... I thought 650.00 on mine was a killer deal.

 

I got mine for $475........

-J

 

Always the one upper!.. Damn you LOL.

 

Paint or powdercoat the rears black to match the fronts.

 

powdercoat is the way to go..

 

+1 powder coating... AcidJake did the powdercoater split the calipers? I'm looking at doing my own so I'm just curious.

 

i got a better deal... mine came with the car

 

^cool guy... did the bad joke come with the car too?

 

lol, im pretty sure we paid less for ours....

-J

 

I took them apart and did the rebuild on them.. you kinda have to get all the hardware out and seals, pistons...all of it has to come out.. it isnt that bad..those bolts that hold the calipers together is NO JOKE for sure.. I had to use a breaker bar and a vise to break them loose..

 

^Good stuff.

OP, depending on how old and how many miles on the calipers, you might want to rebuild them as well. If you opt to go with powder coating, then you have to rebuild them regardless. But if the calipers are in good shape and low mileage and you opt to get them painted, then no need to rebuild them. GL.

 

^I figured since I'll have them open that I might as well do it anyway.

 

Black is going to make the OEM Brembos look smaller than they are. Something to think about. Also I would say of you're concerned with resaleability going with the OEM gold is your best bet to recoup costs.