Finally got around to painting the Akebonos

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Jul 10, 2013 | 09:03 PM

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Mike45

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Looks good man

Jul 10, 2013 | 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BLAIR'N G372012

I think we all seen the Beer can on that Classic...lol I can only hope my Garage will look that spotless lol....thats one clean lookin work bench... I have to many parts wax and my kids crap on my bench...

Nice job on the brakes! My set up is Bright blue... though after seeing this red i'll change it up to Corvette Yellow high gloss with the decals...
make my Graphite CV5's pop...

New motivation to get my Garage clean

teach 'em to use the toilet, cleaner that way..

Jul 29, 2013 | 01:46 PM

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Digging It!!!

The calipers look awesome, great job. I guess my only concern would be how they are going to hold up, without powder coating them. I know you have not had them on long, but was still curious how they are holding up.

Jul 29, 2013 | 03:22 PM

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nice color~~~~ keep us updated with other mods~~~ ^^

Jul 29, 2013 | 03:31 PM

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Where did you get the akebono decal?

Jul 29, 2013 | 03:37 PM

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They are holding up awesome so far. I get my car washed about once a week in the city and have put about 1,200 miles on them since painting them. I believe there are many guys on the Forum who have rattle canned their Akebonos and they are holding up great years later.

Just snapped these the other morning!

Jul 29, 2013 | 03:40 PM

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Where did you get the akebono decal?

Got them from our vendor:

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They rock, decals where in my mailbox within the same week.

Jul 29, 2013 | 05:18 PM

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^Thanks. Looks like I have another project.

Jul 29, 2013 | 10:27 PM

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Nice quality man. I think I might go with either a light blue, or red. Haven't decided yet. But that's later to come.

Jul 29, 2013 | 11:23 PM

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Nice quality man. I think I might go with either a light blue, or red. Haven't decided yet. But that's later to come.

Join Team Red!

Jul 30, 2013 | 12:47 AM

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Painting mine red today but was wondering did u have to bleed the system after taking them out? I did my passenger sides on the car really wish i can remove them, this is primered only

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Jul 30, 2013 | 12:13 PM

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Painting mine red today but was wondering did u have to bleed the system after taking them out? I did my passenger sides on the car really wish i can remove them, this is primered only

I did bleed them as I removed them completely to paint. It is pretty easy to do especially when you have a buddy come over and he can push the brake down. You just unbolt everything and let the brake fluid drip out into a bowl. I then went to the store and purchased new fluid and bleed the system until she was stopping on a dime.