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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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Looks great
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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Fantastic!!
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 350ZTheStandard
Nice look, did you clear the calipers when you were finished?? I did mne about 4 years ago and they need another coat of red now, use should clear the final product, IMO.
Yup
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 08:50 PM
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i've always personally felt that pc works better for this app, but your
end result really speak volumes.

looks perfect.

in the end i cannot imagine your finish won't last just as long and look
good for just as long as a pc job.

I'd trust you to paint my setup...
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 09:07 PM
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Def not feeling the yellow, black should be nice. It hardly fades compaired to yellow when you use your BBK.
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by lgear080
i've always personally felt that pc works better for this app, but your
end result really speak volumes.

looks perfect.

in the end i cannot imagine your finish won't last just as long and look
good for just as long as a pc job.

I'd trust you to paint my setup...
Thanx. and Im all about learning new things and saving money. lol
They do look so much better then before. Im such a perfectionist when it comes to doing things like this on my own. I had to stop myself from doing it over and over again. To me its not perfect, but I stood back and looked at the calipers and said damn its my first time. So I stoped and put it together

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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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Disassembled the Rear Calipers


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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 10:24 PM
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1000x better than yellow
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 06:40 AM
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great idea man. it came out flawless
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by midz350
I like this more:

Would be really interesting if the finish was swapped- black on the inside, polished on the outside
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 07:39 AM
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what about straight polish w clear??????

like alcon or titanium brembo
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 07:49 AM
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what kind of clear did you use?
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 08:10 AM
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Good stuff!
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by dkmesa350z
what kind of clear did you use?
I wanted to use Clear Brake Caliper Paint,but everyone was out of it hereso just got reg. clear in a can.

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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 02:55 AM
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The Rears are on, Finishing up the front tomorrow.







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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 09:39 PM
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Fronts done

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