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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 08:30 AM
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Hey Guys,
I figured since there are car color threads.. we should have a caliper thread:

Please post up photos of your painted calipers on your 3iS.
Would love to have visual ideas on which color I should go with on my Ultra White on Rioja Red.

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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 08:37 AM
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^ how about red...to go with the interior?
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 08:43 AM
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Cherry or dark red with white decal to match both the interior and exterior colors
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 08:52 AM
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Will paint mine red when the weather gets better. I have a white on red 3IS. For those that have done it already can you please post up some pics?
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by jay631987
Will paint mine red when the weather gets better. I have a white on red 3IS. For those that have done it already can you please post up some pics?
I am leaning towards bright red and white FSport decals.

This is the ONLY website that FSport decals can be purchased from.. I looked high and low:
http://www.motogfx.com/lexus/
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by FSPORTJC
I am leaning towards bright red and white FSport decals.

This is the ONLY website that FSport decals can be purchased from.. I looked high and low:
http://www.motogfx.com/lexus/
Aren't the 250 calipers a bit too small to put something on it? That is how it appears to me but excuse me if I am wrong.
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by sternb818
Aren't the 250 calipers a bit too small to put something on it? That is how it appears to me but excuse me if I am wrong.
The front are big enough. The rear decals need to be smaller to fit.

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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 09:51 AM
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IMO red with a white decal is going to stand out the most for calipers

my 3IS didnt have a 100 miles when I painted the calipers. Dont have any other pics right now but this dusty after tracking it

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pics of the 2IS with painted calipers and F Sport wheels

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Yellow and blue stands out too...those three colors seems to be standard on expensive cars...
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Originally Posted by jay631987
Yellow and blue stands out too...those three colors seems to be standard on expensive cars...
Blue with FSport decal in white would look awesome.. but idk how awesome that would be with my Rioja Red interior. Patriotic iSFSport? haha
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 11:36 AM
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Black calipers white letteres for me..
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by FSPORTJC
Blue with FSport decal in white would look awesome.. but idk how awesome that would be with my Rioja Red interior. Patriotic iSFSport? haha
hahah yea which is why imma do mine red...wasn't the f-sport packages in previous generations blue with lexus logo?
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 01:51 PM
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How many coatings did you guys end up doing?
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jay631987
How many coatings did you guys end up doing?
3 good coats.
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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 05:22 PM
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for G2 caliper paint you can get about 3-4 coats, to seal in the decal 3 coats of high temp clear coat
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