More like the Mustang Santa Claus Edition amirite?

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 01/15/2018 at 10:47 • Filed to: None

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The dark green metallic !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! has bright red brake calipers. They’re Brembos in front and basic sliding calipers in back. They are garish as fuck. They should be black or silver or maybe something else .

I get that manufacturers want to call attention to LOOK AT MUH FANCY BRAKE CALIPERS and often do that by painting them colors like red, but these red brake calipers look horrible:

Nevermind that the rears are bullshit single piston sliding calipers because Ford couldn’t even at least pop for some 2-piston monoblock style calipers to fit the look better, why on a car that comes in one and only one color of dark green are the calipers bright red?

What the Bullitt Mustang needs are some gold Brembos like mid-00s Subaru STIs, Nissan 350Zs and Infiniti G35s, which by the way had 2-piston rear calipers.

Here’s my quick & dirty attempt at a photoshop of some gold calipers on the Bullitt. It ain’t perfect, but this is an immediate improvement. Come on Ford, you’re doing it wrong. 

jimz > Textured Soy Protein 01/15/2018 at 10:54

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why waste the money on expensive calipers for rear brakes?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Textured Soy Protein 01/15/2018 at 11:02

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One does not paint floating calipers. It just looks really dumb and highlights the fact that you don’t have fancy calipers.

Textured Soy Protein > jimz 01/15/2018 at 11:03

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Drawing attention to cheap sliding calipers by painting them a bright color is a cardinal automotive sin. 

Plenty of other non-exotic cars include 2-piston rear calipers.

Textured Soy Protein > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 01/15/2018 at 11:05

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Thomas Donohue > Textured Soy Protein 01/15/2018 at 11:16

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Porsche was building the 1,000,000th 911 with red calipers (standard on a 911S).

By the time it reached the end of the assembly line, someone must have realized they didn’t like the red with the green body. The red calipers turned gray.

(kinja’d pics below)

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Textured Soy Protein 01/15/2018 at 11:20

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That can easily be fixed though with a coat of caliper paint

Textured Soy Protein > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/15/2018 at 11:22

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Yes, a coat of paint applied at the Ford factory.

Textured Soy Protein > Thomas Donohue 01/15/2018 at 11:24

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Black/gray calipers would be my #1 choice for the Bullitt since it has black wheel spokes, but the gold would at least be a contrasting color that doesn’t look as stupid as red.

Captain of the Enterprise > Textured Soy Protein 01/15/2018 at 14:27

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Wasn’t the whole point of the Bullitt mustang that it was debadged and painted green so that it would blend in instead of sticking out. They should be painted black in my opinion.

Jayhawk Jake > Textured Soy Protein 01/15/2018 at 14:39

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1) It’s a heritage thing.

2) The car comes in black, too

Textured Soy Protein > Jayhawk Jake 01/15/2018 at 14:47

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What heritage? No other Bullitt Mustang has ever come with red brake calipers.

Jayhawk Jake > Textured Soy Protein 01/15/2018 at 20:56

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My mistake. I thought the last one did.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Textured Soy Protein 01/16/2018 at 11:10

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i mean i dont mind the red calipers. but if someone who buys a bulitt and is that bothered by it they can make the change, last i checked painting calipers doesnt void the warranty