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$6 Made a Striking Difference!

Old Sep 30, 2015 | 04:13 PM
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I ordered these center caps from China and love them!








Next up is to paint the calipers red. Nope, it's not an XJR, but red and gray go great together!
 
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Old Sep 30, 2015 | 04:20 PM
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I do like your choice of caps and rims; this is the same as my car.

Enjoy the project; good results so far!

Thanks for sharing
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Old Sep 30, 2015 | 06:36 PM
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Hey there, nice combo, look very similar to these, see pic below...


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The reason I mention is as follows
As originals were around £60 - £70 I bought these at around £6 from a UK supplier, although I feel they are of Chinese origin.
They are 2 or 3 shades lights that OEM, A lighter red, after a few washes ( with gentle products ) that fade to pink and ultimately clear as the colour vanishes altogether.


I ended up buying a set of originals at a much higher price, but they are RED and have not faded one bit the last few weeks.


Anyhow, that's my experience, hopefully, yours is different and more positive.
Good luck
 
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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by JimC64
Hey there, nice combo, look very similar to these, see pic below...





The reason I mention is as follows
As originals were around £60 - £70 I bought these at around £6 from a UK supplier, although I feel they are of Chinese origin.
They are 2 or 3 shades lights that OEM, A lighter red, after a few washes ( with gentle products ) that fade to pink and ultimately clear as the colour vanishes altogether.


I ended up buying a set of originals at a much higher price, but they are RED and have not faded one bit the last few weeks.


Anyhow, that's my experience, hopefully, yours is different and more positive.
Good luck
Yeah, the ones I got were Chinese so i'm not sure they will last long. I think i'll do as you did and order OEM caps.

But one things is for sure. I AM painting these calipers red!
 
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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 10:56 PM
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Good choice. I have the same ones. Just picked up some red caliper paint as well.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2015 | 03:36 PM
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I also have the Chinese ones and they have been every bit as good as the factory ones.
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