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Brake caliper paint

5.9K views 32 replies 25 participants last post by  eddiec  
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Thinking of painting the calipers on the dd. Thinking of going with either black, silver or green. What you you think? Here's a pic of the car's color. It's the sun green version. RkII's will be the rims
 

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Engine

* Nordic stage 3+ ECU (Taliaferro Imports)
* 3.5 bar fuel pressure regulator (Taliaferro Imports)
* Forge diverter valve (Taliaferro Imports)
* Ferrita exhaust system (turbo on back) (George's Imports)
* High-flow intercooler (MP Performance)
* Turbo inlet pipe (Taliaferro Imports)
* Open air intake with ceramic coated heat shield (Taliaferro Imports)
* Lightened flywheel (Dave Kennedy)
* Delivery pipe (Abbott Racing Motorsport)
* PVC update kit (Eeuroparts.com)

Suspension/Transmission

* Rear sway bar (Taliaferro Imports)
* Steering rack brace/clamp (Taliaferro Imports)
* 6-point subframe brace (Taliaferro Imports)
* Strut brace (Taliaferro Imports)
* Sport transmission mount (Taliaferro Imports)
* Short-shifter (Taliaferro Imports)
* Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Position 225/45/17 tires (The Tire Rack)
* Polyurethane lower control arm and sway bar bushings (Taliaferro Imports)
* Koni shocks/springs kit (Three Trolls Performance Parts)
* 26mm front anti-roll/sway bar (Taliaferro Imports)
* Track control arm bushings (Scanwest Auto)
* Rear shock tower brace (Saab Savior)
* Hawk HPS front brake pads (Taliaferro Imports)
* Sport Ventilated 300mm rear brake kit with Akebono pads (Taliaferro Imports)
* Viggen two piece rotors and stainless steel brake lines (Group 9 Performance)
* Polyurethane transmission motor mount (Taliaferro Imports)
* Polyurethane motor mount (Taliaferro Imports)
* Quaiffe LSD (Quaife Engineering; installed by Scanwest Autosport)
* Spec Stage 3 clutch (Taliaferro Imports)
* Polyurethane steering rod bushings (Taliaferro Imports)

Interior

* Viggen emblem shift knob (Taliaferro Imports)
* Carbon fiber dash (Taliaferro Imports)
* Carbon fiber door pulls (State of Nine)
* Tinted windows (Mr. Tint, Santa Clara, CA)
* Leather arm rest (State of Nine)
* Custom aluminum pedals (Ultimate Pedals)
* Leather emergency brake boot (State of Nine)
* Custom leather and carbon fiber steering wheel (Taliaferro Imports)

Exterior

* Powder coated grill mesh insert (Home Depot; my favorite speed shop)
* New Viggen emblems for hatch and sides of car (Taliaferro Imports)
* New hood emblem (B&B Saab)
* E-code headlight lenses (Taliaferro Imports)
* Philips VisionPlus headlight and foglamp bulbs (Autolamps-Online)
* Hood protector strip (B&B Saab)
* Refinished Viggen wheels (B&B Saab)
* Saab Griffin valve stems (Taliaferro Imports)
* Clear fender blinkers (chrome) (Taliaferro Imports)
* Powder coated brake calipers (Pearce European)
I wish I had a professor like you!
 
#24 ·
did you paint them yet? if not i would like to recomend bronze i painted mine yesterday on a navy blue car and they look great im more then happy with it ill post a picture tommrow
 
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