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Old 06-21-2011, 09:26 PM
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Default Question for those of you with caliper covers

I've been looking into caliper covers for my car and I've got a couple of questions. Do they make a noticeable difference with brake dust? Do you need to get spacers in order to fit on the stock wheels?



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Old 06-21-2011, 09:28 PM
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Dan, I honestly don't care that much for the look of it... I drive a lot of miles through stop and go traffic every day, so I want to try to eliminate some of the brake dust.


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That's fair. Eddie has them as does 8 ball. I can't really comment on them as far as brake dust bud


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Your still gonna get rush with the covers. Maybe try some Hawk ceramics. I have them on my 2000 and they have a lot less dust.


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Old 06-21-2011, 09:57 PM
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My Hawk hps pads don't really produce much dust


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really? My Hawk HPS's dust like Crazy. But since I painted my rims bronze I haven't see any of it haha.

To minimize brake dust get Ceramic pads and try out that armor-all wheel protectant. When I used the armor-all my rims would look clean for double the time when I didn't use it.

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buy them on ebay, you can get them for well under the normal posted price. fyi


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Nice post winks I was thinking about getting some myself. I'm not to sure now though lol I think I just might paint rather than buy.


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Ya know jim that's probably not fair of me to say being that i have black wheels.


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