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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 07:22 PM
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G2 Kit used to Paint My Calipers

Hey Guys.......Just wanted to share my photos of my freshly painted Calipers. The G2 Kit with Xenon decals is a quick easy mod that I think looks great! Let me know what you think??





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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 10:04 PM
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Looks clean!
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 10:25 AM
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That looks great. Thats what I am doing today also. I've had the stuff since May and I'm finally getting around to doing it.
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 01:29 PM
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Thanks.........Same here, just had to force myself to do it! Post your pics here on this thread when you finish! Did you get any decals? I've got some extras from my set (SVT, Cobra, Pony's)
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 03:42 PM
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Looks great. My G2 painting kit arrives this week. I was thinking of other colors, but it's hard not to like red, especially with red leather interior. I might post the picts when finished.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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I did my calipers with G2's blue, and I love the look. The paint dries to a hard finish, almost like powdercoat. I have pics, just couldn't resize them last week, as I only had my laptop (and Dell's wonderful idea of adding basic photo software, with no resize function. If I want to resize pics, have to buy the updated version, MMMMM!!)

Needless to say, I am very happy with G2. Hey Joe, if I may ask, do you plan on keeping the G2 sticker? If not, could you mail it to me, if it isn't too much to ask. Mine was all fuzted up in the box, and G2 haven't yet called me back to send me more.
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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You mean the one that came with the caliper paint kit? Yes.....I'll mail it to you!
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 09:32 AM
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Hey..
Did you take the calipers off to paint them, did you have to bleed the brakes? Also, did you do any prep work? Any further steps? This is something I really want to do..I ordered the G2 kit and the decals, just need time to do it. It looks sweet on your rims, but I'm wondering how it will look with my '05 concept style rims
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 10:20 AM
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you don't have to take the calipers off to paint them. With the G2 system, be prepared to paint all four at the same undertaking as the hardner gets unusable in short order. I think the G2 is the best out there and you get caliper cleaner read (contact cleaner) with the kit.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 12:46 PM
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You mean the one that came with the caliper paint kit? Yes.....I'll mail it to you!
Hey Joe, thanks a bunch. I tried 4 times to get in touch with G2 paints, and they never called me back. I'll send you a PM with an address to my dealership, where you can mail the sticker to. Thanks again.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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Just got my G2 kit from Hubcapsplus for $33.24 shipped! Look for the coupon code "G2" for 5% off.

Lost my link to the decals. Can anyone help?
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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Hey Joe, thanks a bunch. I tried 4 times to get in touch with G2 paints, and they never called me back. I'll send you a PM with an address to my dealership, where you can mail the sticker to. Thanks again.
PM sent!! No Problem.....G2 decal is in the mail!!
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 09:01 PM
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Decals are from http://www.xenonmods.com/.
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 10:27 AM
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Anybody with Torch Red paint their calipers? Does the G2 red match?
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 01:11 PM
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My paint kit looked a little orangish while mixing, but after the paint dried it was a very nice Glossy Red!! Not sure about matching your factory color.....anybody?
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by eromzek
Hey..
Did you take the calipers off to paint them, did you have to bleed the brakes? Also, did you do any prep work? Any further steps? This is something I really want to do..I ordered the G2 kit and the decals, just need time to do it. It looks sweet on your rims, but I'm wondering how it will look with my '05 concept style rims
I agree with the other comments!! Also, I used a better paint brush than the one they supply. My $0.02
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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Thanks. I moved computer since I bookmarked it.
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by slowjoe24
Thanks.........Same here, just had to force myself to do it! Post your pics here on this thread when you finish! Did you get any decals? I've got some extras from my set (SVT, Cobra, Pony's)
I put my extra decals up for free on BadMustangs and got rid of the rest in a day. I ordered the silver ones.


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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 09:44 AM
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Lookin great Donna!!
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 07:57 PM
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I thought the G2 red was very close to the torch red. Here's a picture:




After painting all 4 callipers with 3 coats of paint, I had some left over, so before it hardened completely, I used the rest of it to paint the door sills.

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