Project: b1adeZmobile

b1adesofcha0s

Got a busy modding weekend ahead of me. This Saturday Rob is going to help me install some Carbotech XP8 brake pads, Motul RBF600 brake fluid, paint my brake calipers red, and change my oil.

For painting the brakes I'm using VHT caliper paint which should stand up to temps of 900 degrees. Need to clean the calipers diet with the caliper cleaner, then sand them down, clean them again with mineral spirits, and then finally paint. Also bought some painter's tape and a plastic drop cloth to help mask off the car. The total cost for this mod including the prep supplies is $35. Very cost effective and hopefully it turns out good. Here's a pic of everything needed to paint the calipers



And here's everything ready for this Saturday. I thought i should change the oil while the calipers are drying to save some time.

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Masa

Can't wait to see the end results at the Gordon Biersch meet afterwards.

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b1adesofcha0s

I should also mention that I'm doing this in preparation for my firat hyperdrive at Summit Point Raceway on June 16th

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sixpax

...looking forward to seeing how the calipers turn out.

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b1adesofcha0s

I'll be sure to post pics after we're done

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b1adesofcha0s

After a long azz day at Bobo's garage yesterday (13 hrs working on my car) we have the brakes mostly done. Ran into a little issue after we finished up and it looks like we didn't bleed one of the calipers properly so we will take care of that later tonight. We did get the XP8's on with the Motul fluid and we got the calipers painted (which took up most of the 13 hrs). Here are some pics:

Rear caliper on the rotor:



All calipers and brackets taken off:



Brackets after the first coat of paint:



Calipers painted:



Here's a before and after pic of the front calipers:







Tried to get some finished pics of the car this morning, but the sun was too bright and this is the best I could get. I'll take better pics later and post them up.

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shadoquad

looks good

b1adesofcha0s

Thanks Al. Hope your dinner survived in the car yesterday

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370ZDatsun

May I make a suggestion. Cut the white piece of the tinted tail light. It'll give it a better look and you will be able to see the white light when backing up better. I do have a question. When lowering did you do simply springs, and if so do the tires wear on the inside/outside in even?

b1adesofcha0s

Well the tail lights are painted so I can't really cut anything out. I thought about doing it like that at first, but I like this look better. The led lights in the tail lights are bright enough that there is absolutely no problem seeing them through the paint. They are actually brighter with the paint than most other cars that don't have led tail lights.

For lowering, I just did the Swift springs. Haven't really checked the tire wear in a while, but that should depend on the camber settings for your alignment. With negative camber, I think the inside of the tires should wear faster than the outside, but how much different they are depends how far out your camber is. Some one please correct me if I'm wrong about this.

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b1adesofcha0s

These pics didn't come out that good. I'll try to get some better ones at some point. Also I updated my first post and added the brake mods to the list.

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ZCarMan

Nice job Shahid!

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sixpax

Calipers look great man ! I bought the stuff to do mine, when you coming over ?

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b1adesofcha0s

Thanks guys!

Just a heads up Craig, you'll need 2 cans each of the paint and the brake cleaner. Have fun

The red brakes really stand out from far away, especially with the dark colored wheels.

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sixpax

I'm never one to mess with superior experience and technical skills. I figured you might be cool doing mine. I could watch and learn.

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