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Does anyone have experience/opininions on adding colored caliper covers to their RX-7

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Old 11-09-11, 05:10 AM
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Does anyone have experience/opininions on adding colored caliper covers to their RX-7

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Not I. Tend to lean toward the powdercoating myself for such places where toughness and ease of cleaning will be paramount.



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Personally covers look kind of cheezy to me. My impression is that covers are sold to people who regard removing a wheel as a big DIY project. Although I think some manufacturers are putting them on now too.
Powder Coating is great, but with a little care and prep, painting them works fine too. FD guys usually go back and use a dremel to sand down the MAZDA on the front calipers to make it contrast. Mine have lasted nearly 10 yrs. and still look pretty good...way better than a cover IMO.
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skip on the cheezy covers and just powder coat your calipers. it'll look a lot better and prolly last you longer as well.
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Yikes! Those purple powdercoats look great!

Thanks for the advice.
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