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mkiisupra · 09-05-2012, 03:19 PM

+1 Wheels look pretty good. Please next time take an extra minute or two per wheel and make sure the tires are masked properly. I realize they are wear items and the paint can be removed, but the overspray really reduces the overall effect you want.

If there is a brake brace made this early in the run, we all need one. The firewall flex will not go away with ss lines or great pads/rotors, just amplify the issue. I have a car that a brace was designed many years after owners realized that the stress causes cracks in the firewall. Easy insurance.

Eric G

xAgentzero13 · 09-05-2012, 04:05 PM

like the white on orange! people with black or white gotta do different colors!

Hotlava86 · 09-05-2012, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by mkiisupra

+1 Wheels look pretty good. Please next time take an extra minute or two per wheel and make sure the tires are masked properly. I realize they are wear items and the paint can be removed, but the overspray really reduces the overall effect you want.

If there is a brake brace made this early in the run, we all need one. The firewall flex will not go away with ss lines or great pads/rotors, just amplify the issue. I have a car that a brace was designed many years after owners realized that the stress causes cracks in the firewall. Easy insurance.

Eric G

Just so you know, i did this and finished at 11 at night to leave for work at 6. thats plasti-dip. all i need to do is run my finger along it to get it off. there is absolutely no point in wasting time masking off wheels when using plasti-dip as it peels right off of anything. AND i bought my strut bar before the brace was even an option, and i've tested my master cylinder and looked and NOTHING AT ALL flexes under the hood of my car when the brakes are pressed no matter how hard they are pressed. SO since i am not currently racing my car and probably won't until next season (spring) i see no need on a daily driver.

Xanatos · 09-05-2012, 06:38 PM

Grimmspeed is working on a brake brace:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11831

Hotlava86 · 09-05-2012, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Xanatos

Grimmspeed is working on a brake brace:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11831

If i got one it would be a Cusco one to go with my cusco bar.

Hotlava86 · 09-06-2012, 12:01 AM

xAgentzero13 · 09-06-2012, 12:05 AM

thats a badass pic! maybe white the logos out?!

sa1126 · 09-06-2012, 12:23 AM

The wheels look great.

Hotlava86 · 09-06-2012, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by xAgentzero13

thats a badass pic! maybe white the logos out?!

haven't decided on that one yet. the back one has the center of the logo like the innards are blacked out. like my 86 piston badge.

xAgentzero13 · 09-06-2012, 12:54 AM

ohh ok i think it would be badass color matched logos and wheels

Hotlava86 · 09-06-2012, 01:00 AM

thinking about it....would just have to order more white...

Mishimoto · 09-06-2012, 11:11 AM

Wheels look great! Any troubles with brake dust so far? I had considered painting a set of wheels white at one time and was warned about them being filthy basically all the time.

Hotlava86 · 09-06-2012, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mishimoto

Wheels look great! Any troubles with brake dust so far? I had considered painting a set of wheels white at one time and was warned about them being filthy basically all the time.

get ceramic brake pads. problem mostly solved.

SupraLove · 09-06-2012, 12:49 PM

Wheels look great, but please, take off those god-awful decals. They just ruin it.

09-06-2012, 12:01 AM	#34
Hotlava86 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 Hot lava Fr-s, 2007 Mazda 3 Location: kansas city missouri Posts: 282 Thanks: 30 Thanked 60 Times in 41 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	__________________ Raising the bar one step at a time! Kansas City FR-S/BRZ Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/452909128083343/ Hotlava86's Build thread!http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14152

09-06-2012, 12:23 AM	#36
sa1126 Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: n/a Location: Shavano Park Posts: 139 Thanks: 1 Thanked 21 Times in 18 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The wheels look great. __________________ Raven MT as of 07-09-2012 '01 Taco prerunner

09-06-2012, 01:00 AM	#39
Hotlava86 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 Hot lava Fr-s, 2007 Mazda 3 Location: kansas city missouri Posts: 282 Thanks: 30 Thanked 60 Times in 41 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	thinking about it....would just have to order more white... __________________ Raising the bar one step at a time! Kansas City FR-S/BRZ Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/452909128083343/ Hotlava86's Build thread!http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14152

09-05-2012, 03:19 PM	#29
mkiisupra Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 83 Toyota Supra, 16 FR-S RS2.0 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 405 Thanks: 389 Thanked 267 Times in 141 Posts Mentioned: 47 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	+1 Wheels look pretty good. Please next time take an extra minute or two per wheel and make sure the tires are masked properly. I realize they are wear items and the paint can be removed, but the overspray really reduces the overall effect you want. If there is a brake brace made this early in the run, we all need one. The firewall flex will not go away with ss lines or great pads/rotors, just amplify the issue. I have a car that a brace was designed many years after owners realized that the stress causes cracks in the firewall. Easy insurance. Eric G

09-05-2012, 04:05 PM	#30
xAgentzero13 Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: genesis coupe Location: central florida Posts: 153 Thanks: 15 Thanked 74 Times in 25 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	like the white on orange! people with black or white gotta do different colors!

09-06-2012, 12:05 AM	#35
xAgentzero13 Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: genesis coupe Location: central florida Posts: 153 Thanks: 15 Thanked 74 Times in 25 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	thats a badass pic! maybe white the logos out?!

09-06-2012, 12:54 AM	#38
xAgentzero13 Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: genesis coupe Location: central florida Posts: 153 Thanks: 15 Thanked 74 Times in 25 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	ohh ok i think it would be badass color matched logos and wheels

09-06-2012, 11:11 AM	#40
Mishimoto Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 736 Thanks: 11 Thanked 404 Times in 209 Posts Mentioned: 52 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Wheels look great! Any troubles with brake dust so far? I had considered painting a set of wheels white at one time and was warned about them being filthy basically all the time.

09-06-2012, 12:49 PM	#42
SupraLove Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 2007 Toyota Camry LE, 5AT i4 Location: Alabama Posts: 141 Thanks: 173 Thanked 53 Times in 27 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Wheels look great, but please, take off those god-awful decals. They just ruin it.

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