Big Brake Kit alternative?

[PaddyEnglish]

My wife asked me to paint the calipers on her car red. I cannot bring myself to do such a thing. I thought I would upgrade her brakes for her birthday. I don't want to spend 1000s on a big brake kit. Is there a cheaper alternative? Like taking 4 or 6 pots from another car like you can for the E30?

Her car is a Hyundai Tucson 2.7 2008.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even if someone could point me to another good forum, that would be great. I've already tried a couple of hyundai forums but it looks like its hardly ever used. Nowhere near e30zone.

Thanks everyone.[/list]

[B7]

Are u serious?

If my birthday present to the wife was a brake upgrade she'd kick me in the b0ll0ks! Mind you, if I bought her a Hyundai, she'd do me even more damage

[ross_jsy]

Does she need bigger brakes? Seems a bit pointless if all she wants is red calipers

[DanThe]

This is all you need -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RED-Brembo-Lo ... 43bb4abd4d

[PaddyEnglish]

I didn't ask for the piss to be taken lads.

I didn't expect that from anyone on e30zone.

[jimbom30cab]

I didn't expect that from anyone on e30zone

Really ???

[PaddyEnglish]

Yeah really. Was that naive of me?

[ross_jsy]

And you think that's taking the pi$$

To be fair you do exactly what I used to do for the missus, buy her a present you actually want. Smart man

[PaddyEnglish]

Haha yeah. I didn't plan it. She told me she likes the way car look with red calipers. I told her they are performance brakes which are different. She doesn't know the difference. She just wants me to paint them. But that's so fake and tacky. I couldn't let her drive round with painted OEM calipers. So I was thinking I could find used parts from other cars to build a 4 pot kit. I know this can be done for the e30 so I'm guessing the same can be done for any car.

[DanThe]

On that car, I think thats actually worse than painting standard calipers TBH

[PaddyEnglish]

Ok that's great. Thanks for you opinions.

Much appreciated.

[B7]

Yeah really. Was that naive of me?

Yes.

In all seriousness, it's all meant in good fun. You'll see a lot of wind ups on this site. Some have even been known to get out of hand.

[Rav335uk]

http://ceikaperformance.com/4-pot-Big-B ... 2-p28.html

I hope she gives you a present after fitting them.

[pacerpete]

http://ceikaperformance.com/4-pot-Big-B ... 2-p28.html

I hope she gives you a present after fitting them.

Foook that ! Red Smoothrite FTW !

[rix313]

I'm not getting on at you, but surely you had to be open to a bit of ridicule for what is genuinely a ridiculous proposition. Rather than spend £20 on a tin of red high temp calliper paint you're willing to waste a few £££ on a big brake kit for a small SUV?