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Old 10-07-2009, 12:01 AM
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I was reading my old forum on Azine and this guy reminds me that im kind of wondering our cars could acutally do this without getting a real kit of brembo ?
Like this guy right here http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=715481
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all that person did was paint his stock calipers and put on the brembo sticker.

you CAN do that, but why would you want to put a brembo sticker on the stock caliper? I would just paint it and put on a BMW sticker or just paint it
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+1 - they also sell stick-on "Brembo" caliper covers on eBay (sad but true)
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Originally Posted by pjinca' post='1026976' date='Oct 7 2009, 02:00 PM
+1 - they also sell stick-on "Brembo" caliper covers on eBay (sad but true)
lol yeah i heard and seen it lol, but thats too cheezy. Yeah i will definitely paint mine but i gotta say our brakes aint just alll even surface like those Acuras. I seen the 128i brakes, they have the BMW on them, thats cool i wana try to do that.
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Just jump on the Rotora brake set that dbae1978 is selling. Get the real deal.
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if you dont have it why even bother putting stickers on?? it is putting m5 badge on rear for non m5 cars
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here you go - just get these they are waaaay better than just the paint and improve performance
https://5series.net/forums/index.php...opic=86605&hl=
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Originally Posted by pjinca' post='1027613' date='Oct 8 2009, 09:00 AM
here you go - just get these they are waaaay better than just the paint and improve performance
https://5series.net/forums/index.php...opic=86605&hl=
How much HP does this mod add? Bwahahahahahahaha!
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