tobwac

hella monster truck stance in for more pics

ttk5

In my opinion, red cars are the only cars now that can pull off red pin stripe now. cant wait to see the finished product!!

ssjoeboe9

man the color looks great!!! i love the legends!

GameOver69

Taken on a Gloomy Day








WIll try to get some better pics when there is some sun. Enjoy!

tobwac

damm car looking goood

BigD411s

Car looks Sick, love it

ed_423

love it.

MoaarLow

Dude the car looks great!
You realllllly should consider a coilover set up. Can someone photoshop a pic with it moarrlow?

GameOver69

thanks guys....

I will consider dropping... but not now.. dont have the cash... plus it would probably be 1 to 1 1/2 inch at most.

what do you guys think about this caliper paint? is it any good? the reviews seem to really favor it. If you dont like it do you have any other suggestions?

Found this to have great reviews as well:

I was originally thinking about paint matching the caliper paint, but i am thinking a brighter red will offset the milano red nicely. What you guys think?

tobwac

i used the first one

MoaarLow

I hear you bro, 1-1.5 is you need. That would look killer.Have you considered Red Lugs?
And Maybe Plastidipping the window trim? Eliminate some of the side chrome I think a All Blck and Red Scheme is so dope

tobwac

i still have my eibach spring just saying lol

GameOver69

MoaarLow, yeah i considered the red lugs, but decided to go with the chrome ones from RonJon.. actually wanted it to match the trim lol!

Tobwac, how do you like the results? Would you recommend it? and did you mask everything or remove the caliper completely to apply?

tobwac

i like them a lot just masked everything and painted with the brush that comes with it easy way to do it

you can go through my thread and see the result i have few pics

MoaarLow

Do it Game !! Until the funds are avail for coils. You'll love the look and it would help out a little wl your handling + that RSB
lol cool. The spacers were straight forward right? Them wheels sitting nice!

FlipRizzi

LOOOOKIN GOOD MAN! rj legends are soooo nice... i agree about them coilovers. its gonna complete the look =) if you ask me ill save up for the coils and do it right the first time =) im excited to see how your car will turn out in the future. anyways, im not a big fan of painted calipers (especially on your 30K plus tsx) =? i think the stock ones look good as is unless you go BBK just IMO. have you seen these though? https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tsx-2009-2014-143/red-calipers-%2Apics%2A-822569/ not all nice looking though heheheh but its an option. im sure there are way more better lookin caliper covers out there. i think killerG posted it somewhere here or in my thread im not sure hehe

GameOver69

Na, if i do it, it will just be done once, and done right as Flip suggested. Spacer were very straight forward. couldn't be any easier to instal. Thanks for your help on that!


Thanks man. Will definatly save. Funny you posted the MGP calipers was looking at that thread a while back... but its very pricey... and when you really look a it... its just plain flat. I'd rather just paint it, or get the real deal (one can dream)

swarlos

looks good! But it definitely needs a drop bad. You should check out itrhybrids car. Hes got a very clean drop on the legends.

MoaarLow

No Prob, and i hear ya on that, a dampening coilover would be perfect.
Wanna see some pics on a sunny day and some tire shine

VortexBlueTSX

Car looks great man! And i didnt forget about you, ill pm you the picture first thing tomorrow! Sorry for the wait man

FlipRizzi

yep. me and you both. we are dreamers

GameOver69

Ok guys,

so next thing i really want to do is paint my stock calipers. Seems like its an easy DIY.

Here is how i would go about it... just wondering if this is overkill, and if you have any suggestions.

I would clean the caliper with everything that comes with the G2 Paint Kit (From my research it seems that this is a better paint kit then the DupliColor Paint Set - in the long term). Then I would mask everything and anything i dont want to get touched... then:

I would start off with a few coats of primer:

then paint a few coats using this:

then finish with a few coats of clear coat:

Is this overkill? Should i just be painting it and that's it? i just want something that will last with no fading, chipping, or peeling.

Let me know what you guys think.

ssjoeboe9

I just did "wet rag" then acetone. Masked off then applied like 3 coats of High Heat resistant paint! You should also consider painting your calipers black. Check out Kowloon. They look really good, thought I would throw that out there before you started your project. And the wheels look sick man!

MoaarLow

Alll youre doing is going above and beyond. I'd do it too. Primer always helps and so does a clear. Whether its necessary or not is something different.

I Agree wit him. yes i think red would look cool. But hiding them with black would be a great option. They arent the Best brakes to want to SHOW behind big wheels.

Black Will make them look good and keep the focus on those Sick Legends

GameOver69

Yeah... I just want to do it right! All the way all the time. So I guess I'm buying all 3!

In regards to the color.... its definitely between red and black. I'm leaning toward red because it will be more visible... and I think the brighter red will be a nice contrast to the Milano red and black of the rims..

Black would be great but I think it will be hardly visible with my rims... if someone can Photoshop a pic I may have already taken... or a new one if needed ... I'd appreciate it.

Plus I might get an Acura decal for the calipers too.

MrOtocinclus

Wow, haven't looked at this thread in awhile... car is coming along great!

GameOver69

Decided to PlastiDip part of my grill. Let me know what you think.

Thanks to PyroDave for giving me some pointers. He's the man!

ceb

The grill looks very nice. Good job.

FlipRizzi

me likey the grill mate. good job! i salute DIY peeps!

ed_423

I like it!

ttk5

pretty nice. i like too

MrOtocinclus

Very, very nice.

robpp

iTrader: (2)

i like the plasti dip......am also considering some silver di-noc.


can that part be removed and put back?

i know; SEARCH LOL

ed_423

^ quick answer, yes.

GameOver69

yep what you see in the pics was my second go at it. real easy to remove.

thanks for all the likes?

should i get the gloss plastidip to put on top.. or looks good as is?

KillerG

get a new car this one sucks

-1/10

KillerG

actually it might be cheaper to plastidip the chrome around the grill instead of buying a new car, try that out

MoaarLow

I'd say gloss it. It'll sorta have the look of the CTE grille.
But I really like the way it came out

PyroDave

came out real good, good job buddy. glad to help even when you interrupt passover dinner hahahahahaha i think matte looks good, but you can always try gloss, and rip it off and redo it if you don't like it =P

MrOtocinclus

Stay with matte, it matches the wheels!!!