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2011 ISF weekend caliper project

Old 12-09-10, 11:16 AM
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Old 12-09-10, 11:24 AM
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Looks great. Love the blue and the Brembo decal. Nice job. I want to do this now.
Old 12-09-10, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by GarrettISF
Looks great. Love the blue and the Brembo decal. Nice job. I want to do this now.
Thanks GarrettISF
Old 12-09-10, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by dsg03svt
Just got done with mine. I did them in Red w/ white Brembo decals. The process was easy but time consuming. Only problem I came across was a run in the clear coat on one of the rotors. I ended up having to sand it back down and redo from scratch. All in all I'm very happy with how they turned out. It's good to be able to show-off how nice our brakes actually are, stock. Not sure how I feel about the red though w/ our stock wheels. I think they would look more fitting with a black wheel (something I may do soon). I definitely like it more than the stock black caliper though. Here are some pictures from the day:

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Sanded


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3 Coats


Done


















Wait a minute..

I think you've got your front wheels mounted backwards.. Or should I say mounted on the wrong side.
Old 12-09-10, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by huksa
Wait a minute..

I think you've got your front wheels mounted backwards.. Or should I say mounted on the wrong side.
Damn, your right. Looking back at my pictures it must have happened last time I took it to the dealership!!!! WTF!

Looks like I gotta go switch it up now. Good eye. Thanks!
Old 12-09-10, 01:33 PM
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FIXED!!

Thanks Huska.
Old 12-09-10, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dsg03svt
Just got done with mine. I did them in Red w/ white Brembo decals. The process was easy but time consuming. Only problem I came across was a run in the clear coat on one of the rotors. I ended up having to sand it back down and redo from scratch. All in all I'm very happy with how they turned out. It's good to be able to show-off how nice our brakes actually are, stock. Not sure how I feel about the red though w/ our stock wheels. I think they would look more fitting with a black wheel (something I may do soon). I definitely like it more than the stock black caliper though. Here are some pictures from the day:

Before


Sanded


Taped Off


3 Coats


Done


















Very nice . Red calipers with black exterior is a classic and killer combination.
Old 12-09-10, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by dsg03svt
FIXED!!

Thanks Huska.
No problem!
And two thumbs up for your nice big red calipers!
Old 12-09-10, 08:19 PM
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I like this thread!
Old 01-05-11, 05:36 PM
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This project came out nicely.
Old 03-09-11, 10:18 PM
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Looks awesome guys! Well done!!

Hey also if anyone is wanting to paint their calipers & requiring OEM ISF decals you'll be able to buy them from Motogfx www.motogfx.com/lexus
The owner is a guy names Matt, great guy, extremely helpful & very easy to deal with! He'll definitely look after you.

I just recently repainted my calipers black & had installed the oem decals i bought from motogfx & it worked a treat! As the brakes look brand new again now!
Old 03-10-11, 05:56 AM
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The calipers came out nice.
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How many G2 kits are used to do front and rear calipers? I'm thinkin on doing the dark grey metallic to "match" rest of the car and will go well with almost any wheel color
Old 04-02-15, 11:02 AM
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[QUOTE=Justind27;8982512]How many G2 kits are used to do front and rear calipers? I'm thinkin on doing the dark grey metallic to "match" rest of the car and will go well with almost any wheel col

When I did my F I used two kits, wanted to ensure I applied several coats on calipers, I did have some paint left over when did rears but better safe than sorry I didn't want run short of paint in middle of this process.
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True that, thank you for the reply.

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