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SeeyaBud86 03-18-2011 11:49 AM

Akebono's powdercoated by Mike
 
I just wanted to share with everyone how my experience with Mike was.

About three weeks ago I receieved word from Mike that my calipers were being sent out and he sent me information for the payment. He does his payments over paypal, so I had to create a paypal account and add my credit card. Well, my credit card company was giving me sh*t as to why they couldn't authorize it on paypal and I ended up receiving my calipers before Mike was given his payment.

A week passes by, and to add to things I had not received my new brake oil required for install or my new brake lines.

Another week passes by and Mike was completely fine with everything he said something along the lines of," no rush I trust you will get it to me." At this point not only did I feel bad because I haven't paid the poor guy yet, but I am also slowing down his business. I finally got through to my bank and got the credit card authorized and got Mike his payment. But, I ran into another delay because I went on spring break vacation last week. I told Mike about that as well, and he said that was fine.

To make a long story short (kind of), I wanted to make a thread describing my experience with Mike and how great and extremely patient he was. I recommend him to anyone on the forum and his work is absolutely immaculate. Thanks again Mike the calipers look amazing.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...5/DSC00076.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...5/DSC00075.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...5/DSC00067.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...5/DSC00066.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...5/DSC00064.jpg

RCZ, I think I got my carpet at the same place you got your chairs. lol

370Z JT 03-18-2011 11:51 AM

Nice work.

m4a1mustang 03-18-2011 11:52 AM

Looks great. :tup:

Mike is one cool dude. :tiphat:

SeeyaBud86 03-18-2011 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 994775)
Looks great. :tup:

Mike is one cool dude. :tiphat:

He really is. I recommend anyone to get this done if they can't afford a bbk.

370Z JT 03-18-2011 11:56 AM

How close is the match to the decal?

SeeyaBud86 03-18-2011 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 370Z JT (Post 994783)
How close is the match to the decal?

Its pretty darn close. Mike suggested that red after I sent him a couple of pictures.

kenchan 03-18-2011 01:30 PM

dayam! :yum:

docaam 03-18-2011 01:47 PM

which colour is that, looks sick specially it matches the decal on the wheels

kenchan 03-18-2011 02:10 PM

^^ i think it's called red. :icon17:

Mike 03-18-2011 02:24 PM

thanks for the kind words!

The color is called bright red. its got a slight orange tint to it. it did come out pretty close to those stickers.

HKYStormFront 03-18-2011 02:26 PM

looks awesome! what caps are you gonna get for your wheels?

SeeyaBud86 03-18-2011 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HKYStormFront (Post 995084)
looks awesome! what caps are you gonna get for your wheels?

Center caps are not available for the TE37 SL's.

SeeyaBud86 03-18-2011 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by docaam (Post 995006)
which colour is that, looks sick specially it matches the decal on the wheels

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 995050)
^^ i think it's called red. :icon17:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike (Post 995081)
thanks for the kind words!

The color is called bright red. its got a slight orange tint to it. it did come out pretty close to those stickers.

Yea its called "Bright Red." Mike had a good suggestion.:tup:

HKYStormFront 03-18-2011 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeeyaBud86 (Post 995474)
Center caps are not available for the TE37 SL's.

none of the Volk caps will work with SL's? why? to save weight?

Waiz 03-18-2011 07:59 PM

Boinggggg!!

Looks great, what lugs are you running OP?

Red__Zed 03-18-2011 09:40 PM

These look fantastic. I'm still waiting for a good deal on brakes so I can send them to Mike.

TBOX 03-18-2011 09:56 PM

These look fantastic. I'd be interested in possibly having this done too. Link to information?

docaam 03-18-2011 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeeyaBud86 (Post 995475)
Yea its called "Bright Red." Mike had a good suggestion.:tup:

thanks :tiphat: as it was more orangeish red to me nevertheless looks awesome

JB1 03-18-2011 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TBOX (Post 995760)
These look fantastic. I'd be interested in possibly having this done too. Link to information?

PM Mike, see post #10

NewYorkJon34 03-18-2011 10:18 PM

Ya it's part of the design plus to save weight, the SL's are more of a track wheel as they don't weigh ****.

SeeyaBud86 03-18-2011 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waizzz (Post 995553)
Boinggggg!!

Looks great, what lugs are you running OP?

Muteki's. Short open ended. i think I'm going to go with the longer ones though. They don't stick out enough for me, I want them to pop a little more. But they are very sutble which is also good.

SeeyaBud86 03-18-2011 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HKYStormFront (Post 995485)
none of the Volk caps will work with SL's? why? to save weight?

Yea the SL's don't have center caps to keep low in weight. SL = Super Lap.

HKYStormFront 03-18-2011 11:02 PM

i gotcha, i'd still want caps but that's just me... awesome wheels nonetheless! :tup:

SeeyaBud86 03-18-2011 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HKYStormFront (Post 995865)
i gotcha, i'd still want caps but that's just me... awesome wheels nonetheless! :tup:

Yea sometimes I do. Especially the sick red/carbon ones Volk makes. Would go great with these wheels. But w/e. Thanks though!

HKYStormFront 03-18-2011 11:09 PM

yea that's exactly what i was thinking too...

Waiz 03-18-2011 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeeyaBud86 (Post 995834)
Muteki's. Short open ended. i think I'm going to go with the longer ones though. They don't stick out enough for me, I want them to pop a little more. But they are very sutble which is also good.

I agree the subtleness actually works with this setup.

My Titek extendeds are not at all subtle :icon17:

definitionxmk 03-19-2011 02:01 PM

mmm... these look great.


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