1 Hydrolic Jack.
2 Jack stands.
A Torque wrench with proper socket.
A decent wheel cleaner.
A course brush.
A decent sized bucket.
Red Engine paint.
Old Newspapers.
and 6 Hours of time.

Now I'm ready for our next meet

Too bad one of my tires came with an unwanted 4 inch phillips screw stuck in it Ah well...off to Big-O tires tomorrow.

 

oh bad, the philips screw sux...... it definitely hurts man....

umm....... can we see some pics first? i am sure all of us cant' wait for the next meet....

 

That's hella rice! j/k

Should look nice on your car.. it's about time you did that, you've been talkin about doin it for a while now..

lots of time on your hands lately eh?

 

I'm guessing you painted your calipers . I want to, only thing is that I don't have anything to draw attention to with red paint. Maybe if I get cross drilled rotors...

 

Or maybe he just painted "A C U R A - T L . C O M" in red letters on the side of his pretty blue car!

V.

 

Negative on the pics. No digital camera available. The last time I got my hands on one, well....just look at my avatar, but thats it. Oh, and I also took pics of the car when it was BONE stock...for my insurance broker waaaay back.

 

You dont have to rub it in :p Perkins know what I'm talking about. Ah hell...might as well do something with my "vacation".

 

edgalang,

Can I ask ya where you brought your paint from? I have been looking and the only ones I can find at a auto place are in a spray can.

thx

 

Mine was in a spray can too. The only high temp paint that I've seen thats not in a can, can be bought at ACE hardware store...but thats for ovens/stoves.

 

Do a search on ebay for caliper paint. There's a guy there selling all kinds of it in different colors.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search...=caliper+paint

 

I've taken my wheels off again because I noticed alot of overspray that didnt get eaten up by the pads so I've gone ahead and touched up the rotors as well. Now The calipers are bright red against a non-rusty black rotor.

 

Sounds perty! And now that you've practiced on your car... you can do mine at the next meet!

 

can you put me on the list as well?

 

If you guys promise to buy me a new jack! lol Stupid piece o sh*t is 2 inches short! Never buy a 2 ton jack that only raises up 13 inches. Well...unless its on sale for $14 like I did. I know I know, I'm cheap but a 2.5 ton one that lifts 15 inches is $40 bucks...and I figure I could get plywood for less than $25. Oh, reason why I'm pissed is that you cant really return used tools.

 

where did you buy your jack, edgalang? 14 bucks? i guess it's kragen? you sure you can't return it? coz' my friend bought one (probably the one you mentioned) and he was able to return it no problem

but yeah, the 2 tons jacks are so much cheaper but they are never high enough, and the 2.5 or 3 tons jacks are lots more expensive.

back to topic, so that means 40 bucks to get mine painted, damn that's a lot

 

Cheap bast*rd! Didn't you read my topic? ~$50 project...and I did it all myself. Can't wait till the next meet. Hope the paint holds up. I used 500 degree for the calipers and 1200 for the rotors.

 

hehe, i was just kidding man chill

i have question though. you painted your rotor black right? would it affect braking?!

 

I know, I'm just not used to putting "j/k" right after my posts since I'm assuming you knew I was. Too bad there isnt an animated happy face of one chocking another...I'd use that one alot. heh heh. As for braking....well..the paint would get eaten away by the pads.....so not at all, the thing that you really want painted is the sides that looks rusted and the part that joins the rotor to the rim. So what you basically see is a black rotor with an exposed ring around it where the pads hit.

 

ah, thanks for the clarification, now i know what parts you painted

and yeah, i know you were kidding. you are so nice that you would paint it for everyone for free

 

That be funny sh*t though if I brought my paint cans with me on the next meet and right afterwards your rotors start warpin cuz we didnt wait long enough for them to cool off. bahahaha! Talk about irony.

 

HAHHAA...... well, how about we all meet at your home, so we can have some fun while waiting the paint to dry?