I was going to buy the whole kit brand new and go with the CZP 2 piece rotors but I found a great deal on a brand new kit here on the forum.

And no Carbotech for me, my wheels may not be clean, but I appreciate them not being brake dust colored. They are fantastic pads, but all I do is street driving so its a bit overkill.

 

By that logic the BBK is overkill also

 

And it 100% is overkill of me. As much as I would love to push this car to its limit, it is my daily driver and realistically will never see that kind of track time.

For this particular car, the BBK was purely a cosmetic improvement

 

 

 

 

Those identical license plates

 

br0,

that is one of cleanest PPW whips I've seen in a minute! Two things, one have you ever considered getting yellow overlays? Or paint protectant/sealant?

Also that bottom add on in the rear must be a PIA to keep clean. Congrats on doing it right.

 

I appreciate the kind words

The car is PPW underneath, but that is actually Avery gloss white vinyl. While I could see the yellow overlay looking good, its not much of my style and for now I just want to keep it simple looking.

And yes, after I was the car, the next day the entire rear is just covered in black dirt/grime/sludge. Its horrible to clean haha

 

Same ol' pic pose. Morning therapy run in the hills.



What was amusing (and I guess a little bit sad) was I was tooling along at a fairly modest 55 in the twisty bits when a car came from behind and rode my bumper for a bit until I turned out into this overlook area.

Prius..... driven by an angry old guy (older than me, ferchrissakes) who, as he passed was waving his arms at nothing and just seemed pi$$ed at the world. (And that poor Toyota winding out like mad while passing.)

Whatever..... I felt comfortable on the backside return trip at that speed considering the roads were wet in the shaded sections. Not gonna risk mine or anyone else's safety just to prove a point.

Slowing down and not pushing as hard as I age? Maybe, but the point of the run was to clear my head, not trade paint W2W with a crazed Mario Andretti-wannabe.

And I succeeded. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh......clear head.

 

Nice vinyl scheme indeed. Btw if I had photoshop I'd change the color of the head lights to try to convince you otherwise lol

My whip the way she sits right meow:

 

You should get photoshop because I've always really liked the volks with that color scheme. So you should go ahead and 'chop my headlights yellow and add your wheels to mine

 

Then photoshop your avatar picture lady on the hood of my car... It would definitely be an improvement.

 

So to Weezzel for asking how much of a pain it is to keep the rear of my car clean...

I did a mild wipe down today and I decided to show you just how bad it gets. The worse part is that all of the crude doesn't come off. I think however much fuel spits out of my tailpipes just goes up and turns my wrap black

 

Your seams are showing.

I usually redo the wrap on the rear bumper after a couple years due to the crap that gets stuck on it. Gloss wrap doesn't get as bad as satin.

 

Seams are definitely showing but this is my first attempt so I'm not afraid to show it

 

 

My Z on the drive home from picking it up last week:



severe lowering to follow asap

 

 

Very nice
That is how the new Smart for two should look like