Memorial Day weekend Fun. (56k Warn)
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Memorial Day weekend Fun. (56k Warn)
Painted Calipers: Black
Repolished Injen SRI and JIC magic tie bar.
Cleaned and reoiled K&N Filter.
Installed Hondata Intake Manifold Gasket.
Old Thin Manifold Gasket.
Throttle body was dirty..
Compairson
Hondata gasket is 3mm, while OEM gasket is less than 1mm...
Gasket installed.
Calipers.
After 4 coats and many hours spent in the garage.
Kosei K1 16x7.5 , Mcgard Black Chrome Lugs.
Filter.
Before
After
Polished intake and bar.
Bling!
Have a nice day.
Repolished Injen SRI and JIC magic tie bar.
Cleaned and reoiled K&N Filter.
Installed Hondata Intake Manifold Gasket.
Old Thin Manifold Gasket.
Throttle body was dirty..
Compairson
Hondata gasket is 3mm, while OEM gasket is less than 1mm...
Gasket installed.
Calipers.
After 4 coats and many hours spent in the garage.
Kosei K1 16x7.5 , Mcgard Black Chrome Lugs.
Filter.
Before
After
Polished intake and bar.
Bling!
Have a nice day.
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Originally Posted by Mr.Modify
hahaha i don't normally like caliper painting but that's a god job there!
Painted Red first time and I didn't like it too much with new wheels.
Then restripped the caliper paint and repainted with black.
Turned out really nice
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Rep Power: 343 i was thinking about painting my calipers black, i hate it when people try to make them look like fake brembos
car looks way better with the new rims and no lip
btw did you notice a difference with the hondata gasket? i was thinking of getting one.
car looks way better with the new rims and no lip
btw did you notice a difference with the hondata gasket? i was thinking of getting one.
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Originally Posted by Hawk
btw did you notice a difference with the hondata gasket? i was thinking of getting one.
Alot cooler than before. Worth $60.
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Originally Posted by armieo
More questions... how did you clean/prep it beforehand... and did you use primer? Even clearcoat? It seems like you did. I wanna get at this possibly this weekend.
Caliper Cleaner.
Came with the Caliper kit.
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Wow. That's a clean ride and getting better everytime I see it. Looks great! I got my ported head on this past weekend and HP header. Also played with vafc and car is running very good.
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Originally Posted by icebergslim
Nice rims. I'm getting those next for my car. Is tire-rack the only place to get them? how long did it take to install the im gasket?
They are in back order on those wheels right now.
Gasket took less than hour and half with 2 person.
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