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      05-18-2010, 11:43 PM   #1
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To Pose ........or not to Pose

That is the question..........

I was lurking around some other forums just reading for entertainment and I came across a thread about Brembo brake covers. I personally think they look cool as hell, especially in sky blue and lime green. Is it to "poser-ish" to want to make your brakes look good without investing 6-7k into the real deal? I do not do any/many track events so I dont need the extra braking power. Your thoughts
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I think its ricey. Just remember that its a 70k car, not a 7k civic (no offense to any civic owners out there, just saying) my $0.02

Plus, I heard they melt after a while...but whatever floats your boat I guess, everyone has their own taste. If your just going to eventually get bbk's sometime later, might as well get a head start? *shrug* Other wise just paint em red or something..
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      05-19-2010, 01:21 AM   #3
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That is the question..........

I was lurking around some other forums just reading for entertainment and I came across a thread about Brembo brake covers. I personally think they look cool as hell, especially in sky blue and lime green. Is it to "poser-ish" to want to make your brakes look good without investing 6-7k into the real deal? I do not do any/many track events so I dont need the extra braking power. Your thoughts
Hold on to your hat dude !

pose = fail, sorry.

Earn it or don't do it.
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      05-19-2010, 01:28 AM   #4
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what the point of getting BBK when you don't take it to the track?
i say get the covers and roll it on the street, its just as poser as having BBK and not using them.
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      05-19-2010, 01:49 AM   #5
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i say get the covers and roll it on the street, its just as poser as having BBK and not using them.
Good point....
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      05-19-2010, 01:50 AM   #6
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hmm wonder what this would look like
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      05-19-2010, 02:00 AM   #7
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i say get the covers and roll it on the street, its just as poser as having BBK and not using them.
That is a good point, but why would anyone do that ?

It's poser either way as you said
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      05-19-2010, 02:22 AM   #8
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People upgrade to Brembos for performance, not looks. Fake Brembo covers = Epic fail .
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I say go for it. Its your car, do what you like. Its idiotic dropping 8k on a BBK just to get some color behind your wheels when your not gonna track at all.
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People upgrade to Brembos for performance, not looks. Fake Brembo covers = Epic fail .
Most don't, if they do they would have got AP Racing.
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what the point of getting BBK when you don't take it to the track?
i say get the covers and roll it on the street, its just as poser as having BBK and not using them.
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what the point of getting BBK when you don't take it to the track?
i say get the covers and roll it on the street, its just as poser as having BBK and not using them.
Very good point.
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      05-19-2010, 06:05 AM   #13
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or just paint your stock calipers a cool color.
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he beat me to it, i was just gonna say why not just have your stock ones painted
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I say paint your stock ones. Getting the covers to me is like someone putting ///m emblems all over their non-m.
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Forget Brembo, get the ///M ones!

http://www.calipercover.net/index.ph...icle&Id=325939
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