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Old 11-30-08, 12:51 PM
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a couple pics of my ride thus far.... all pics were taken at nite.. i was trying to capture the pearl shining through... what do you guys think..






Old 11-30-08, 02:48 PM
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looks great, yea you can see the pearl. and i love your brakes
Old 11-30-08, 02:49 PM
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damn nice paint. and nice brakes too
Old 11-30-08, 04:13 PM
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how much did it run ya to do the brake conversion???
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Nice progress so far man ! Yeah you did good with capturing pearl
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Not feelin the rims.. could be the color, but Im pretty sure its just the spoke style.
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thanks for all the input .... but yeah im a lil iffy on the rims myself.. theyre actually the same pearl white as the car.. but in the photos its a lil deceiveing they look like an off white...i kinda wish they had a bigger lip and more aggressive offset but im rockin with them for now cuz the funds are tapped... id probably drop it more too if the roads in nyc werent so ****ty..but i need to ride decent

as far as how much the brakes cost.....i think i paid 400 for the rotors lines and pads... the calipers themselves were about a 1000 and i had them powdercoated for about 350
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^^^ what about the caliper brackets?
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Not a fan of the wheels but overall it's a clean first gen!
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Originally Posted by dkekim01
thanks for all the input .... but yeah im a lil iffy on the rims myself.. theyre actually the same pearl white as the car.. but in the photos its a lil deceiveing they look like an off white...i kinda wish they had a bigger lip and more aggressive offset but im rockin with them for now cuz the funds are tapped... id probably drop it more too if the roads in nyc werent so ****ty..but i need to ride decent

as far as how much the brakes cost.....i think i paid 400 for the rotors lines and pads... the calipers themselves were about a 1000 and i had them powdercoated for about 350
I think it just needs a thicker spoke. The lip and even the color isnt bad. With the right spoke design you could pull off the color matched rims. I hear ya on the funds tho and props to doin the breaks up right.
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no caliper brackets needed they bolt right on... i did have to shave the locking clip on the brake line to accomodate the supra lines.. the supra clips are kinda octagon shaped, and the gs ones are rounded so i jus broke out the file and shaved it down til it fit properly..it was simple
Old 12-01-08, 09:52 PM
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yeah brakes are nice....
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Kudos on the calipers!
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sexy calipers!
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