Panerai127

I finally got all my parts in and upgraded my brake rotors and pads on my GS. I got all 4 rotors from iRotors. They are slotted, crossdrilled and zink coated. They are Brembo blanks and are drilled/slotted by iRotors. They have Brembo emblem on the side of the rotors as shown on the pics. They look great and quality made. I decided to paint the hubs and calipers with black high tempt paint (3 coats) to give it a clean look. I saw few members on here with same look and decided to do the same. I ordered Lexus decal stickers in white from a member on here, to complete the look of the calipers. I think it came out great for the money I spent, and the look achieved. Do not laugh at the wheel caps that are still gold plated. I am working on getting them painted chrome when I will repaint my wheels due to curbrash. It took me about 5 hours to do all this, thanks to my friend mechanic that only charged me $100. I helped him out on this job and brough a case of beer to make this process more fun. lol. He also swapped my sway bar bushings and steering rack bushings to Daizen. Both were great mods and felt noticable difference in cornering and steering feel. Steering feel is still not 100%. I think I have something loose in the column itself, somewhere close to the steering wheel, since I still get loose, disconnected feel in the steering wheel, when I go over very rough brick pavement 5-10mph, any ideas?

I am having problems posting pics!!! I will try later, I guess the gallery upload problem still not fixed, I had same problem about 1 month ago.


Out of the box, front:

back:

Brembo stamped:

front installed:

back installed:

hubs:


Mac Blick Roof Spoiler:

Panerai127

Dx3

iTrader: (13)

Roof Spoiler looks good

Jonny

ACleanSC4

iTrader: (7)

very nice...I think you can buy center caps with the lexus logo on them for about $15 a piece from most wheel shops...

Wringo

It appears as if your rear caliper decals are turned upward? The "L" should be legible facing in both directions?

The car is coming along quite well!


Here is the way I had mine prior to the bbk upgrade?




I apologize if I offended you on this ,but no harm was intended! If you like it, then that's what matters!

Panerai127

wringo.. I put the rear decals parelel to the front ones.. It looks nice to me, but I hear what you are saying.. how would you put it exactly? Can you edit that pic with rear decal and crop the decal part the way you would put it, maybe I will order new ones and do it the way you saying?!

Acleansc4, can you tell me where exactly I could get those center caps for $15 each, I lookedon ebay and order ones, but they were for 16' wheels.. thanks..

GSoup

I have mine also that way ffor the same reason.

SADDLE

iTrader: (9)

wow that is one of the best "stock" looking GSs i've seen on this site, nice looking ride...

Seize

Lookin' good

Panerai127

seize.. great sig.. I am a watch fanatic myself.. I like their SS Royal Oak chrono model..

thanks for the positive comments

Panerai127

wringo.. now i see what you mean.. thanks for the pic.. The way I did it is I made it parelel to the front caliber lattering.. i might change that later on.. i need to get those wheel caps in silver and repaint my wheels, 3 of them are in a pretty bad shape when you look at them upclose..

Ishinc

LOOKING GOOD!

Do you feel any braking differences with the new rotors?

Wringo

Sometimes, I tend to forget that modding is in the eye of the owner!

I was only giving my opinion on the way I had mine. Lol!

milky

iTrader: (9)

sweet! very nice roof spoiler!

Panerai127

thank you guys.. you are soo kind.. lol

Ischink, yes it does stop better but it is a tick louder then stock, but the tires over power the sound of the rotors as I stop, kind off. GS is very sensitive to performance tires, that is why they put Turenza LS-Z as OEM, this is my 3rd set of tires on this car and they all sound louder then I am used. Me and my friend both got same set of Conti SportContact2 tires, in same exact size 235/45/17. He has 2002 A6 2.7T and they sound a lot quieter on his, go figure. I did read theat even Stealerships suggest Grand Touring tires with non-agressive thread, sorry I went off topic..

Roof Spoiler I got from Mac Blick Authorized dealer on eBay they were unloading overstock. I am not to thrilled with quality but it looks and fits OK, I had to get body shop to sand it down pretty good, eventhough it was brand new... Plus I got a steal of a deal on it, I was not going to pay $450 for UGO, if I was going to find one. After all it is just a peace of plastic with 3mm tape!!