Has Anyone Tried Dorman Caliper Covers

[WTM75]

See the Dorman on ebay for $50ish, far cry better than 2bills. The red would look nice on my rebel, might consider when changing my brakes eventually

I don’t think they will fit with a 17” wheel. If they did, I’d already have a set.

 

[William Hastings]

Wish they sold em in black. I have painted all my cars calipers black with either vht or i think rustoleum caliper paint, never had any issues where i had to recoat. Guess the brighter colors are harder to keep new looking. Haven't done the ram yet, there still a shiney silver, once they start to tarnish from the salt ill paint em or maybe dorman will come out with black to try something new

 

[Midnight Storm]

Wish they sold em in black. I have painted all my cars calipers black with either vht or i think rustoleum caliper paint, never had any issues where i had to recoat. Guess the brighter colors are harder to keep new looking. Haven't done the ram yet, there still a shiney silver, once they start to tarnish from the salt ill paint em or maybe dorman will come out with black to try something new

They say on the box a few times that they are paintable so I think they’re putting the colour option on you! If you did take paint them up yourself they would be much easier to redo than the Calipers themselves.

 

[Midnight Storm]

Are they powder coated or painted?

They are epoxy coated

 

[JHayez1911]

Wish they sold em in black. I have painted all my cars calipers black with either vht or i think rustoleum caliper paint, never had any issues where i had to recoat. Guess the brighter colors are harder to keep new looking. Haven't done the ram yet, there still a shiney silver, once they start to tarnish from the salt ill paint em or maybe dorman will come out with black to try something new

MGP makes a black cover however it has Ram written on them.

 

[Midnight Storm]

And is 3 times the price.

 

[William Hastings]

MGP makes a black cover however it has Ram written on them.

Dormans are reasonably priced, I just cant see paying close to 300 for covers. Id rather put 300 into a pedal commander, spacers, or towards a level. Being as i like the black calipers,especially on a night edition, a $15 can of paint will do i think, or i may read up more on painting the dorman like midnight said

 

[MidTennMtneer]

Yeah.... just did a high heat....wasen't actualy a caliper paint .....and I ran them with stock wheels too!!

I like the MPG but if you think their high price in red just check on a custom color!!!

You aren’t kidding. Custom color was even more outrageous.

Off to google for some blue high heat paint to go with my silver baby! Thanks!


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[Tray Burge]

I would think a great prep and a good epoxy paint would last on the covers because, keep in mind, they only get road film on them and no brake dust to eat into the coating. My truck can be filthy (to me, ha ha) but the caliper covers will still look clean, and mine are red!

 

[Midnight Storm]

Got them on today and guess what? I DIDN’T TAKE THE STOCK WHEES OFF. I guess I wasn’t “joking”.
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[ThunderMug95]

The covers really do clean up the look. You would think that this would be an option from the mfg...The only mfg I have ever seen with the covers is Acura, specifically on the RDX model. I used to own a 3gen TL is this was prob the #1 or#2 Mod for that forum...slight modification to them and they fit the TL. Oem part from Acura too, only black with the logo.

 

[co-pilot]

Got them on today and guess what? I DIDN’T TAKE THE STOCK WHEES OFF. I guess I wasn’t “joking”.
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Looks good.....guess I wasn't smart enough to figure that out..

 

[Rado]

okay time for me to catch a verbal beat down here... but here I go anyways:

I don’t like the way my dirty, silver Caliper look on my truck that is never dirty, and has no other silver on it.

I came across these metal dorman 11-0005f on amazon (also on eBay) which are way less expensive and I like them more than the rivited “HEMI” or “RAM” ones we’ve all seen that are quite expensive and not quite to my taste. I’m not hatin’ On guys that have them tho. Still better than stock.

These dorman ones are a little more subtle and I have some pops of red on my beast that would tie into them nicely. IMO!

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Damn I think you might make me spend mo $$$ on my RAM :O I like them and the bad news is my PT retirement job is at a Auto Parts store that sells Dorman :O

 

[Midnight Storm]

Damn I think you might make me spend mo $$$ on my RAM :O I like them and the bad news is my PT retirement job is at a Auto Parts store that sells Dorman :O

The good news is they are actually reasonably priced!

 

[clifford15]

How do they attach? I was looking for the instructions online but did not find anything.

 

[ThunderMug95]

How do they attach? I was looking for the instructions online but did not find anything.

Clip over each end of the caliper. Then you place the covers, which have mounting arms, then bolt the arms down to the clips you slide on the caliper ends. Pretty simple, but secure.

 

[JB1]

Got them on today and guess what? I DIDN’T TAKE THE STOCK WHEES OFF. I guess I wasn’t “joking”.
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Looks great, so you installed them without removing the wheels?

 

[Midnight Storm]

Looks great, so you installed them without removing the wheels?

I did. It was a bit awkward at times! I didn’t have a torq bar so I don’t like taking my wheels off cuz then I have to go to a shop after and ask for a favour.
Maybe I should get a torq bar!

 

[2016Bighorny]

Well I installed my Dorman caliper covers this afternoon. The covers look GREAT! However I could not get the rear clips to sit good and the contacted the rotors and squealed bad... I tried again to get them to fit better, no luck! I removed them...Dorman was a NO go for my Ram!...

 

[co-pilot]

Well I installed my Dorman caliper covers this afternoon. The covers look GREAT! However I could not get the rear clips to sit good and the contacted the rotors and squealed bad... I tried again to get them to fit better, no luck! I removed them...Dorman was a NO go for my Ram!...

Yes....I understand....mine on the rear only had like .060 clearance between clip & rotor