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Old 09-09-2004, 11:19 PM
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Neon washer jets

Old 09-09-2004, 11:35 PM
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What's wrong with a good dolop of hammerite
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Originally Posted by SilverShark,Sep 10 2004, 06:48 AM
I'd also say silver as this was the colour they started out at.
If you look *very* closely at the older Honda S2000 brochures you will notice that the calipers are painted black in the photos.
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Originally Posted by slikts2000,Sep 9 2004, 10:52 PM
I'd like to replace them all with brembos but cant afford it....
Have a look in the UK FS&W board - S2000 Europe is flogging his Brembo set. He offered to accept three monthly instalments from me, so maybe he's desparate to get rid of them...... Make him an offer!
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I did mine in red and have to disagree that they look naff but on silver I would go with silver painted ones with red decals.



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Cheers peeps, I think i'll go with either silver or black as my interior is black and i think if i do them red it'll be too much, trouble is now i want some new alloys....!!
Its funny how i bought the car and thought nothing of it, i came on this site and now i've spent a small fortune already and am planning on spending loads more....

ps. where can you buy those neon washer jets as mentioned earlyer..... joke
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I have red ones on mine (bought it like that) I would have gone for Black or Silver but Red is OK but not that easy to keep clean!





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I think the stock calipers look bobbins, but painting them a bright colour just draws attention to how small they are.

I want some Brembos like these,


But they don't make 'em for the S. The ones on that car are the same as those used on the Ferrari Enzo
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but they do look better painted (what ever colour ) than stock IMHO
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Rahula - yours are an exception though Most people will just slap it on and think the job's a good'n


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