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04-17-04, 12:41
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Mini gets a brake job!
The Mini was at the track last week and I had installed Ferodo race pads for the event. In the process of switching back to the EBC Green street pads (and cleaning off gobs of black embedded brake dust) I decided to paint the calipers silver and the hubs black. I removed the pads and hung the calipers in place and sprayed the calipers with caliper paint.
The hubs were originally a boring and inconsistant dull gray paint and the calipers a bare silver metal.
It looks pretty nice now. Hope it stays that way! Too bad it's not a "pretty" caliper like the Brembo's on my Carrera.
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04-17-04, 01:09
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Wow, that looks fantastic Brad. Great work! Really give it the finishing touches. 
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04-20-04, 07:54
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How do you like the EBC's? I always hear bad things about them but have never ran them. I run Axxis Metal Masters on my hatchback and AEM (Nissin) pads on my coupe.
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04-20-04, 12:07
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I like them a lot. I can feel no pedal difference between these and the Ferodo DS2500's. I just made the $150 assumption that the Ferodo's would have less tendency to fade so I got them for the track.
The EBC's are great stoppers and super low on dust output. |
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04-20-04, 12:28
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sweet BJ....i might have to try some low dust brake pads....mine drive me nuts......
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04-20-04, 12:57
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It must depend on the car. I had the Green EBC's on my Miata and they were horrible. They dusted like crazy, didn't improve pedal feel and didn't stop the car any better than the OEM pads. I currently have their sloted and dippled rotors and they are too very disappointing. The hats on the rotors rusted with in weeks of purchase. I will never buy another EBC product again.
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04-20-04, 01:06
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That is what I was hearing about them as well. i heard they dusted like mad, were noisy, and did not last long at all.
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04-20-04, 01:32
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love the idea of paintin the calipers silver....look great
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04-20-04, 02:30
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Looks Excellent. Painting the calipers really completes the looks of the rim and tire package.
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05-15-04, 04:17
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Nice job! Nice fliks as well!
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05-15-04, 05:53
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Very sharp... |
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05-15-04, 07:43
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Thanks for the compliments, guys!  |
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