Project: b1adeZmobile

b1adesofcha0s

Thanks! They actually look way better in person than in the pics.

All it took was like $50 bucks (can probably be done with $30-40) and a couple hours of time.

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Huck

Looks good man! This is next on my list of things to do, I'm trying to get all the cheap stuff out of the way so I feel like I've accomplished something

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b1adesofcha0s

That's exactly what I did......only because I don't have the money for the expensive stuff yet

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Masa

After hearing your car in person with the HFC's paired with CBE I think I may go this route as well.

I do drive the Altima all week to work now and the Z has been turned into a weekend car so I can live with the extra noise in exchange for more POWAH!!!

Gonna have to budget 300 for the HFC and another 600 for the tune afterwards now.

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b1adesofcha0s

I knew you wouldn't be able to resist. Might have to budget more for the HFC if you aren't planning on installing them yourself. If you are planning on installing them yourself, good luck and have fun

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Masa

I thought you were gonna install them for me...

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b1adesofcha0s

I didn't even install my own

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Red__Zed

looks surprisingly good

b1adesofcha0s

I know right? You should see it in person.

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b1adesofcha0s

Got a busy modding weekend ahead of me. This Saturday Rob is going to help me install some Carbotech XP8 brake pads, Motul RBF600 brake fluid, paint my brake calipers red, and change my oil.

For painting the brakes I'm using VHT caliper paint which should stand up to temps of 900 degrees. Need to clean the calipers diet with the caliper cleaner, then sand them down, clean them again with mineral spirits, and then finally paint. Also bought some painter's tape and a plastic drop cloth to help mask off the car. The total cost for this mod including the prep supplies is $35. Very cost effective and hopefully it turns out good. Here's a pic of everything needed to paint the calipers



And here's everything ready for this Saturday. I thought i should change the oil while the calipers are drying to save some time.

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Masa

Can't wait to see the end results at the Gordon Biersch meet afterwards.

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sixpax

...looking forward to seeing how the calipers turn out.

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b1adesofcha0s

I should also mention that I'm doing this in preparation for my firat hyperdrive at Summit Point Raceway on June 16th

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b1adesofcha0s

I'll be sure to post pics after we're done

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b1adesofcha0s

After a long azz day at Bobo's garage yesterday (13 hrs working on my car) we have the brakes mostly done. Ran into a little issue after we finished up and it looks like we didn't bleed one of the calipers properly so we will take care of that later tonight. We did get the XP8's on with the Motul fluid and we got the calipers painted (which took up most of the 13 hrs). Here are some pics:

Rear caliper on the rotor:



All calipers and brackets taken off:



Brackets after the first coat of paint:



Calipers painted:



Here's a before and after pic of the front calipers:







Tried to get some finished pics of the car this morning, but the sun was too bright and this is the best I could get. I'll take better pics later and post them up.

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