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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 09:50 PM
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ah ic now. But i like my logo on top and that was how they cut it so...
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 05:42 AM
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Nice. Very well done. What kind of paint did you use?
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by XprincoX
Finally got my decals and put em on. Put on a couple coats of clear and vola.
They look good, nice and shiny!
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 07:49 AM
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that looks badas$! IS250s front caliper is bleh...
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by dangy
Nice. Very well done. What kind of paint did you use?
duplicolor caliper paint and high temp engine clear coat available at your local autoparts.

thanks guys!

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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by XprincoX
i used that duplicolor kit from pepboys. I probably applied about 4 coats and waited a week to apply the final 5th coat (finished today). I'm still waiting for the decals to come then i'll spray it with a couple layers of clear. It looks like its professionally painted.
i just got that kit from japan town... the brush that it came with really sucks..... i ended up only painting 1 claiper with only 2 coats... i kinda got pissed becasue it was going on uneven..... anyone know what i should used to remove it? or just paint more coats over it?.... thanks
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 09:32 PM
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yeah dude thats looks real good as said on a couple other posts the 250s suck lol but +rep on urs.
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Tommy350
i just got that kit from japan town... the brush that it came with really sucks..... i ended up only painting 1 claiper with only 2 coats... i kinda got pissed becasue it was going on uneven..... anyone know what i should used to remove it? or just paint more coats over it?.... thanks
do yourself a big favor and go to your local lowes, home depot, etc. and buy a real 1.5in camel hair brush to get better results.

With a better brush you can apply a couple new layers and it should be much more even. Just make sure your strokes are all in the same direction.
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 10:01 AM
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anybody got pics with diff. colors on there calipers, i got a black sapphire pearl with chrome zenetti and im thinkin of color matching my car with white lexus sticker
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 10:55 AM
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BorIS350 where can I get the decals for my 07-GS350 I painted my caliper over the weekend thanks
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 11:28 AM
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Dont you guys wonder why when you order or have decals made, they dont invert the second decal so that they both appear symetrical? i would think that it would not be difficult.

I just did my 250 calipers 2 weekends ago and was pretty dissapointed that the right side went up and the left side went down, in terms of the lettering and placment of the lexus logo....



Quit ragging the 250 calipers!!!
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by thechosun
Dont you guys wonder why when you order or have decals made, they dont invert the second decal so that they both appear symetrical? i would think that it would not be difficult.

I just did my 250 calipers 2 weekends ago and was pretty dissapointed that the right side went up and the left side went down, in terms of the lettering and placment of the lexus logo....

Quit ragging the 250 calipers!!!
Not really, or me anyways. It'll sorta be like reading backwards on the left caliper. Caliper looks good btw
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