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Hey, that's my car you posted there! Lol. My friend Maurice and I painted my calipers one afternoon using the G2 caliper paint kit (it's a brush on kit). It brushes on, and then in a couple hours, it dries perfectly smooth like nail polish. Before it totally dried, I applied the PORSCHE decal lettering and then clear coated over it to protect the decal. It's been years now, and they still look awesome.... Honestly, it looks as good or better than the OEM reds...Not bad for $50. Lol.

That is a riot! I guess it should be flattering to have your car be THE example of nice red calipers. :thumbup: Really nice job and thanks for the directions. Not sure if I will do them myself or send them out... I first want to find out the cost of sending them out. Thanks a bunch!

Here's one that I found where you can remove your calipers and send them in to be refinished in the color of your choice:

http://www.gmgracing...he_brakes.shtml

Scroll to the bottom of the page and you'll see the information/link for caliper painting service.

I haven't used them, so I can't recommend their work, but this is a good example of what I was talking about.

Just sent them an email to find out the cost. THANKS!

Thanks Guys! I ordered it from them today! So excited to get it installed!

The C4S got the same red calipers as the turbo too. They are larger than the C2/C4 calipers.

There are many people who have painted their calipers with good results. You can also send them out and have them professionally painted.

Thank you for this great info! Do you know the names of companies that paints them?

Hi!

I have a 2001 996 c4. I really like the look of the Porsches that have those red Porsche brake calibers (like the photo below). I don't know anything about brakes but I am wondering if, purely for cosmetic reasons, it is possible to install those red calibers... Where do you get them? What needs to be swapped out? How much are they? I saw some kits that allow you to paint existing calipers. Anyone taken that route?

Thanks!!

Hi,

Anyone have a recommendation on a shop near Boston to do the Fister muffler install?

Thanks!

You will need to replace the nozzle.

I hope you are sitting down.

996-628-333-00 Left front headlight washer nozzle -- US MSRP $192.64

996-628-334-00 Right front headlight washer nozzle -- US MSRP $192.64

Try Sunset Porsche in Oregon for dealer cost plus 15% pricing.

I was sitting down but it didn't help the sticker shock!! Thank you, at least I know what to get!

Hi,

I just bought a 2001 996 and I know something is missing from my headlight washer but I don't know what! Here is a picture. Both headlights look like this! Can someone tell me what I need to buy to make it look right or repair it?

Thank you!!

I have a 2001 c4 tip and I noticed a couple of things that are a bit annoying:

1- it always starts in 2nd gear

2- there is a rattling noise at 30mph from the tranny when driving it slowish

I've read about both of these items on this forum and my understanding is that when driving in stop and go traffic the tiptronic adaption can adapt to unfavorable values (see this thread:

http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic...-higher-gears/

Two solutions are often proposed to deal with both of these issues a) drive more aggressively and B) reset the tip adaption through PIWIS. I've now done both and observed absolutely no difference.

The third option I've read about is installing a new Tiptronic control unit with updated software to address these issues (again see thread above). My question is this : has anyone on this forum ever done this and resolved these tip issues?? Or is there another suggestion?

Thank you!