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Originally Posted by SPOHN Love the red. I'm going to have mine powder coated this year sometime. as much as I would like to, you probably shouldn't. They will just

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Old 03-13-2012, 08:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Love the red. I'm going to have mine powder coated this year sometime.
as much as I would like to, you probably shouldn't. They will just darken with the heat of heavy track use. Especially once you get a few more track sessions under your belt, the calipers will be getting really, really hot. These are my stoptech rotors, and they looked like this after their first track day.

If you get brake cooling ducts, I will coat them.
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as much as I would like to, you probably shouldn't. They will just darken with the heat of heavy track use. Especially once you get a few more track sessions under your belt, the calipers will be getting really, really hot. These are my stoptech rotors, and they looked like this after their first track day.

If you get brake cooling ducts, I will coat them.
Oh wow. Funny thing I was just looking at Discovery Parts site after talking to them at the track yesterday about buying some ducting. See what happens.
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Oh wow. Funny thing I was just looking at Discovery Parts site after talking to them at the track yesterday about buying some ducting. See what happens.
you may as well just have Sharif work you up a quote for some Stoptech Trophy's. You are going to get them in the next year anyways, whether you want to or not.
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Yea, we'll have to see about that. Big bucks there
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