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Weekend project - painted calipers and flat bottom steering wheel!

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Old 01-31-15, 06:36 PM
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Default Weekend project - painted calipers and flat bottom steering wheel!

Finally got around to painting my brake calipers the color I had been wanting - Arancio Atlas. It's a 3-stage paint from the Murcielago and has orange and yellow metallic flakes Depending on how the light hits it, it gets brighter or darker.

Also, finally got my flat bottom CF steering wheel! Thanks to MK4Sup_isF for taking the plunge on the ebay seller. The wheel was well worth the wait! Very OEM-like quality and the thickness is exactly what I was looking for.





















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Old 01-31-15, 06:43 PM
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The calipers look great!!! Awesome color choice and the steering wheel looks awesome. Very nice upgrades
Old 01-31-15, 07:56 PM
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Badazz!!! I may need to do that...dammit and I said no mods...
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Love the steering wheel. I think I like this version better than the first one.
Old 01-31-15, 09:17 PM
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Looks great. Nice to see someone got that version. Are there any grip bumps (sorry for lack of a better term) on the bottom similar to what's at the top?
Old 01-31-15, 09:53 PM
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OK, I need to know where you got both of those things.
Old 01-31-15, 10:04 PM
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Love how the calipers really splash color in the wheel and rotor area. And that steering wheel design looks quite nice.
Old 01-31-15, 10:15 PM
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That looks really good, the wheel looks a lot nicer than the flat bottom I have. On my X5M I did the Brembos Arancio Borealis I love the pearls Lamborghini uses in its colors.
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I love that steering wheel!
Old 01-31-15, 10:49 PM
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That steering wheel is dope. Link?
Old 01-31-15, 11:41 PM
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That wheel is PIMP, how is the thickness compared to stock?
Old 01-31-15, 11:55 PM
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Looking good
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Wow calipers look great! You left them on the car and painted it yourself? How'd you get a custom hi-temp color paint?
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Looks great.
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Congrats!! Gland you go the steering wheel!!! Wow it looks even better installed! Wished I would have gotten with the 2nd design instead! I'm still very happy with my steering wheel though


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