brake caliper painted and then car wash day after
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Look for something that matches your HIDs and make sure they're 1 watt LEDs. The ones I installed yesterday replaced the 12LED bulbs I had on, those 12 LEDs were probly only 1/4 as bright as the 5 1watt LEDs I have on right now. I purchase the bulbs from warden_jp2002 on ebay, very cheap and great LEDs and really understanding guy. I switch them out once every few months for **** n giggles.
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thanks for all the compliments guys, and PushinLex: yeah man i think gold calipers would look sweet on a black GS.
Lexus-Parts: The painting process was fairly easy, reminded me of my elementary school art class painting days. Just gotta be real careful not to drip any on ur rotors but then again I did this mod when I was replacing both my rotors and brake pads so I was just slopping it around. Just be sure your paint is fully DRIED before the decals, after 2 hrs it felt dried but it wasnt and i left a slight mark on the driver side front caliper. all in all, the end result was pretty good, I actually scuffed a corner on my driver side caliper when my wheel was off by accident but its barely noticeable.
Lexus-Parts: The painting process was fairly easy, reminded me of my elementary school art class painting days. Just gotta be real careful not to drip any on ur rotors but then again I did this mod when I was replacing both my rotors and brake pads so I was just slopping it around. Just be sure your paint is fully DRIED before the decals, after 2 hrs it felt dried but it wasnt and i left a slight mark on the driver side front caliper. all in all, the end result was pretty good, I actually scuffed a corner on my driver side caliper when my wheel was off by accident but its barely noticeable.
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get xenon white LED bulbs, make sure they're the 1watt LEDs cuz those are the brightest. I have 4 1w LED in my clear side markers, single LED 1watts in my license plate lights, and then the 5 LED 1w in my parking accent lights. Xenon white LEDs should match 6000k HIDs pretty closely.
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get xenon white LED bulbs, make sure they're the 1watt LEDs cuz those are the brightest. I have 4 1w LED in my clear side markers, single LED 1watts in my license plate lights, and then the 5 LED 1w in my parking accent lights. Xenon white LEDs should match 6000k HIDs pretty closely.
If it's not too much trouble, can you point out exactly which ones you used, they seem to light up the reflector real well. I was looking at warden_jp2002's ebay store and saw some 5 LED 194's but they didn't say they were 1 watt, the only 1 watt I saw didn't have the radial firing LED's. TIA!
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I'm currently using these LEDs for my doorsill lights and rear overhead lights as well as license plates and clear side markers lights:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2pcs-...0107QQtcZphoto
I used to have these as the parkin lights:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2pcs-...6014QQtcZphoto
This is what I'm currently using in my parking lights:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2pcs-...6557QQtcZphoto
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2pcs-...0107QQtcZphoto
I used to have these as the parkin lights:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2pcs-...6014QQtcZphoto
This is what I'm currently using in my parking lights:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2pcs-...6557QQtcZphoto
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damn.. I painted my calipers with G2 paint and put a high temp clear coat over it about 3 or 4 months ago and its already flaking. I didnt prep the calipers at all with sanding and just used brake cleaner and a rag before applying paint. It seems i have to read for a minimum of 5 hours about anything on here before i do a mod
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Thanks Tommy, I looked at those but wasn't sure whether they were the right ones!
Very true, I read up for a couple months before I even picked up my car, picking out what I wanted and what I needed to do; so far everything I've worked on has gone very well, mostly thanks to everyone's ezperience here. It's alot easier and cheaper to get things right the first time!
damn.. I painted my calipers with G2 paint and put a high temp clear coat over it about 3 or 4 months ago and its already flaking. I didnt prep the calipers at all with sanding and just used brake cleaner and a rag before applying paint. It seems i have to read for a minimum of 5 hours about anything on here before i do a mod