Painted Calipers
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Painted Calipers
While waiting for the new (third time) roof hydraulic hoses to arrive, since the car was in the shop already, I had a few things done. First, I knew my front pads were getting low, probably could have squeezed a couple of thousand more miles out, but since the car was sitting I went ahead and replaced them and the rotors which would have been beyond the tolerance. And while the wheels and pads were off, I bought the Duplo Caliper Paint kit and a set of vinyl Jaguar lettering decals and did the calipers. Since the center hub is the red ground Jaguar cap, I chose to do the calipers in red with silver lettering, and the results are below.
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Brembo Performance R can be either Red or Grey but there was also a Grey non-Brembo caliper available for the NA models.
(amazing how fast the discs get a coating of surface rust after cleaning the wheelarches)
My NA model has the Brembo brakes fitted as an extra cost option.
Graham
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I haven't got a shot w/o the wheels, but apart from the colour, my calipers look exactly the same as yours...
Last edited by Frog; 03-06-2013 at 08:25 AM.
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Our calipers are identical apart from the colour.
Graham
Last edited by GGG; 03-06-2013 at 10:11 AM.
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Reading through the sales brochures from the time, it was nothing more than a marketing ploy.
Originally red for Brembo was introduced and became a popular option but the cachet was rather reduced when many people with standard brakes started painting their calipers red!
At the very end of production with the Final Series S and Victory Models, Jaguar clearly wanted to offer customers as much as possible for the hugely inflated purchase price. As you know, almost every option was included as standard on these models with very little scope left for customer choice. Colour of the Brembo calipers was one of those few choices.
Graham
Originally red for Brembo was introduced and became a popular option but the cachet was rather reduced when many people with standard brakes started painting their calipers red!
At the very end of production with the Final Series S and Victory Models, Jaguar clearly wanted to offer customers as much as possible for the hugely inflated purchase price. As you know, almost every option was included as standard on these models with very little scope left for customer choice. Colour of the Brembo calipers was one of those few choices.
Graham
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Frog (03-06-2013)
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Hey Frog,
I take great delight in knowing that was meant for me. I'm surprised you "Brembo" boys don't have flashing lights in the wheel wells making sure that all non-Brembo cars are made aware of the superiority of your cars. Next time, I'll make sure that instead of the Jaguar vinyl lettering that I used, I will instead order a Brembo vinyl set. That ought to raise the hair on the back of a few necks.
I take great delight in knowing that was meant for me. I'm surprised you "Brembo" boys don't have flashing lights in the wheel wells making sure that all non-Brembo cars are made aware of the superiority of your cars. Next time, I'll make sure that instead of the Jaguar vinyl lettering that I used, I will instead order a Brembo vinyl set. That ought to raise the hair on the back of a few necks.