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Old 01-12-10, 06:24 AM
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Default Another LS400 brake upgrade with pretty pictures

I went with red against all my fears of it looking like a honda civic when I was done, but I think it turned out pretty good. I painted the rotor hubs black too before I machined the rotors.



and for the record, I had to grind some of my ls calipers down on that corner, but no biggie, took all of 1 second with my fancy air tools
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So what are the wheels???

Sooooo Niceeeee!

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why did you have to gring the caliper?
Old 01-12-10, 12:36 PM
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I had to grind my passenger side one a little bit. Mine rubbed a bit on the spindle. Other than that it was a straight forward scenario. Car looks good man!!!! I'm liking the sport max wheels. gold on red is a nice combo
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They look really good. Glad you went with red. Thanks for sharing.
Old 01-12-10, 12:53 PM
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looks fresh man. are they off a '95?

i plan to do these exact someday.
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they are sportmaxx wheels. I dont know which ones. and thanks everyone. Id have a full car shot if my memory card reader would work. maybe just need a reset.
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Looks pretty good! Love the red with the gold.
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Looks really good! I just left mine silver to match my rims
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I like the red calipers! I had the same reservations as you with painting the calipers red, so I went gold. Red looks good on your car, especially with the car being red! Maybe next time I will try red...
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what size are the rims> car looks great
Old 01-17-10, 03:24 AM
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What caliper paint did you use?
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nice wheels. i got em too but i dont have my car lowered yet and im looking for the brake calipers right now lol we should just trade cars JK
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the wheels are 19" and used the duplicolor brush on ceramic stuff.
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I think they look terrific, glad you went with the red, thanks for sharing the pics !


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