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Old 04-24-09, 04:40 PM
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Default TT Brakes: Now I'm happy

About to apply 3 clearcoats, but these have turned out exactly how I envisioned. For those who are curious, the decals are Moto-GFX on ebay for the IS300 front calipers. I just cut the emblem for the backs.












They are going on this:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...nto-sc300.html
Old 04-24-09, 05:40 PM
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looks good! I want to paint mine..
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Very Nice.... High Five!
Old 04-24-09, 06:27 PM
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Very nice, the white Lexus emblems look sexy on black.
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Default With clearcoat

Oh, and they look even better with clearcoat on...







Old 04-24-09, 06:47 PM
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man its always good to see someone upgrade their brakes ... thats usually the first thing i notice on someone's car

just make sure you get some brake pads that don't produce too much dust, my friend upgraded to TT brakes and his wheels are black within a couple of days from all the dust.

and excellent color scheme ...
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Stock new OEM Pads, Shims in possession. Brake dust minimal I would guess.
Old 04-29-09, 06:56 PM
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Looks effing magnificent man, I've been checking out your build thread and its coming along so well. Thumbs up homie...and I think its awesome how you have an F/A-18C in your garage...you should black it out.
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Thanks for the kind words man. I thought about the brakes for a while and finally figured out what I wanted to do.
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Very nice
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Let me know if theres a big diff or not bc i wanted to do this but thought it was a waste of money.
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I will comment on how much more stopping power I have.

Considering a grand total of 6 more pistons clamping down on bigger rotors, I have to guess it will be considerable. Brake bias (in relationship to the SC master cylinder proportioning valve) would be the only variable left.
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very nice man i am going to upgrade my brakes as well i was thinking about going with the LS front but there are way more rotor options for the TT setup thanks for posting pics i like to colors u used as well now throw them on ur car so we can all see .... oh and what paints did you use especialy the clear ????
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Very nice sir!! TT brakes is such a good upgrade. If you're boosting it's almost necessary. You will be happy with it, i guarantee it!!
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Hey bro it looks really good and i am about to do the same thing to my sc3 and i was just wondering if there are any problems that need to be take care of first like the brake master cylinder or something that could be over looked?


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