New Wheels!!!
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New Wheels!!!
Well, I am exremely excited tonight because I got my rims and tires for my 1998 gs300. I got 18X7.5 Giovanna Mito's. They are on Nitto NT555 tires and it looks AWESOME! I am so impressed with the look of the car. I am gonna put some pictures of it up soon. Not many know these wheels yet cuz they are a pretty new wheel. I am just wondering if it is normal to hear a little road noise in the car now. I have put about 10 miles on them so far and they are a tiny bit noisy. I heard this is normal for new tires but I want to make sure. And I was wondering what anyone does to try to maybe paint over the rusty part of the rear rotors? It is very exposed and looks a little ugly. Well, thanks. 
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1. Warm the brakes up first, then Take the wheel off
2. mask off the wheel openings and anywhere you wouldn't want overspray
3. cover off any of the actually brake shoe that can be seen (put a piece of brown paper bag between the rotor and the shoe).
4. Pick out the color of your choice - Rust -Oleum high heat paint at Home Depot $4.59+tax. I used silver for my silver GS.
5. Spray all of the exposed surfaces. Don't worry about getting it on the rotor itself, just don't go nuts on the rotor
6. Spray the calipers and over lugs and base of rotor
7. Let the paint dry, apply Lexus caliper decals (see Ted - looks really cool
8. Re-mount wheel
9. Important step - when you go out for the first time with paint on your calipers, don't slam the brakes on hard or ride them long as it may cause problems with your shoes/calipers getting damaged by the paint from the calipers in contact with the rotor. Just pump the brakes and tap them as you go around the block or whatever; it is best if you do this specifically to cut a clean path on your rotors before you go off driving somewhere else. Tapping the brakes will result in a really clean cut of the paint from the rotors, and paint will be left everywhere else.
10. Enjoy really clean look (you can spray some of the paint into a cup and use a paint by numbers-like brush if there are any spots that crop up later that you want to touch up without taking the wheel off.
2. mask off the wheel openings and anywhere you wouldn't want overspray
3. cover off any of the actually brake shoe that can be seen (put a piece of brown paper bag between the rotor and the shoe).
4. Pick out the color of your choice - Rust -Oleum high heat paint at Home Depot $4.59+tax. I used silver for my silver GS.
5. Spray all of the exposed surfaces. Don't worry about getting it on the rotor itself, just don't go nuts on the rotor
6. Spray the calipers and over lugs and base of rotor
7. Let the paint dry, apply Lexus caliper decals (see Ted - looks really cool
8. Re-mount wheel
9. Important step - when you go out for the first time with paint on your calipers, don't slam the brakes on hard or ride them long as it may cause problems with your shoes/calipers getting damaged by the paint from the calipers in contact with the rotor. Just pump the brakes and tap them as you go around the block or whatever; it is best if you do this specifically to cut a clean path on your rotors before you go off driving somewhere else. Tapping the brakes will result in a really clean cut of the paint from the rotors, and paint will be left everywhere else.
10. Enjoy really clean look (you can spray some of the paint into a cup and use a paint by numbers-like brush if there are any spots that crop up later that you want to touch up without taking the wheel off.
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