OMG as in "Oh my G-d" are these huge! These are of course AMG brakes off a 2008 CLK63. I've been looking for nice clean set for a while now and finally found what I'm looking for. Just got 'em today! The calipers and rotors are in great shape as the car they're off of only had 24,000 miles on it. The front rotors are 360mm (14.2") 2-piece floating discs and the rear are 330mm one-piece rotors. The front calipers are 6-pot, rears are 4-pot. The set is a direct bolt-on to our cars minus trimming the rear heat shields in order to fit the massive calipers. So, my question to the forum is - Should I paint the calipers red?

 

no i would install as is.will look and perform great on your roadster
of course you could sell them to me
also your old seats cleaned up nice also install the new heating pads

 

Nice find! They sure look nice and it look nice as is but having them professionally powdercoated red would really stand out!

 

Put em on as-is....they look great.

 

If you don't mind me asking, where how did you get your hands on these?

 

"There's no stopping you now" pun intended
Nice find what did you have to give up for them?

 

You must be joking.
Only a ricer would paint these red. Keep them OEM.

 

I would paint them any color that offers a nice contrast to the color of your car. My SRT6 is Saphire Silver Blue and I put caliper covers on and had them painted Viper Blue and they look great. With those monster stoppers you want them to be noticed but not obnoxious.

 

Personally I find caliper covers of any color obnoxious, the silver AMG calipers are discrete just as they are.

Caliper covers scream - RICER to me.
Silver AMG calipers scream - COOL to me.

 

you must be joking, Ferraris are ricers? Pretty sure theyre brakes are red or yellow

 

Whatever color they are they are OEM. The silver on these is OEM, the AMG logo is OEM, why paint them red?
A real ricer would put covers on these beautiful calipers.
Get it?

 

Actually you can specify quite a few different colors on Ferraris. I won't lower myself and get into a verbal battle about caliper covers versus OEM and color is a personal choice but there are other reasons for caliper covers, reducing brake dust is one of them.

 

Paint the calipers red? You are kidding right

I'd hang them over my fire place just like they are.

 

^^^^^^^^ LOL ^^^^^^^^ Me too.

 

Consider me fully jealous.

Oh and I would paint them red, but thats just me.

 

I've been searching for a clean set for months via ebay, craigslist, mbworld, etc. I ran in to these on ebay about 2 weeks ago, payed 2k for 'em. The fact is, a used set of CLK63 or SLK55 brakes are quite rare to find, but will pop up from time to time, especially on ebay and mbworld.org. So you gotta be quick as they're usually gone the same day they are listed. The sets for a SL55/63, CLS55/63, S55/63 are quite easy to find. Take a look at ebay right now and you'll find a few sets available. However, these will require modification/brackets to install on our cars.

 

Nice to know you're keeping my seats warm I guess I could sell the brakes to you. Let me think about it....neh I will sell you my stockers though, hehe...

 

I paid 2k which seems to be a good deal on these, especially for the condition they're in. This included all 4 calipers and rotors. A new set will be well over 5k. The front rotors are $1,000 each so not looking forward to replacing them in the future..

 

I'll trade you a supercharger pulley for them. Nice find.

 

Thank you for your opinions, guys! Here are a few pics I gathered of red calipers to aid in the discussion. My opinion - they don't look ricer to me. That red C63 is hottttt!! Anyway, I'll install 'em as is, probably next week, to see how they look and will take some photos to share with you guys. We'll see what the consensus will be..