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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 02:38 PM
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murph, looks great. a really nice finish to a great setup! well done.
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 03:06 PM
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Looks good
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 03:38 PM
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Great look! Can't wait to see what the MV.2's look like in person.
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 03:55 PM
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yup, matching is the way to go looking good.
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 03:56 PM
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I've done red on silver body color as well as white and they both stood out nicely.

If you can match your car paint or really close I think it'd look good as well.

Silver blends in to much (IMO) and the standard black looks fine.
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 10:45 PM
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Isn't it a pain to clean the calipers? I have the 2010/11 stock wheels, which I love.
There are so hard to clean and the calipers are really hiding behind them.
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Rossi
Isn't it a pain to clean the calipers? I have the 2010/11 stock wheels, which I love.
There are so hard to clean and the calipers are really hiding behind them.
nope it doesnt easy much easier to clean, u have 2011 wheels that is the most pain in the rear to clean it, and oem pads are dust collector
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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 07:48 AM
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Yea calipers are hard to clean with stock rims but my new rims are easy to clean plus I switched my front pads to Wearever pads and they literally make zero dust and are perfect IMO for daily driving. No noise and no dust so everything stays clean
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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 07:53 AM
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looks really good, good choice, and thanks for the info for the black tape to cover the chrome window trim, I love the way it looks on my OB ISF.
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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 01:16 PM
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wow the car looks great
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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by CalitriSC
I had mine sized based off of pics on the Brembo site. Too big would look weird. Mine:

CalitriSC, What is the size of "Brembo" Decal? where did you get it?

TIA
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Old Apr 11, 2013 | 04:17 PM
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Mine looks similar to that size up front

Mine are 3.5" x .75" front and rears are 2.5"x.5" approximately I used Natec graphix off of eBay he's got random colors to choose from
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Old Apr 12, 2013 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Murph145
alright so [...] i changed my front pads too because i was tired of all the squealing going on with the EBC yellow stuff pads.... now using wearever and i have only driven on them for a week and they work great for daily driving. havent dont any canyon cruising so duno about that lol
What was wrong with the yellows? I, and a couple of the 350s, were lookin at the set. Could you elaborate?

You can join the discussion below, although you have a man's car and the rest of us boys have to play pretend lol, you may have some insight.

Any EBC YellowStuff brake pad users here?
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...sers-here.html
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Old Apr 12, 2013 | 12:25 PM
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^ haha I chimed in we shall see what they think
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Old Apr 12, 2013 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Murph145
alright so I ended up color matching my calipers after all this debate and I like it since its not too bold and does not clash with the over all theme of the car.... and once my new concave ADV07 MV.2's in brushed titanium get to me by end of May I think the car should be ballin



it took my 5 hours to paint and i changed my front pads too because i was tired of all the squealing going on with the EBC yellow stuff pads.... now using wearever and i have only driven on them for a week and they work great for daily driving. havent dont any canyon cruising so duno about that lol
Murph your car looks Killa! Have you found the wearever pads are less dusty than OEM?
Your changing wheels again? Those wheels you currently have really suit the car.
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