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03-04-09, 09:50 PM

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ah ic now. But i like my logo on top and that was how they cut it so...

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03-06-09, 05:42 AM

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Nice. Very well done. What kind of paint did you use?

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03-06-09, 06:12 AM

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Finally got my decals and put em on. Put on a couple coats of clear and vola.

They look good, nice and shiny!

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03-06-09, 07:49 AM

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that looks badas$! IS250s front caliper is bleh...

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03-06-09, 09:05 AM

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Nice. Very well done. What kind of paint did you use?

duplicolor caliper paint and high temp engine clear coat available at your local autoparts.

thanks guys!

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03-12-09, 09:14 PM

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i used that duplicolor kit from pepboys. I probably applied about 4 coats and waited a week to apply the final 5th coat (finished today). I'm still waiting for the decals to come then i'll spray it with a couple layers of clear. It looks like its professionally painted.

i just got that kit from japan town... the brush that it came with really sucks..... i ended up only painting 1 claiper with only 2 coats... i kinda got pissed becasue it was going on uneven..... anyone know what i should used to remove it? or just paint more coats over it?.... thanks

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03-12-09, 09:32 PM

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yeah dude thats looks real good as said on a couple other posts the 250s suck lol but +rep on urs.

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03-12-09, 10:11 PM

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do yourself a big favor and go to your local lowes, home depot, etc. and buy a real 1.5in camel hair brush to get better results.

With a better brush you can apply a couple new layers and it should be much more even. Just make sure your strokes are all in the same direction.

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03-31-09, 10:01 AM

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anybody got pics with diff. colors on there calipers, i got a black sapphire pearl with chrome zenetti and im thinkin of color matching my car with white lexus sticker

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04-20-09, 10:55 AM

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BorIS350 where can I get the decals for my 07-GS350 I painted my caliper over the weekend thanks

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04-20-09, 11:28 AM

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Dont you guys wonder why when you order or have decals made, they dont invert the second decal so that they both appear symetrical? i would think that it would not be difficult.

I just did my 250 calipers 2 weekends ago and was pretty dissapointed that the right side went up and the left side went down, in terms of the lettering and placment of the lexus logo....