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Weekend Project-Painted Brake Calipers, Hubs & Drums, Chrome Lug Nuts!

Old Mar 15, 2008 | 06:52 PM
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Weekend Project-Painted Brake Calipers, Hubs & Drums, Chrome Lug Nuts!

To help get over me only having 3 center caps I improvised I bought chrome tuner lugs nuts and painted my calipers, hubs, and drums metallic silver this morning. I just took off all three center caps. I think it turned out good. In the process I broke two wheel studs one on each side of my front hubs. I’m planning on getting cross drilled and slotted front rotors and stainless steel brake lines along with pads in the near future I have this setup on my Maxima, the oe brakes slow my ride down good and stop good I just want the added performance of a better braking system.

Broken Wheel Stud


Taped Ready For Paint
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Painted


Rear Drum
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FINISHED!


Rear Drum Finished
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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Glad you didn't do red or blue.
Old Mar 16, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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snapping studs sucks, i did that on my 92.

looks clean
Old Mar 16, 2008 | 10:11 AM
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Nice job. Looks classy.

The mother****ing studs snap on me all the mother****ing time, it pisses me off.
Old Mar 16, 2008 | 04:16 PM
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nice job on this calipers.
Old Mar 16, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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Nice job, I like the color too.
Old Mar 22, 2008 | 08:02 PM
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It looks clean with those rims.
Old Mar 22, 2008 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 96blackmaxSE
Nice job. Looks classy.

The mother****ing studs snap on me all the mother****ing time, it pisses me off.
Let's try to keep it clean, shall we?
Old Mar 22, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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nice, im im going to do my calipers orange to go with my k-sport also use some orange silicone hose under the hood... that silver looks means as **** though. lol
Old Mar 22, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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Nice job man.Looks good....
Old Mar 23, 2008 | 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by SEmy2K2go
Let's try to keep it clean, shall we?
Sorry................
Old Mar 25, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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clean... im planning on painting mine silver also...it stands out ... the d/s rotors adds a nice style to it all as well... in the end your setup will be very nice.. great job
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