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Fresh Caliper Paint - USB on Mercury Metallic (+ powdered tips)

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Old 07-31-14, 12:59 PM
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Default Fresh Caliper Paint - USB on Mercury Metallic (+ powdered tips)

Hey everyone,
Per the title, check out the pics. They're very prelim - cell phone shots and I can still smell the paint from 3 feet away. =) These are the "immediately out of paint" shots.

Better pics from my Nikon will be added to my gallery this weekend after another coat of wax. I'm very happy with the work. I was surprised with the lack of clear shots on the web with this combination, so I hope this helps someone thinking of pulling the trigger.

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The color contrast looks great, Good job!
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nice job man ! Looks good ! How can you still keep the Lexus Logo, new decal or something else ? Where are you located in IL ?
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Thank you both.

The decals I got from here. I believe I found this on this forum. Legit, fast and cheap.

I live in Schaumburg, work in the city, and lurk in Lake Zurich. You?
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I like it...my F is same color combo as your car :-)
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What did you use to paint them Im gonna need brakes soon and im planing on doing it all at the same time?
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Originally Posted by rselby
I like it...my F is same color combo as your car :-)
Excellent.

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What did you use to paint them Im gonna need brakes soon and im planing on doing it all at the same time?
I had them professionally done by a shop by me in IL - A&L Auto Body in Palatine. My 71 Cutlass took a trophy the very night out of paint from this place. There was still dust on the tires. =)
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Bump!! These look great, nice work here!
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That looks great! I was thinking of having mine done.
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looks great, I really like the tips ........ only 1 thing though, your rear rims are on backwards
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Thanks everyone.

Originally Posted by v8sten
looks great, I really like the tips ........ only 1 thing though, your rear rims are on backwards
Can you explain to me how you can tell? I'm looking at before and after shots and they look the same. Of course, they could've been wrong to begin with.

If you're right, would this screw anything up? I know the fronts aren't swappable... are the rears the same way? I have a road trip going down tomorrow...
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Originally Posted by Quadrphnia
...If you're right, would this screw anything up? I know the fronts aren't swappable... are the rears the same way? I have a road trip going down tomorrow...
It's not an "if." They're backwards for sure. Look at your front wheels, then look at your rear wheels. The fronts are correct. Why can't you swap from side to side (on both ends of the car)? Are you running some weird directional tires?
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Nice! Great job on the color.

As for the rear rims, just swap the rears and they'll be perfect. Hopefully, those tires aren't directional. If so, just leave them. I heard it doesn't really matter much.
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for me personally its an ocd thing. look at the spokes they are sloped, the rear are facing the wrong way, the fronts are correct.
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Yeah, I guess looking at the rears against the fronts makes it obvious.

My question about them doing any damage in their current state was due to the fronts having a designated right and left making them unswappable. I was curious if the backs were the same.

Regardless, they're wrong and will be corrected this evening. Thanks for your help.


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