Romanova

Ordered a set of used rear calipers. I'm going to get them powder coated. The paint coating I've used just doesn't last and I'm tired of my calipers looking like crap. Found a clean set to send off along with a new OEM seal kit so this way, there will be no downtime. Also going back to OEM rotors and pads as while I was happy with the Centric rotors, they've warped pretty bad and I get a lot of vibration and feedback trough the brake pedal under heavy braking.

Torn on the color though. Either glossy red, glossy black, or gold. I have the red BBS caps on my wheels so that is a pop of color. I don't want anything too crazy and won't be doing any decals on the caliper. Leaning towards red...

LatinLS430

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I would go with gold. I had gold on my old 4GS.



This was just paint and not powder coat.

Romanova

I think gold would look good. Looked good on the R34 GT-R as well as the STI. Might end up flipping a coin.

Beauty part of powder coat is there are so many colors. I ordered a bunch of color swatches from Prismatic Powders awhile back to help with the decision making process....

intermec

will any brake cleaner affects the painted surface?

LatinLS430

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It never did when I changed pads and sprayed them. I did several coats of clear coat on them though.

Duck05

I went with RSP with decals. The shop I used did not properly apply enough clear coat so will need to be redone (by another vendor).

The blue might look nice on a white car…

I like the Stop Tech slotted rotors.

rlcaulder

I have 2004 with the same color. Have you been able to find touch up paint?

LatinLS430

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Hit 86K this morning. I got her when she had 60K in October 2017.

Allohakasin

Today I finally saved up enough to get some michelins for my new rims. I couldn't find the UL 5 spoke rims for a good used price so I bought the OE replica rims. everything fit really well except for the front caliper clearance, I got away with 2mm shim spacers to get a little breathing room. I also went to auto zone right afterwards to get a new lug nut for that rear tire right after this pic . That was definitely the cheapest part of the wheel/tire job...

FtMyersLS

are you saying the replica wheels didn't clear or were closer than you were comfortable with?

damienqc

Had to change the front wheel bearings this week. They were done (the right side mainly). After 20 years and 110k miles (180k km). I replaced the upper control arms in 2022. Roads in Quebec are unforgiving.
I am still impressed with this car.

Romanova

Go out to the garage and hear a loud beep, sounds like it's coming from my LS430. Lock it, unlock it, verify all doors are closed, start it, run it, turn it off and BEEP. Like every 45 seconds it gives one beep that sounds like it's coming from the car.

Long story short, it was coming from my Chamberlain garage door opener. It was beeping to tell me that the backup battery has died and needs replacement. Whew.

pmesfun

Painted two wheels yesterday. Now I just have to paint another completely and redo the face of the first wheel I painted.