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Fancy new calipers!

Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby TxBmbleBee » Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:53 am

Nice job Pete! :D
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Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby SolaraPete » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:26 pm

Finally got around to getting these brakes and lip kit actually installed:

All stock:
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Drilled & slotted rotors, EBC pads, and the ES300 caliper w/spacer installed:
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(Rear) Drilled and slotted ES300 rotors, ceramic pads, and painted stock calipers:
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Surprisingly the rear rotors fit with zero modification. I had backing plates and caliper brackets ready to install but didnt even need them. Apparently, they are only needed on '00+ models...


Stock vs brake conversion w/rim (19". +45):
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Lip kit installed and a fresh detail:
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Sorry just cell pics for now - will get some good shots with a real camera this weekend.

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Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby GzNutz » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:48 pm

:D Turned out great!
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Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby Rob87 » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:32 pm

DAMN, your car is fuccking awesome bro! Brakes/calipers, wheels, kit...everything is looking really good!
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Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby Solarizona » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:14 am

Wow, I'm impressed. Looks amazing!
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Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby Akfahad » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:25 am

Very nicely done
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Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby trd4life » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:44 am

A+++++
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Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby 1gSE » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:17 pm

:sweet: Nice work
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Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby Billdo » Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:57 am

What tint is that? Looks more smokey than dark. I dig it.
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Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby DSM_Lara » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:12 pm

I'm always a fan of Red Cars... One thing I would recommend, Paint that mesh part in the grill black.
Also, 19" fits our car very well... Anything larger will just look dumb.
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Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby Texasolara86 » Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:57 pm

That is one of the best fit of Kaminari front lips that I have seen. Looks just like a Gen 1 TRD kit.
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Re: Fancy new calipers!

Postby SolaraPete » Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:47 pm

Thanks for the compliments!


One of the side skirts and one of the rear lips were kinda warped after i got them back from the body shop. I tried using a heat gun to bend them back, but it didnt turn out the way i wanted. So i set the whole kit in the sun for a couple hours and it was waaaay easer to re-shape them. The polyurethane is much softer and flexible once its been totally heated up, so it makes "shaping" the front lips a lot easier too.

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