{"id":2172,"date":"2019-07-08T16:25:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T20:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abmadcouncil.com\/blog\/?p=2172"},"modified":"2019-07-08T16:48:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T20:48:40","slug":"red-calipers-after-all-these-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abmadcouncil.com\/blog\/red-calipers-after-all-these-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Calipers: after all these years…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As many of you may know I have always been interested in cars. Maybe you read one of my articles or saw pictures posted. Since early 2007 I have owned a brand new 2007 Pontiac Solstice<\/a>. I have kept this car bone stock; aside from a dealer installed front end stiffener. The car is with me when in New York or Florida and to date has covered 80,000 mostly top down pleasurable miles. The car is pampered from detail to mechanics and driven as it was meant to be. It took about 50,000 miles for it to develop a well muffled throaty sound ripping through the gears of its 5 speed automatic transmission. This car still has a bumper to bumper GM service contract kept in force and renewed every 3 years. From all I have said you would believe that I totally love this car just the way it is not exactly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have always paid attention to small details that set any car apart from others. This car gets scheduled cleaning inside-outside-under the hood, seals rubber gaskets are treated twice a year with paste silicone, the original top is treated once a year, nicks and scratches are meticulously attended to, all plastic lenses are polished twice a year, the optional 18″ wheels and 245 directional tires are polished and prepped monthly, alignment camber\/caster\/ toe-in-out checked annually, all black trim is treated as needed, and because it only has the Pontiac chevrons I am often asked “is that a—-?” My reply is usually no it\u2019s not a “this or that” it\u2019s a 12 year old Pontiac; and they reply “they made that” and I smile. Because of its short 3 year run this car never evolved like many of our iconic brands however a vast after market of products does exist. I have always admired a minor detail on many high end sport imports; colored coated calipers. This was a detail I wanted for my car. The following is an account of how I did it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n