I recently had my calipers painted red....I'll throw in a pic. Then about a few weeks later I started hearing a noise like a metalic jingle when I put a load on both rear wheels..ie it was coming from the rear wheels when I took off in 1st gear, and if I listened carefully. It happened every time, and got a bit louder over 2 months. I had a few friends listen and a few mechanics informally. Everyone thought the pads were loose, or maybe the clips were left off by the caliper paiinter.....
Got a tune up which was supposed to be a few hundred bucks, and paid double in the end.....guess what it was....and when you do, I'm curious if anyone else has had it happen. My Z has 70K KM's on it.

 

Wait, you had someone else paint your calipers? Wow, that's lazy.

 

why would you want to draw attention to your stock brakes like that .

 

loose lugnuts..or your calipers screaming trying to peel that red paint off..J/K...c'mon what was it..tell me tell me

 

you put them on backwards didnt you

 

LOL!

 

you forgot to grease the shims with lithium grease

 

kinda chrome says it all. nice calipers (and the polished wheels).

 

Ricer fluid ran dry?

 

Painting your stock brakes is like looking at a midget in a tuxedo.

... something just isn't right.

 

lol....yeah, I no my brakes are small....just like everything else about me.
When they greased my axel , the noise went away.....
And no, I don't do mechanical stuff. I'm a doctor , not a mechanic.
The rims are polished aluminum, not chrome, and I like the bling, even if you don't (I assume the 'kinda chrome' bit was sarcastic?...don't know any of you to read between the lines).
So, anyone else have this happen?

 

I like 'em. My stock calipers are red, too.

Now, if we can get it past the big brake snobs around these parts - what the heck was making your noise?

 

they said the axel needed grease....and 'it happens sometimes'..
thanks for liken my rims btw......
If I had more money to spend, I'd get a big brake kit, plenum, lighter flywheel.
I bought 4 cars in the last 2 years....a 2003 Murano, 1998 328is Bimmer, 1998 new Bettle, and my 2003 Z.....I'm lucky I even had money to lower, popcharge, rim, and hopefully soon get a Nizmo exhaust....
Everyone's quick to judge....no different that when I was on everthing 350z, but it was all cool after the breakin period....so go ahead all and give it to me without the vaseline guys, I can take it......