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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 05:49 PM
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WOW, that brake caliper looks amazing

How did you do the letters so nice and how long did it take to get to look that smooth?

And do people spray all the brake lights with niteshade or just the center one...seems kind of expensive ($65) for the black outs that i've found.

What does FTW mean...i've never been able to figure that out.
Old Apr 15, 2007 | 06:04 PM
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^^Come on noob. Lol just messin with ya. FTW means "for the win".

Here is a pic of my taillights with the niteshades on them. I used 3 coats of niteshades followed my 3 coats of clear. Wait 24 hours and then I used a gritty polishing compound on them. I also wax them along with the car.

This is with the lights off and after I got my CME exhaust.


and this one is with the lights on. You could also do something custom and leave the reverse lights clear. Just tape them off.
Old Apr 15, 2007 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by micfly83
WOW, that brake caliper looks amazing

How did you do the letters so nice and how long did it take to get to look that smooth?
The letters are decals from brent franker. I just followed his instructions to put them on after I painted them.

To get it that smooth took me about half an hour(if that maybe 15 minutes), with a deburring gun(used like 3 1.5" 60 grit pads)



BTW I believe it pays to take em off the car and clean em real good, these are what the calipers looked like when I got them and they were painted with the brush on auto-zone kit, this what they looked like after a year or so

Old Apr 15, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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You could also do something custom and leave the reverse lights clear. Just tape them off.
Old Apr 15, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by MENEGRANDE
Corvette calipers on a Camaro...

Not my cup of tea... They look extremely riceeyy and dumb.
I freaking HATE people that think everything is f***ing rice. Since when is anything from a Corvette rice? You sir are a dumb assssssssss
Old Apr 15, 2007 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by x2jesse1x
I freaking HATE people that think everything is f***ing rice. Since when is anything from a Corvette rice? You sir are a dumb assssssssss

IF he had corvette calipers with f-body pads/rotors then I would call ti rice, but that guy has a full c5 set-up which is not rice at all IMO
Old Apr 15, 2007 | 08:43 PM
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Mine are black with a chrome Camaro sticker put on then clearcoated over. I like it.
Old Apr 15, 2007 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by x2jesse1x
I freaking HATE people that think everything is f***ing rice. Since when is anything from a Corvette rice? You sir are a dumb assssssssss
I hate it when people get so offended by other people's opinoin (in other words.... he thinks it's rice... so what? it isn't his car. )
Old Apr 16, 2007 | 12:31 PM
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Mine are black with a chrome Camaro sticker put on then clearcoated over. I like it.
That again looks amazing

yall do some good work

I think I might go with black with that chrome sticker and all...maybe red
Old Apr 16, 2007 | 12:42 PM
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not gay. mine are black with silver decals. same as below.
Old Apr 16, 2007 | 12:44 PM
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I painted mine brake dust color.
Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:56 PM
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I really like that. Have you polished out the paint yet? That's the step that realllly brought out the shine in mine.
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by danhr
I hate it when people get so offended by other people's opinoin (in other words.... he thinks it's rice... so what? it isn't his car. )
Im not offended at all. Its just gay that people say rice about EVERYTHING now days. Its getting rediculious
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 08:35 AM
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I really like that. Have you polished out the paint yet? That's the step that realllly brought out the shine in mine.
What did you use to polish em? I was just going to wax them when I waxed the car.
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 08:56 AM
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Mine are also black with silver lettering and I think it looks pretty nice.



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