Painting LS460 calipers and new rotors
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Painting LS460 calipers and new rotors
A couple weeks back I painted the calipers on another CL members LS460. He also got new slotted and drilled rotors we got some paint on as well.
Heres what he started with
Heres the new rotors
So because the calipers on LS460's can be a little temperamental when trying to bleed the air out of the lines, I just decided to paint them on the car.
Heres what he started with
Heres the new rotors
So because the calipers on LS460's can be a little temperamental when trying to bleed the air out of the lines, I just decided to paint them on the car.
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Impressive.
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The calipers have to be Un bolted with 2 bolts to replace the rotors. You don't have to take off the caliper completely and remove the brake line. I know how to bleed brakes but being that my lexus tech wouldn't even take the calipers off for me cuz he knows how hard it is to bleed LS460 brakes, I figured I might as well leave em on. Plus they use a special machine to bleed the brakes on the LS460s at Lexus and they still get air in the lines.
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Lexus Test Driver
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The calipers have to be Un bolted with 2 bolts to replace the rotors. You don't have to take off the caliper completely and remove the brake line. I know how to bleed brakes but being that my lexus tech wouldn't even take the calipers off for me cuz he knows how hard it is to bleed LS460 brakes, I figured I might as well leave em on. Plus they use a special machine to bleed the brakes on the LS460s at Lexus and they still get air in the lines.
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Lexus Fanatic
I replaced my brakes with full bbk and didn't need a special tool to bleed the brakes. There isn't anything special about it. The tool they probably used was a pressurized bleeder. Just allows one person to bleed brakes. But yeah nothing special at all and my lines air free with a solid pedal feel.
http://myvenza.ru/tech/pdf/Brake_Fluid_Replacement.pdf
For less than a hundred bucks to do correctly, why half-*** something as important as the brakes?
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Lexus Test Driver
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Techstream IS required. You may have solid brake feel, but that doesn't mean it was done properly. There are some here who truly believe that they properly flushed/bled their systems properly by disconnecting the NEG batter cable beforehand, but IMHO it's folly. Here is a tech bulletin and the PROPER and CORRECT procedure to peruse:
http://myvenza.ru/tech/pdf/Brake_Fluid_Replacement.pdf
For less than a hundred bucks to do correctly, why half-*** something as important as the brakes?
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http://myvenza.ru/tech/pdf/Brake_Fluid_Replacement.pdf
For less than a hundred bucks to do correctly, why half-*** something as important as the brakes?
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Last edited by lbintab; 09-11-14 at 09:05 PM.
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