Hey guys, I am running outta things to do on my SRT8 so my next mod is the braking upgrade. First step, repainting my calipers. See, I have an '08, so I'm not as lucky as you '09 bastards in that I don't have those hot looking red calipers. And seeing as how I feel that paying $1600 at JustForJeeps.com is somewhat outrageous merely to change the color of your calipers, I took matters in to my own hands.
Below are the results. This is the first "step" in my braking upgrade project. As soon as I get my next paycheck, I will be purchasing the Premium Drilled/Slotted Rotors from R1Concepts, as well as Hawk HPS pads all around. As soon as I get those, I'll update this thread. Anyways, here are the caliper pics:
Those will look very nice mounted back on the jeep. I've got a set of stainless steel brake lines I need to install when I finally decide on what color to paint my calipers.
These are actually a spare set of black calipers that a friend loaned me (I know, who the hell has a spare set of SRT calipers laying around?). Anyways, I stripped them using aircraft remover and then painted them.
Actually, no, those are stencilled back on. You can buy Brembo stencils from various sources, I got these from a company called Rennline. I painted the calipers red, stencilled the Brembo logos on using white caliper paint, and then clear coated everything to protect it. I think it turned out well.
Those will look very nice mounted back on the jeep. I've got a set of stainless steel brake lines I need to install when I finally decide on what color to paint my calipers.
Got the rest of my stuff in from R1 Concepts. Looks to be VERY high quality. Here it is:
It'll be a while before I get to install everything. I am in outage now so I am wokring 12 hours/day, 7 days/week. When I get done with outage, I'll take LOTS of pics during the install.
Finally got them installed guys. Took me awhile but I got it. One thing before we start - ALWAYS BUY RUSSELL SPEED BLEEDERS! God they were easy to use. I got the little baggie, too. Well worth the $10 per wheel ($20 for the rear, since there are 2 bleeders per caliper). They work great and save a TON of time.
Anyways, without further adieu, here's the install: