so my and a buddy decided to paint the calipers today. i bought the caliper painting kit at Kragen along with a can of primer and gloss. took us about 30minutes/axle. Came out better than i expect




ready for this?






Now the mini-shoot






tell me how u like it guys. thanks.

 

Those came out nice. That's probably something I'll do if/when I get a set of wheels. I've seen guys wet sand them so they're completely smooth.

 

nice..

ur front end definately needs an alignment..

 

Calipers look great behind those rims, and I LOVE your friends celi, very clean, the last pic is my fav

 

ahah yeah. i have major camber issues right now. Yeah the celica is really clean, it just has primer right now, but once he gets to painting, it'll look a lot nicer.

 

Both cars look real nice, sans the lack of paint on the celica. Did a good job on the calipers. I like your rims, and spoiler too surprisingly lol.

 

do u have a better pic of the spoiler? nice job

 

yeah i've posted up plenty pics of the spoiler before. but heres a couple from a meet a back in Feb.



I'm still trying to get my hands on a lip kit before the all-cali meet. just doesn't look right w/o one.

 

those arent the WW ones r they???? regardless it looks nice...not too big at all...good shit man...now i wana paint my calipers....UGH! thnx alot...lol

 

i actually like the spoiler. i particularly am not a fan of the chrome trim around the trunk but i like your style. thumbs up

 

i think the chrome trims around ur trunk is makin ur car very heavy...perhaps CF trims would work...=D

 

^the chrome was taken out a few months back lol. It was just a phase.

No, I remember that spoiler is from the 2nd gen CL/TL. Def paint them if u got time, cheap and its pretty easy. its reminds me of high school art class. You get to sit there for 30 minutes to tediously cover every crevice.

 

I see you're rocking the d2's, how do they ride? What setting do you have the shocks on?

 

OMG NOBODY IS DRIVING THOSE CARS!!!

 

^ ahah

All i can say about the D2's is that it does its job. With the damper set all the way to softest, it feels a little smoother than stock shocks. With it set all the way to stiffest, my ass hurt after 5minutes of driving lol. I have it set to softest right now, feels really nice. And i'm at approx a 2.25" drop.

 

nice, i need to re-do mine one of these days

that is one sexy celica.

 

ahah thanks. we did everything on the car ourselves.

 

at the softest setting do you bottom out a lot?? approx. how long did it take for you to prep/paint/dry each caliper??

 

thank god that chrome trim was only a phase

 

^ lmao.

^^only my back bottoms out once in a while if I have a lot of junk in the trunk. Right now my back has about 1" gap because of all the weight in the trunk, but nothing rubs. or bounce.

 

the spoiler, Did you add that?

 

That's a Wings West spoiler, not sure if they still make them or not

 

thanks for the info