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What brand calipers covers does the formula car have? I hear Stoptech caliper covers perform great.
it has these, and no they dont have covers, but the Z has had no ill effects from the covers. we have learned just enough to be dangerous racing over the years including our step up to a winged car this year. i assure you the street Z is just for cosmetic appeal and not ment to offend any of the "purists" here.
Cheers
It's not about being pure. It's just gay. No offense. That's cool about the formula stuff.
none taken Nismo. I have learned that even at the club level that we race marginal components dont last and can hurt you, but for the Z we were simply "customizing" it from a purely cosmetic "cool look" point of view, and will continue to do so and document our progress here.
Cheers
Sweet, did you spray paint? I'm planning to powder coat my rays v2 wheels in bronze when I get them refinished
Yeah, duplicolor bronze wheel paint. I had to order it, couldn't find any stores carrying anything other than gunmetal or silver/black.
I couldn't justify the money to powdercoat this set, I was so disappointed by the poor quality job I got back last time with another set of wheels, I figured I would spend the $25 on paint and do them in my downtime at work. I had extra wheels to put on the car in the mean-time and I needed to switch back to my real tires so the tires on them had to come off. Perks of working in a shop I guess.
Last edited by Italianjoe1; Nov 6, 2013 at 04:41 PM.
Yeah, duplicolor bronze wheel paint. I had to order it, couldn't find any stores carrying anything other than gunmetal or silver/black.
I couldn't justify the money to powdercoat this set, I was so disappointed by the poor quality job I got back last time with another set of wheels, I figured I would spend the $25 on paint and do them in my downtime at work. I had extra wheels to put on the car in the mean-time and I needed to switch back to my real tires so the tires on them had to come off. Perks of working in a shop I guess.
Yea I hear ya, my wheels are scuffed up pretty bad so I plan to get them repaired and figured I might as well have them powdercoated for a bit more.
Yea I hear ya, my wheels are scuffed up pretty bad so I plan to get them repaired and figured I might as well have them powdercoated for a bit more.
Yeah I would have spent the money, but it's hard to get a quality job done locally from personal experience, most shops rush through it and turn out sub-par work, and for $200+ I can't accept that.
Originally Posted by Nismo350z#0310
Yeah, it may be that I'm so low I'm use to seeing it close to the ground.
Lol, stock height since day one and the bumper is still all scraped up. Roads suck way too much here for me to lower, though it would look awesome.
Perfect example of how powder coating can screw up a wheel and make it fragile if not done right. The extreme temps needed to melt the powder is hot enough to make a forged wheel brittle, imagine what it does to cheaper cast wheels.
Eeee...I plan to get the scuffs and such repaired by a reputable shop, but maybe I won't PC them and just spray them myself after the repairs...depends on how well they blend in the repairs with the oem finish
fake calipers
