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Old 07-31-13, 02:10 PM
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Change up the calipers from Black Pearl to a Teal ish color

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Old 07-31-13, 02:11 PM
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Old 07-31-13, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by iRyan
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OUCH , what did you do to your caliper? It looks all jacked up, did you sand that caliper down at all?
Old 08-01-13, 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Diesel350
OUCH , what did you do to your caliper? It looks all jacked up, did you sand that caliper down at all?
Naw didn't sand it down...this is a temp color so I just sprayed it quickly as a test, but next time when I'm actually doing it for real then ill sand
Old 08-01-13, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by iRyan
Naw didn't sand it down...this is a temp color so I just sprayed it quickly as a test, but next time when I'm actually doing it for real then ill sand
Ryan, it would probably be best to strip all the paint of those.
Old 08-02-13, 07:20 PM
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Just got done painting mine on Tuesday, I used the G2 Caliper Kit.





I'm happy with the result but amazed how small the rears are!
Old 08-02-13, 08:11 PM
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I just did mine in the dark with a spot light. Painted them gold and think ill regret it tmr haha. Ill see how it looks in natural light might switch the color to gun metal
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Originally Posted by one2nite
I just did mine in the dark with a spot light. Painted them gold and think ill regret it tmr haha. Ill see how it looks in natural light might switch the color to gun metal
Now there's dedication for you!! Looking forward to seeing pics!
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What kit or paint do you guys reccomend for painting calipers? And what color color calipers would go with my Tungsten Pearl IS250? Need some reccomendations
Old 08-04-13, 01:15 PM
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I used the G2 red paint for mine, then got a high temperature vinyl for the white Lexus decal and applied a few coats of high temp clear coat to seal the decal on there
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Originally Posted by Hbhandal
What kit or paint do you guys reccomend for painting calipers? And what color color calipers would go with my Tungsten Pearl IS250? Need some reccomendations
Originally Posted by 4TehNguyen
I used the G2 red paint for mine, then got a high temperature vinyl for the white Lexus decal and applied a few coats of high temp clear coat to seal the decal on there
This is the best way to do it ^
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Mine; it's definitely a process to do it right. Stickers from MotoGFX, paint from Autozone.
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took me 6 hours combined to do mine. 4 hours of which was the prep work. You have to allocate time for curing before you can put the decal and later the wheels back on so my car was on jackstands from friday afternoon to sunday night.
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Originally Posted by IS350HEMS
Now there's dedication for you!! Looking forward to seeing pics!
I decided to leave them gold... they grew on me
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Old 08-09-13, 01:18 AM
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That gold looks really good!


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