Well, I had the new wheels on since last Friday, but new that if I posted about them without pics, I would be eaten alive.
Anyways, here are some crappy pics I just took. It has been raining here so the car is dirty-but can't do anything about it!!



so there you have it. I am by no means a photographer, so the pics really do not bring any justice to the car. But trust me, everywhere I go, I get compliments up to wazzu!!

 

nice photos..

 

sorry bout that-was being stupid. they should work now.

 

looks great

 

Wheels look nice……Now paint your Calipers BLACK so they don’t stand out so much.

 

on the black calipers.

Car looks so shiny in that environment looks good

 

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141781

 

yeah, that would look good. But i don't know if I could live without my car for that long!!!

 

we got Stock calipers in the warehouse soon awaitng for someone to pick the color.. you just send us yours all cleaned up and we ship you the powdercoated one.

 

Yes I agree, the powder coating turns out beautiful, but way too much money and the hassle of removal/shipping/reassembly.

I suggest one session of masking and spraying with official Caliper spray paint.
After that a quick touchup with a 1.99 can of Rust-oleum once a year and you’re good to go.

 

looking good.... great choice!

 

have you done any of the above to your acura?

The costs are unbeatable... the calipers only require you hose them off.. the quality is top notch....

the removal of all 4 calipers can be done in under 1 hour.

 

Very nice! And yes, with painted calipers it'll look even better. But the CL does make the wheels look small.

 

Looks great...

 

Haven't you realized that Shawn is never wrong. He thought he was wrong once, but he was mistaken.

 

I love black on black.

What size rims are those?

 

Nope….never did. How much are they again ???

 

At the last Philly Meet I thought your car looked pretty cool.
Oops, maybe I CAN be wrong………..

 

They are 18" with 235/40/18 tire. Of course the Axis Seven Mod limited edition in glossy black!! They trully look stunning when the car is all shiny!!

 

ouch!!! nice one!

 

Hotness. I love the color matching rims. Very nice.

 

nice car

 

thats what I thought... Powdercoated CALIPER Services for HIRE

 

What smitty is saying about all you have to do is hose them off...well, he means AFTER they are powder coated. In order to prep them for powder coating, I ask you to get the organic soils off of them (grease, oil and dirt), and I will take care of the inorganic soils (corrosion products, Aluminum oxide, iron oxide) by sand blasting. Then there is a preheating process to get the trapped gasses out of the castings, followed by some fairly complicated masking that needs to be done to keep the brakes from binding. Then out gassing again at 400F for one hour, then they are painted in a heated state.

No flames for shawn here, but I for one would not like to do a yearly removal of every wheel, do the masking, etc. Our powdercoated calipers offer a lifetime guarantee, and I put an easy 15 hours of labor into every set of four that I do. If you do a search back to when I did smitty's calipers, you will see the only issues he had upon reassembly was bleeding issues. Totally non related to powder coating. Next to the paint on the space shuttle tiles, this stuff is the toughest paint on the face of the earth. Actually, although it is classified as a paint, it is actually a plastic encapsulation heat cured process.

Oh, and ALL of you out there, every one of you have powder coated wheels. Besides curb rash, which was caused by carelessness, how many people have complained about a coating failure on their wheels? None that I can recall, but I have only been here 17 months. Dunno.

And just an aside. I taught Porsche how to powder coat brake calipers. Some others, also.

 

how about clearing and blacking out ur headlights, other than that I like it alot!!!

 

I love it, but 19's would be awsome

 

That'll look hot.

 

very nice! perfect drop.

 

they would be awesome, but, I would kill them in a matter of weeks. The roads in Austin are not what you would call stellar by any means

 

I’m not knocking your service. I know they look great and I’ve heard great things about your company.
Honestly, I thought it was more then 265, but still lots more then my Rust-oleum job.
And I paint them when I take off my winter rims in the spring so it’s no big deal.

Shawn S

 

 

Car looks real good bro

 

....knight rider....

 

does the piston just pop out of the caliper?

 

that was my favorite show when I was a kid!! I never thought about that!!

 

I must agree with you Smitty-that looks awesome. And, not rain on your parade Shawn, but Smitty's looks a thousand times better.

 

Yes... just take a flat screw driver and press it through hole where the brake line connects to the back of the caliper.. you can easily push the piston right out.

I will have step by step instructions on the website on how to take your calipers apart along with what simple tools are needed.

 

Damnit Smitty, why did you have to even bring this up-now I want mine powdercoated also!!!!

 

.... well what you waiting for... follow the link above and order.


ATXCLS, I am sorry for thread hijacking you.... just PM me if you want me to clean your thread up.

 

Yes, as I said before they look great.
I just think our stock calipers look ugly and it’s best to just paint them black so they fade into the shadows behind the wheel.
If I were spending that much I’d get aftermarket ones and powdercoat them if they aren’t already.
But then the cost keeps rising.

If I had a show car with some nice looking calipers that didn’t have to be driven all winter I would put more money into this area of my car.