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FINALLY!!!! 3 months in the waiting...Rims, drop, tint and painted calipers!!!! :)

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Old 03-29-10, 07:48 PM
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Black with 22" over-complicated CHROME wheels? Are you crazy? Those wheels will take forever to clean or look absolute horrible after a short drive. The least you could have done would be ceramic brake pads. That car is a detailers nightmare.
Well my detailer comes by once a week to my job and he takes care of my car since my whole company now uses him for their cars.

Ceramic brake pads???? In my personal experience ceramic brake pads = large amounts of brake dust. I'll pass.

Minus the wheels the black sapphire pearl is already a pain in the *** to keep clean.
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Congrats - you should smoke the tails
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Congrats - you should smoke the tails
After seeing your car I'm seriously considering it!
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Nice fitment on the wheels.
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Car looks awesome! Great job.
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Well, I'm not feeling those wheels but as long as the owner likes them that's all that matters.
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Thanks again everyone.

Yes I know the wheels may not appeal to all but its all good. If we all liked the same thing then all of our cars would look the same and then it would just be boring as hell!
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I like them..great job on the car.
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Originally Posted by melymel96
Well my detailer comes by once a week to my job and he takes care of my car since my whole company now uses him for their cars.

Ceramic brake pads???? In my personal experience ceramic brake pads = large amounts of brake dust. I'll pass.

Minus the wheels the black sapphire pearl is already a pain in the *** to keep clean.
Do you know what ceramic brake pads are? They are 99% dust free. You must be thinking of something else. Ceramic pads are 100% required with chrome wheels. You would be crazy to keep the stock carbon pads, which throw off all that nasty black junk.
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That color combo looks amazing. Congratz!!
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how much inches is the drop on your car...........and did u change the factory shocks....
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Originally Posted by gs4mock2
how much inches is the drop on your car...........and did u change the factory shocks....
I believe its 1.25 or 1.5 in the front and .75 in the rear. I kep the factory shocks for now. My car only has 35K miles on it so its time to change them out here shortly.
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Originally Posted by miniz
Do you know what ceramic brake pads are? They are 99% dust free. You must be thinking of something else. Ceramic pads are 100% required with chrome wheels. You would be crazy to keep the stock carbon pads, which throw off all that nasty black junk.
Yes I know what ceramic pads are and yes they produce a lighter color brake dust however in MY experience on my GS400 I experienced a lot of dust albeit light which caused that annoying squeeling sound a day after I would get the car washed. Maybe they werent the greatest ceramic pads...I dont know....

If anybody has some suggestions on some good ceramic pads I'm all ears.
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It sounds like you got Wal-Mart special $19.95 ceramic brake pads on your GS. You need quality.... and quality is expensive. If they are cheap, then expect problems.
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Originally Posted by miniz
It sounds like you got Wal-Mart special $19.95 ceramic brake pads on your GS. You need quality.... and quality is expensive. If they are cheap, then expect problems.
Thanks for all your wonderful advice.
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