Alright thank you, that helps a lot!

Thanks for the pics! I think that looks sick, but I don't know if it'd have the same affect on chrome rims; definitely looks nice against the black ones though.

You just have to have thick skin.....uhhh, bud.... not sure if male/female so...yea...

Some people will be helpful(including myself) and some will flame you for dumb unresearched questions(including myself).... all part of the game...


My opinion on the COVERS is this: you see a good looking girl from far away and you walk up to check her out up close and when you get close you find out she's got a dick. Happened to me before.....not the chick/dick scenario, but there was a Civic Si with killer color combo yellow brembos big brake kit(BBK) behind sick mini Volk TE-37s......so I thought "this guy has it figured out, this Civic is about to earn my respect". walked up, brake caliper covers behind Varrstoen/Rota replica wheels.... Now Im not starting a Real vs. Replica argument, but people feel let down...

Now for PAINTING calipers: I had my calipers painted blue behind OEM 5 spoke wheels for the same reason you wanted, to clean them up... then I got some Magnesium Blue wheels and the wheels didnt match the calipers and stuck out in a bad way.... Now If you plan on keeping your TSWs forever and dont plan on upgrading brakes, more power to paint.. If done well it looks better than rust.... but if you want to paint them black or silver to get rid of the rust, that'd clean them up!!

Hope this helps

If tl;dr:

NO covers, looks like misleading cool parts
paint is ok, but be tasteful

Good luck, stay strong

:werd:

^^^Good advice...

Beware of chicks with dicks. Cue "The Crying Game" music.

(Yes, I am a girl)
Thanks for the input! I totally get it now. I saw fake Brembo covers and knew that was totally lame, but I didn't realized that that went for all caliper covers. Hahaha your scenario cleared things up. Thanks again.

Haha, I think its funny how its OK to paint them but not OK to put covers on them, especially since shes already shown decent taste by knowing that fake brembos are evil. To me the only reason caliper covers are gay is because they cost too much for what they are, not because they make the brakes seem fake. 200 bucks is pricey when a can of paint can do something similar, though not as clean. Here are the MGP ones somebody was talking about. http://www.rvinyl.com/Caliper-Covers...l#.UOEJDm9JOAg Do what you think is cool. Its your car.

I've seen this forum scare girls away with either too much flamage (most will assume you're male) or too much ankle humping. Congrats on the Z, look through the wheel subforum to figure out what mods are considered "acceptable" here.

Thank you! I totally didn't understand why everyone was freaking out on me, but I guess they all sorta scared me away from caliper covers in the end. Thank you for standin up for me, though!:icon30:

Hahahaha thank you for the input. I'll check out the subform.:)

Here you go https://my350z.com/forum/2003-2009-nissan-350z/197329-the-top-100-common-questions.html

The only good caliper covers are NO caliper covers.

Paint the calipers silver.

where in ohio? not many ohio Zs on the forum.

I know Stoptech, Brembo, and AP Racing make awesome "covers" that actually improve your braking

^as well as Project Mu and Endless

The best caliper covers are the ones you don't put on your car, but burn instead, so there's one less set of that poseur decor on the market.

That being said, Wildwood caliper covers give you the best performance edge. Make sure you get the rotor diameter extenders, too, so your car catches fire and burns from all the friction from the extra plastic ****.

I think I'm done here.

Yeah, I think that's what I'm going to do.

And I'm around Youngstown, Ohio.

Check out the Official Ohio thread in the regional sub forums, someone else just posted up yesterday from youngstown.

I laughed.

+1 for no covers. :)

idk if this helps but i saw these on a mustang over the summer. not a huge fan i think they look tacky. better off keeping them stock or painting a subtle color.