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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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orange calipers stage 1

ok these are the stage 1 portion of my sunburst orange calipers




i will be finishing up the calipers next weekend and posting more pics then

let me know what you think
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 10:33 AM
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they look good. seem to be brighter then your car tho...
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 11:15 AM
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yea they looky pretty good but what he said^^^

i wonder what the white ss emblem color would look like on those calipers
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 11:27 AM
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looks good...nice job..
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 11:28 AM
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That looks real good. I think it looks better than red would have. Nice job
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 11:39 AM
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they look nice man...ima do mine red on my Z24 soon
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 12:36 PM
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**** son, those be some clean rims!!!!
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 12:42 PM
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what kind of paint did you use?
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 02:34 PM
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i think its cool if it actually matches your car color...i cant really tell for sure
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 02:42 PM
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i think its cool if it actually matches your car color...i cant really tell for sure
lol! yeah no they aren't the same orange at all. They would look better the same color, or a completely different color.
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 02:43 PM
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Very nice.
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 03:36 PM
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yeah hey check it out

that is only part 1 of the paint
its a 2 layer paint to be able to make it the right orange color
so next weekend ill be able to finish the job then ill post more pics of the finished project
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 01:29 PM
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looks good man, I'd rather do mine like that than red. I look forward to seeing them all finished up
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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your tires look pretty dame shiny
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 05:50 PM
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what kind of paint is this? cause i have an orange ss/sc and i wana either do blue on my calipers or orange
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 08:34 PM
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it looks good to me, even if it isnt a exact match it looks better then stock and thats all that matters really.
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 09:58 PM
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can you tell us what paint you used for each stage?..i would be interested in doing that
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 10:23 PM
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Very different. Nice job
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 01:00 AM
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heres the thing. i live in germany so the paint i am using you cant get in the states youll have to find something there.. sorry
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 12:40 PM
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well son of a bitch
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 09:58 PM
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well even so...if you tell us the company we could order it and have it sent across sea's
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 02:30 AM
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i got the paint from a hardware store that specializes in two tone paint. i dont even think they have a website, but ill check it out for yall
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by takes5tries
i got the paint from a hardware store that specializes in two tone paint. i dont even think they have a website, but ill check it out for yall
k thanks..but if they dont..we might be able to work somethin out where you buy the paint and we do paypal or somethin and i pay you for it and you ship it to me..u dont have to...im just sayin we could do it that way
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 01:32 AM
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isnt the brake dust going to interfere with the "stages" of paint. Or are you not driving this car all the time? Im just asking because the stock ones make quite a bit of dust.....
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 03:40 AM
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your right brake dust would interfere. but since the car has been parked in my garage for the past week i think i should be ok. and as soon as it stops raining here ill be able to finish the job
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