Wanted to post some pictures of my drilled/slotted rotors with red calipers with NISSAN decal.

Also picture of my BLACK Trenz grill

 

Very nice !





bob

 

Looks good, how'd u get the grille black?

 

thats cool, nice job..... any info on what you used for paint and the decals...

 

us024: Wow, beautiful job on calipers. Nice looking grill too. What brand of paint did u use on the calipers? Did you clearcoat them? How about doing a write up with pics and post in a Sticky? Did u paint or powdercoat the grill? My calipers are coming along slowly but surely. Post more pics of the calipers, close up with rim off and farther away. Thanks!! Well done!!!

 

CALIPERS - painted on the vehicle with spray brake enamel. Cleaned the calipers well with brake cleaner and a brush, and then masked them well with masking tape, newspaper etc. Put 3 coats of primer and then 5 coats of brake enamel. Let them dry for 24 hours before driving. The decals I just received (they were referenced in another thread the other day). Cleaned the calipers again with brake cleaner and then lightly sanded the area for the decal with 320 grit sand-paper. Applied the decal and then applied 2 coats of clear polyurethane.

GRILL - started out as a brushed finish Trenz grill. Sanded it well (it had been on the car for about 10 months), and then painted it with 4 coats of auto primer. Then used 6 coats of satin finish black enamel. FInished with 6 coats of satin finish polyurethane. It looks alot better on the smoke Maxima than the satin finish grill.

Just be sure and apply several thin coats of primer and then several thin coats of paint and then several thin coats of clearcoat.

The calipers have held up very well for about 10 months. We'll see about the grill, but it would be easy to sand down and paint again.

 

Good luck with the grille...I hope you have better luck with it than I did after painting the OEM one...

 

Lets see some more pics...

 

Looks great, I'm awaiting the arrrival of my caliper paint, also red. Where do I get the Nissan stickers though?

 

Caliper decals...

http://www.xenonmods.com/newallcaliperdecals.htm

Mine are the metallic silver; thought they went better with the OEM wheels and the smoke color.

 

Did you replace the pads when you put the new rotors on? I just ordered some, they should be here next week. Show more pics... I wanna see the red against the rotors from a little ways away

 

No, I didn't replace the pads, they were still good. Just replaced the twu front rotors. Will replace the rear rotors when the rear pads need to be replaced.

I'll take some more pictures tomorrow.

 

So 05 comes with black calipers I hear?

 

us24077,

Nice job on the grill, looking forward to seeing more pics of it and the wider shots of the brakes.

What is that on your grill, above the burger? Did you leave a small piece chrome? Maybe its just the pic, but it looks like something is there....

 

Yup. I have black calipers on mine. I think both the SE/SL have it. I'm thinking of putting the Nissan letters on my black calipers. It would really stand out. Nissan shoulda put it on from the start.

 

thanx for this site.. I might have to do mines someday

 

you should send this pic to that site so that they can have a pic next to the "nissan" stickers like some of the other pics......

 

Us: Did you remove all the bronze colored brake pad clips beore u painted? There is a ton of them on these brakes for some reason. I have been sanding my brakes so it isnt as rough, so that when painted, the surface will look nice and smooth. Did you remove the calipers and pads before painting?

 

If anyone gets to it or has a photo already, Id like to see the black caliper with the SE wheel. Red seems a little played out so Its down to black or silver, I have a blck car so im tending towards black.

 

I was thinking a silver caliper with red letters maybe.........

 

I thought about black but its kind of invisible. Red spices things up a bit.

 

Thanks for posting the site....I just ordered a pair of metallic gold ones......can't wait.

 

I believe thats the Trenz logo

 

I have the same grill and dont have that logo.....maybe its add on.....

 

The TRENZ grille that i first had on my Max had the logo on it. The 1st thing i did was take the logo off.

Bob

 

Fantastic job super well done old bean ...I am in love with effect ...

Ju st added that to my must get around to doing that list ... errr number 42

 

The silver spot at the top of the grill is the Trenz logo. I had taken it off, and it didn't look right with the large solid trangular black area at the top of the grill so I put it back on.

 

us024077, do you have more pics of your brakes from just a little further away? Ive just ordered some rotors and Id like to see them from a different angle. Thanks Mike

 

Those calipers are hot. Nice job.

 

 

Looks sharp. Doesnt really jump out, but very nice look.

 

Where did you get your rotors and how much?

 

irotors.com

 

where can i buy that decal from? wut material is the decal?

 

check post #10

 

looks great

 

US02 - you say you got your rotors from Irotors.com. I went to site and don't see for 04 model. What PN did you use.

 

I am planning on buying my rotors/pads/ss lines from AuToMaX 95:
From him:
"$200 for F/R RTP SLotted or xdrill rotors $100 for F/R Axxis/PBR ulttimatebrake pads and if you want SS lines is $90 shipping is $45 for everything or you can pick them up."
$435 total, front and rear...
Here's his thread in the GD area:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....6&page=1&pp=30

 

I got the ss lines, they come in on friday, won't be able to install till the weekend after though... I'm going to a meet this weekend..

 

Tek, it's nice to have not spent that G on them D2's right now huh?
I'm getting brakes soon instead...