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Old 06-20-06, 04:48 PM
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I did 4 layers of paint on each.













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Old 06-20-06, 04:54 PM
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looks good
how about some pics of the whole side of the car?
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Old 06-20-06, 05:07 PM
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not bad! what did you use to paint???
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You did nice work, although red wouldn't have been my choice for this car. I'm probably going to go with a silver caliper paint kit...it'll match my car and I've always liked the silver calipers MB uses on their AMG sedans.
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Old 06-20-06, 05:18 PM
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looks good . . . i was interested in this for my black IS. more pics!!!!

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Looks good! Now you just need to buy some of those Lexus caliper decals to give them some umph and you'll be good to go.
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looks like a stock IS with red calipers? sorry im not feelin it, maybe if u had bigger brakes, some decals, and some more red on the car it would compliment it more.
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The front calipers are bigger than my friends Willood 4pot on his VW. The paint is from pepboys...nothing special. The rears are tiny so...meh! I'll get more photos after I zaino the car.
The 4 layers took about 5hrs.
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They look pretty good.. the red might be too bright though. Btw, what are the torque specs for the lug nuts?
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First picture I've seen of the car with the wheels off. Can some one please point out those "axle flange bolts" that you're supposed to re-torque at every oil change?
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Originally Posted by GSE25
They look pretty good.. the red might be too bright though. Btw, what are the torque specs for the lug nuts?
it's in the manual... i think 76 or 78...
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I agree. That's what cheeseballs do to their Honda Civics.

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Originally Posted by genearch

Red calipers belong on a real set of brakes.

Hmm ...... So I guess I just didn't realize that 13" rotors and 4 pots were not a real braking system??? And to think I woulda dropped a grand for an upgrade to these specs in my last car.


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Does the IS 250 RWD have solid calibers like that also? Can someone post pics of the IS 250 brake setup...
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I had done mine in Blue since I have a Blue Onyx Pearl. Not an exact match until they get somewhat dirty.

The IS350 Brakes are borrowed from the GS300. The IS250 gets a different setup. I don't have a good shot on the web.


Here's a larger version http://67.122.16.97/lars/temp/IMG_6277.JPG
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