John5788's 1993 2.6 190E - Page 22

John5788 · 09-08-2008, 08:04 AM

1993 E420 brake calipers in preparation:

bassist21685 · 09-08-2008, 08:21 AM

dude, those are going to lok great behind your rims! i love everything about your car!

chuni959 · 09-08-2008, 02:17 PM

hahah no before pic? You know if you just would have soaked them in brake fluid, all that paint would bubble off after 5 mins... So you see why i did the JB weld over the star now right? Are you doing a logo on them?

Mosleyp4p · 09-08-2008, 03:27 PM

john your ride is ripped. I'd take it in a heartbeat, but with all the money invested wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a 16V?....but to be compleatly honest your car is actually probably cooler than a 16V lol.

danwatt · 09-08-2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by chuni959

hahah no before pic? You know if you just would have soaked them in brake fluid, all that paint would bubble off after 5 mins... So you see why i did the JB weld over the star now right? Are you doing a logo on them?

The paint flaked off instantly because it was sprayed right over dirt. We did all the sanding and grinding because we wanted to knock the texture in the metal down.

JB Weld melts at a few hundred degrees if I remember correctly so we didn't want any of that. No logo.

John5788 · 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Mosleyp4p

john your ride is ripped. I'd take it in a heartbeat, but with all the money invested wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a 16V?....but to be compleatly honest your car is actually probably cooler than a 16V lol.

thanks man :)

i do think my car is way cooler than a 16v. its more fun to drive (except the bit about the automatic transmission) and knowing that I put the effort into to make it the way it is today (with help along the way) just makes it that much more fun.

chuni959 · 09-08-2008, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by danwatt

The paint flaked off instantly because it was sprayed right over dirt. We did all the sanding and grinding because we wanted to knock the texture in the metal down.

JB Weld melts at a few hundred degrees if I remember correctly so we didn't want any of that. No logo.

shoulda thrown down on some G2 paint

bassist21685 · 09-08-2008, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by John5788

thanks man :)

i do think my car is way cooler than a 16v. its more fun to drive (except the bit about the automatic transmission) and knowing that I put the effort into to make it the way it is today (with help along the way) just makes it that much more fun.

m104swap with a getrag would be icing on the cake

mike919 · 09-08-2008, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by chuni959

shoulda thrown down on some G2 paint

Holy shit, where'd you get that sticker?? fuckin sick. Im probably gonna do the 300E upgrade later on. Since their always in the junkyard and i have stock rims and engine.

danwatt · 09-09-2008, 12:18 AM

Oh, even worse, you used the duplicolor brush on stuff.

chuni959 · 09-09-2008, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by danwatt

Oh, even worse, you used the duplicolor brush on stuff.

Good one there Choad Stevens. I used the 2-part epoxy G2 Paint kit. Educate yourself:
eBay Motors: RED G2 BRAKE CALIPER PAINT EPOXY STYLE KIT FREE SHIP (item 280264944402 end time Sep-15-08 05:11:13 PDT)

what did you use? Rattlecan BBQ paint? hahahah

chuni959 · 09-09-2008, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by mike919

Holy shit, where'd you get that sticker?? fuckin sick. Im probably gonna do the 300E upgrade later on. Since their always in the junkyard and i have stock rims and engine.

i wouldnt even bother upgrading unless you have like an 84 with solid front discs. Stickers from xenonmods on ebay iirc

danwatt · 09-09-2008, 08:31 AM

We used watercolors