repainted them by hand to look stock. Will take a picture and post. REally look great.
repainted them by hand to look stock. Will take a picture and post. REally look great.
We refurbish a lot of Brembo calipers and our normal prodcedure is (I am skipping the stripping them down part) paint, apply high temp decal (emblems) and then high temp laquer for a perfect finish.
This was a brand new (at the time) 997 turbo we did for a customer who wanted the ceramic look without the ceramic parts.
Using the right paint and material for the emblem is obviously critical
I just received mine. They are:
1) Larger than the original decals by about 15%
2) White, not silver
3) Read "/RS6" instead of "/RS" (although scissors will cure this easily enough)
Were yours like this, or were they like the originals?
I probably won't be putting these on my car. My original brake decals aren't that bad yet, anyway.
I'm guessing they would last about three laps with my style of driving/braking (late, hard, and trail braking)...or 2 weeks of me driving to work.
Fritz has a nice set of gold wheels after a track day. Seemed to be related to the aftermarket pad used as well as hasn't happened to his other set.
2012 R8 GT #275 Suzuka, 2014 RS7 Suzuka/Lunar Silver, 2013 RS5 Suzuka/Lunar Silver
2000 Audi TT Neiman Marcus Edition #47, 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible
Past...03 RS6, 10 S5 Cabriolet, 00 NMTT #25, 94 Audi Cabriolet
Waste of money imo
C5 RS6 Avant | Ebony Black | Black Leather | Carbon In-lays | Solar Roof | OEM Graphite 19" | Vredesteins 255/35/19 | Privacy | Milltek Non-Res | Black Optics | Stage 1+ | Plus Brakes | Alpine Multi-Media Interface | Navigation | Bluetooth | DVD | iPod Video | 710N
I disagree with you, I was thinking the same also, but I decide to give it a try. I put them 10 days ago and I do drive hard sometimes and I believe the calipers got some high temp. sometimes and I still can see no difference in colors till today. They are really good. lets monitor it for next couple of weeks and see. Here are some photos for them
"Aerodynamics are for people who cannot build engines"...... Enzo Ferrari
I'm going to put mine on this weekend after I touch up the calipers with high temp paint. I may coat the decals with high temp clear. I hope it works out well.
All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best- Occam's Razor
I may have been wrong!
Vangelis - they look superb. Having seen yours I've ordered a pair of these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=200302639714
I'll post some pics once applied.
C5 RS6 Avant | Ebony Black | Black Leather | Carbon In-lays | Solar Roof | OEM Graphite 19" | Vredesteins 255/35/19 | Privacy | Milltek Non-Res | Black Optics | Stage 1+ | Plus Brakes | Alpine Multi-Media Interface | Navigation | Bluetooth | DVD | iPod Video | 710N
LOL, should have sorted out a group buy
C5 RS6 Avant | Ebony Black | Black Leather | Carbon In-lays | Solar Roof | OEM Graphite 19" | Vredesteins 255/35/19 | Privacy | Milltek Non-Res | Black Optics | Stage 1+ | Plus Brakes | Alpine Multi-Media Interface | Navigation | Bluetooth | DVD | iPod Video | 710N
serious, i'm thinking about it now too! What's the process to apply the sticker?
C5 RS6 Avant | Ebony Black | Black Leather | Carbon In-lays | Solar Roof | OEM Graphite 19" | Vredesteins 255/35/19 | Privacy | Milltek Non-Res | Black Optics | Stage 1+ | Plus Brakes | Alpine Multi-Media Interface | Navigation | Bluetooth | DVD | iPod Video | 710N
Yes, just peel and apply like 3M tape.
Hey Vangelis,
How much did those MTM wheels set you back? I'm assuming 19"?
Send me a PM if you don't want to post the price in this thread.
Thanks!
So far so good. I cleaned the calipers, re-painted them with high heat paint, applied the decals and coated them with clear high heat caliper paint to protect them from brake dust and routine cleaning. 400 street and spirited driven miles and two pressure washes-no issues. Cool.
All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best- Occam's Razor