Jordan00711

I kinda agree lol.. I mean its not that bad of your fronts are actually brembos, right?

swoosh

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fuq Acura and fuq Brembos...I wanna put Project Mu up on this bish

Jordan00711

Fixed lol

Project Mu brakes would be kickass on our cars

swoosh

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^^^ yup...Only Eric is rocking them...

Jordan00711

I saw them last summer at IA

Any idea what platform they were originally for?

swoosh

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^^^ no idea Sir....he is very helpful though....send him a PM.... (Accuratein)

Jordan00711

Nowhere near being able to afford that so m not even gonna hassle him lol... Hopefully I'll see him this summer at a meet (Acurazine/Import Alliance)

rockstar143

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My biggest gripe is why the hell acura only gave the fronts brembo...a little bump for some 2 pot rears like everyone else does. jeez...like a dang girl with hugebewbs and no butt

Undying Dreams

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But that's how it always works!

rockstar143

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that's how it never works...

silvrbreez

Quick Q, and couldn't figure an easy way to search this 12 page long post...

Do the covers on the rear need to be removed to replace the brake pads? Does it affect maintenance on the brakes in anyway?

I'm guess not since they come stock on the RDX, but figured I'd ask anyway. 'Bout to pull the trigger on a set for my rears.

rockstar143

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they're stock on RDX so they have a place to screw them on on their application, for us that are putting them on with silicone and siliconing the base of the cover, it'll have to be removed for a pad change.

silvrbreez

Thanks. May go ahead and just do a pad change on the rear while I'm under there. Its the rear anyway, I'd think they'd rarely need to be changed anyway...at least not anywhere near as often as the front.

Jordan00711

Honestly I think even two pots looks silly lol . At least I thought the two pot brembo rears did on my old G35.

rockstar143

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^^^Ha, those are the ones that I see and love...
rear pads last a LONG time!

maharajamd

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2 pots in the rear look silly?

Pass whatever you're smoking in CO please!

silvrbreez

Nice analogy, but a little off. On cars the rear brakes don't need to be as big to be beneficial. In your analogy, more than just aesthetic balance comes into play.

Jordan00711

I agree, my OE Set still had life on it when it was sold with 71,xxx

Meh I thought they did on my G to each there own lol. Now a 2 pot in the rear for a hydraulic e-brake looks sweet!! Assuming the rear brakes are at least 4 pots

Lol given the location and the date tomorrow ill let you use your imagination

04WDPSeDaN

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Awesome updates in this thread! Keep up the good work guys!!!

rockstar143

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Random post! Sup' brother?

lovelifee

now just need the rear ones.

swoosh

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dem work emotion doe

boy9enius

MANNNNNN fuq what yall say! i like my brembo stickers nah but seriously i didnt like the way it looked plain jane after sanding and painting... and i bought the brembo stickers for the front it just came with extras (3 small ones) i figured id put them to use and to match up... anywho i like them


it def is the grainy spraypaint for patio furniture... these are my winter wheels as theyre kinda beat up now i get bored pretty quick with the color of my rims and dont have $400 everytime to powdercoat as many times i change rim colors DIY!!! FTW! lol im saving up for vossen 2.2.1 but something always comes up that ill have to dip into the rim fund for example... we had an invasion of termites the other day had to pony up half with mom smh .. looks like ill have my winter wheels a bit longer on lol as for the actual name its rustoleum aged iron i believe. looks like cement up close lol.

quanaman

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Not the best pic but here is my contribution

nttstt444

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^that looks fantastic! could you post a pic from further away showing the whole car?

Steven Bell

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Quan, your whole setup is great!

rockstar143

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Quan, did you curb em? Or they were like that?

boy9, diy is my middle name, man. Keep up the good work!

david_vang

don't like how the acura font is so big on these covers.

i'd rather have it like this:

MAS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregerst

That's cool. But how about 2, 3, 4 years? I'm planning on keeping my TL for awhile. Maybe I'll be the rebel and screw them in instead of using silicone. Also they'd be easy to take off when changing brake pads or rotors. With the silicone they'd need to be re-glued.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockstar143

^^^that's not a bad idea...

Since they basically fit, anyone look into whether or not the whole RDX caliper would fit? Expensive fit to screw them in, but could be cool. Or some little 1/4" sheet metal screws, paint them black.

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Machine

MAS screwed his rear covers in with self tapping screws. It's on page 7.

Mine are held on with the RTV silicone and are just fine with all the weather and climate changes they have seen so far.

Havent check in here in a while, progress is looking good. I did screw them on but i did not use self tapping screws. I actually drilled and tapped the calipers. Wasn't hard at all. Just gotta be careful and buy extra dill and taps in case one breaks during install. I believe the screws were 10/32-1/2". I mainly did it that way because i didnt feel comfortable with just RTV. I posted pics on page 5 but now i cant see them. I'll try to post pics again.

rockstar143

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Oh, MAS, you're back, I need to check your thread.
Thanks.

Here's a recent shot that caught my cover.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockstar143/8715309017/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockstar143/8715309017/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/rockstar143/, on Flickr

BreezyTL

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Look what came in the mail! Thanks to Delray Acura @ 11$ a pop, cheapest I found. Can't wait to get these on. I think I may be getting them powder coated a different color though. Add the Acura sticker and then clear them. Now I just have to decide what color!?!?

24no7

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Please, ignore my nuts as they are going to be replaced.

rockstar143

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All I can stare at are your nuts!

Looks clean, man...

About powder, why bother? Rattle can can have perfect reaults

teeeejaay

I had all 4 for a while now lol. Was planning on attacking this SOON. Will the overspray go on the car you think? Did anyone have to clay bar after they painted their calipers? I have gloss black for the calipers.

guitarplayer16

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Use big garbage bags to cover the car panel around the wheel well. As long as you're not blind, you shouldn't get any overspray on your car panels.

quanaman

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Or you can just get the brush kit instead of rattle can!


The duplicolor one I bought was on eBay for 12$ shipped. Came with some tape, brake cleaner, brush, and ceramic paint.

guitarplayer16

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Wow great deal for that kit!

CLtotheTL32

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Duplicolor brush kit ftw. I don't have the RDX covers but I've used that kit twice to paint my calipers.

teeeejaay

Sounds like a good idea to me, thank you. I was pretty paranoid, my friend did his purple. Then told me he had lots of over spray on the car, he put lots of news papers. But this looks better.

quanaman

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There is much less variety as far as color goes with the duplicolor brush kit but honestly the prep work is half the battle with a spray can. A lot of taping and everything makes it to much work for me.

The brush kit takes longer to apply with a small brush but I'd rather brush for longer than tape and everything. I know some guys remove the calipers to help avoid getting overspray and to completely paint the caliper. But that also is more work and you'd have to bleed them after. So you have a few options. Just my

Here's how I did my caliper covers...very satisfied.