PhoenixGTS
Enthusiast
Been thinking about wheels & tires for years. When the six-spoke OEM came out I loved them as I really don't like three-piece wheels - especially with big pimpin' lip - but I was never a fan of of shiney wheels, especially on silver cars. When I found out six-spokers where reasonably priced along with Nittos being similarly reasonably priced I decided to pull the trigger. You would think wheels and tires are the easiest of all mods: you take off the old and bolt on the new - but it never seems to work out that easy in modville. I like the six-spokers because the spokes are thin - which means you can really see the brakes. So I decided it was time to undertake another project I have been thinking about: powdercoating my calipers. Here is how the car started:
At first I was going to do the brakes orange, but I chickened out - especially when the powdercoater suggested I do the rotors as well as the calipers. I picked Storm Grey Wrinkle (you will see why later). Should hide brake dust well.
Front - I like the powdercoating on that hat of the rotor:
Rear - my Tom's 40mm rear calipers are of course ugly (even though they work aweseme) so I decided to grab a set of Tom's cover to powdercoat - again the hat part of the rotor looks great coated:
Here is where the Storm Grey Wrinkle came from - I already had engine parts done in this finish:
So here is where I wound up overall - I am NOT loving the polished wheels with the silver car - but I love the shape of the wheels and color of the brakes (I'll post about the Nitto NT05s in another thread):
Flushed the system out with new Motul RBF 600 fluid during the project. Wanted to enjoy the new brakes and wheels clean for a bit so I put my Porterfield R4S pads back in. Gawd they ****. The stockers will be going back in when I do the re-bleed. Car was down a total of 9 days for the project. Not bad for a guy who works full time (thanks Arizona Powder Coat for turning the coating so quickly).
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At first I was going to do the brakes orange, but I chickened out - especially when the powdercoater suggested I do the rotors as well as the calipers. I picked Storm Grey Wrinkle (you will see why later). Should hide brake dust well.
Front - I like the powdercoating on that hat of the rotor:
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Rear - my Tom's 40mm rear calipers are of course ugly (even though they work aweseme) so I decided to grab a set of Tom's cover to powdercoat - again the hat part of the rotor looks great coated:
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Here is where the Storm Grey Wrinkle came from - I already had engine parts done in this finish:
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So here is where I wound up overall - I am NOT loving the polished wheels with the silver car - but I love the shape of the wheels and color of the brakes (I'll post about the Nitto NT05s in another thread):
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You must be registered for see images
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Flushed the system out with new Motul RBF 600 fluid during the project. Wanted to enjoy the new brakes and wheels clean for a bit so I put my Porterfield R4S pads back in. Gawd they ****. The stockers will be going back in when I do the re-bleed. Car was down a total of 9 days for the project. Not bad for a guy who works full time (thanks Arizona Powder Coat for turning the coating so quickly).
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