Slamking18's 2008 GS460 Build....
02-27-12, 07:57 AM
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In due time all... 
I have been slammed at work and have not had a chance to get anymore pics.... I hope to be messing with the setup this week/next weekend.... I am seeing I definately need to clean/paint the rear calipers! The fronts look good, but the rears are nasty looking! More pics to come for sure!
I have been slammed at work and have not had a chance to get anymore pics.... I hope to be messing with the setup this week/next weekend.... I am seeing I definately need to clean/paint the rear calipers! The fronts look good, but the rears are nasty looking! More pics to come for sure!
03-02-12, 10:37 AM
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Latest update:
I finally recieved another set of TPMS valves and a set of Gorilla "The System" black locking lugs so I should have everything I need to get these wheels on...
Last night I sprayed the TPMS install kits black and baked them so I hope the paint holds up as I think this will look much better than the raw aluminum (silver).
My plan for this weekend is to dry fit the rears and see what I need to do to the lip for clearance. Hoping not to have to shave too much... I also plan on cleaning up the rear calipers and get them painted black as they are pretty rough looking
And finally, as I am sure everyone already knows what I got (wheel sock doesn't hide much...), here is another picture to satisfy everyone following my build! Getting excited!
I finally recieved another set of TPMS valves and a set of Gorilla "The System" black locking lugs so I should have everything I need to get these wheels on...
Last night I sprayed the TPMS install kits black and baked them so I hope the paint holds up as I think this will look much better than the raw aluminum (silver).
My plan for this weekend is to dry fit the rears and see what I need to do to the lip for clearance. Hoping not to have to shave too much... I also plan on cleaning up the rear calipers and get them painted black as they are pretty rough looking
And finally, as I am sure everyone already knows what I got (wheel sock doesn't hide much...), here is another picture to satisfy everyone following my build! Getting excited!
03-05-12, 01:49 PM
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LOL Sorry man!!! I am working as fast as I can.... Here is the progress from this weekend:
Got the rears test fitted.
Cleaned up and sprayed the rear calipers as they were looking rough as hell! I was really thinking about spraying the rotor (minus the area the pad touches of course), but was afraid it may look bad with the glossy... The calipers are a bit too glossy for my taste too, but thats all I could find for caliper paint. Witht he wheels on, it looks better though. Oh, and excuse the nasty wheel well. We have been having quite a bit of bad weather lately...
I am hoping to get the tires mounted this weekend and then I can start figuring out how much shaving I am going to need to do to the rear... Stay tuned...
03-20-12, 07:30 AM
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Alright all, I have finally put my new shoes on my car!!! Sorry for making you all wait so long, but I think it was well worth the wait. I will try to get some better pics soon, but we started getting some rain so I haven't been able to yet.
I had to shave about half of the rear fender lip right where the bumper meets and about 4-5 inches up. The front is rubbing just a bit in the front, but I haven't pulled the trim off yet. I am actually kind of hesitant to because the clips that the trim mounts to is white and very noticable. I am just going to keep an eye on it as I really don't think there is much rubbing going on, but time will tell...
With all of this being said.... Enjoy the show.
If you take a look at this pic, you can see we were able to hide the weights behind the spokes. We used the balancer's "spoke locator" feature to mark the 5 spokes and it balanced based on that. It actually worked great!
I had to shave about half of the rear fender lip right where the bumper meets and about 4-5 inches up. The front is rubbing just a bit in the front, but I haven't pulled the trim off yet. I am actually kind of hesitant to because the clips that the trim mounts to is white and very noticable. I am just going to keep an eye on it as I really don't think there is much rubbing going on, but time will tell...
With all of this being said.... Enjoy the show.
If you take a look at this pic, you can see we were able to hide the weights behind the spokes. We used the balancer's "spoke locator" feature to mark the 5 spokes and it balanced based on that. It actually worked great!
03-20-12, 02:19 PM
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congrats. looking good. I like your choice of car color and wheels ;-).
03-20-12, 07:57 PM
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Thanks guys! I am loving it!...
@1wacko - we are definitely twinning it! LOL Out of curiosity, what pressures are you running with on your tires? I am currently running at 40psi. This question goes for anyone running the "rubber band" tires...
@1wacko - we are definitely twinning it! LOL Out of curiosity, what pressures are you running with on your tires? I am currently running at 40psi. This question goes for anyone running the "rubber band" tires...