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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 08:01 PM
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So I painted the front calipers red. Used the G2 kit and it came out awesome. Ordered the F-Sport caliper sticker so im gonna put that on when it comes in. For now im just letting it cure and set in before i put that on. The rear calipers doesnt look impressive enough to paint so I didnt wanna touch those and bring attention to them, but the front ones are massive. Caliper looks smaller in pictures but it looks big in person. Paint kit says two coats but the caliper is pretty big so it took me three coats. Flash is on in the pictures so its a little shinny. Doesnt look overly shinny in person. Its a nice Red. Here are some picture of the process.









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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 08:15 PM
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And rears? That's the only bad part
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Old Feb 27, 2015 | 09:08 AM
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Those look really good. Did you do the entire caliper or just the front?

IMO, I'd do the rears as it would look more balanced. What is the part number for the F-Sport decal, and where did you get it?
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Old Feb 27, 2015 | 11:45 AM
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Good Job,

It came out great....
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Old Feb 27, 2015 | 11:49 AM
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Looks great. are you going to put a white Lexus decal on it, makes it stand out more. Youll have to put a few coats of VHM high temp clear coat on it
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Old Feb 27, 2015 | 11:53 AM
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Old Feb 27, 2015 | 02:12 PM
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I'm not sure about the rears. Wish the caliper was bigger. And I got the f sport decal on eBay.
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Old Feb 27, 2015 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by rmsimmonsj
I'm not sure about the rears. Wish the caliper was bigger. And I got the f sport decal on eBay.
Cool, thanks. I think I've seen them from Motogfx. What color did you get?
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Originally Posted by GearHead69
Cool, thanks. I think I've seen them from Motogfx. What color did you get?
I went with black decal. Thought a black decal would flow better with the black wheels. Also I did the whole caliper. Just stuck my head and arm inside the wheel well.
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