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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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very nice. those are the first set of brembo BBK's that aren't painted red. definitely unique.
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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still bummed that trinityhk is parting ways with his car ...glad to see that the brembo bbk found a good home with t-rex06 and they look great I was seriously considering them but this modding bug needs to stop for the rest of the year...maybe. T-rex06 do you plan on paintingyour calipers or leaving them that color? Did you do the install yourself or did Tommy do it?
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 03:24 PM
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i need to get on a shoot next time
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ghettoaww
still bummed that trinityhk is parting ways with his car ...glad to see that the brembo bbk found a good home with t-rex06 and they look great I was seriously considering them but this modding bug needs to stop for the rest of the year...maybe. T-rex06 do you plan on paintingyour calipers or leaving them that color? Did you do the install yourself or did Tommy do it?
Yea too bad Jeff is parting out his car. Tommy did the install and I am just going to leave the calipers the way it is. Red will be a little too much especially with the theme I have on my car.

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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by projectdna
very nice. those are the first set of brembo BBK's that aren't painted red. definitely unique.
Unique? Yes, but not because they're not red... That's a custom silver/gold that trinityhk had them painted. BTW, they're available in both red and black straight from Brembo. These are my children, since my car was the R&D/test fit car for this brake kit...

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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by javyLSU
Unique? Yes, but not because they're not red... That's a custom silver/gold that trinityhk had them painted. BTW, they're available in both red and black straight from Brembo.

Javier
i've seen brembo calipers in red, gold (iirc), and black, but never that custom silver/gold color.

btw, didn't you go somewhere to get measurements for brembo bbk fitment? whatever happened to that?

/OT

terrance> tommy does bbk's now? whoa.
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 04:42 PM
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nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Kurtz
Of course they will, assuming the same car with the same tires from the same speed on the same road.

Why wouldn't they? The brakes don't stop the car after all.
Yep, tires do! Stopping distances depend on the coefficient of friction between tire and road surface.

The BBK advantage should be they have greater thermal mass for frequent severe deceleration without fade.

Good to see the rear rotors are not neglected to preserve braking balance.

Why no AP Racing?
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 07:01 PM
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awesome pics - BBKs all look great.
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 07:09 PM
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These cars are sick!!!
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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everytime i see BBK i think... OH did they made a bigger throttle body or intake manifold for our car now?
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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that bbk is sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by javyLSU
That's for the carbon-ceramic brake system...

Javier
I want Javy!!! But not for 15k.... Only way to upgrade for me is Carbon Ceramic Brake System!!!!

Oh and terrance damn...I should have showed up too...but I was having my stock hid's and the fogs changed to HID's so I couldn't show up...hopefully have another photoshoot so we can add my stock IS-F brembo brakes to the mix...lol
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 09:05 PM
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DAMN the cars look too sick for words..>>just got my ride about two months and was going to slap a system.. but after seeing those sick *** wheels and brakes, I gotta upgrade ASAP... SUPER JEALOUS RITE NOW GUYS.. GOOD job!! HOpefully have some pics laters for you ballas to see later..
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by T-Rex06
Not necessarily. It depends on the wheel you get. If it is made to fit BBK, then you're good. Offset will determine how flush or conservative you want in terms of looks.

Terrance
oh..I see..I seriously have no knowledge on this rims offsets and stuff..
I'm looking into a new rims but want to make sure that it will allow me to
upgrade my brakes in the future..hehe
all these offsets, different tire sizes and stuff are confusing me
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