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    Senior Member BLK03SVT's Avatar
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    Painted my calipers and mounted my new wheels

    So everything finally arrived and after waiting for the garage to cool down I painted my rotor "hat's" and my calipers. All in all it was pretty easy, as long as you take your time and get everything you're painting clean and sanded. I think they turned out great, let me know what you think:

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    Rear:


    Sort of hard to see what I did in these pics but I'll take better ones later. If I could do it all over again I would have waited until the weather was a bit cooler and in the recommended temp range. Once you mix the paint with the hardner it really doesn't take long for it to get thick, and you have to keep mixing it often to keep it from setting up in the can and on the brush. I used the brush on kit from G2, which I ordered from Stage 3 (shipping was quick and thank you to them). On the rotor hats I used the spray on by Duplicolor. I painted over the entire caliper, including the COBRA letters, and waited till this morning to remove the paint from them with an exacto knife. It really worked well and the paint came right off, leaving the clean letters behind.

    And lastly I'm really happy with the look of the FR500's- way better than the blingy wheels I had before.

    2011 Shelby GT 500
    Black/Black/Satin Black Stripes, Electronics Pkg, FRPP/BMR Suspension/Borla-Ford Racing Exhaust
    488rwhp/463rwtq bone stock
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    2003 Mustang Cobra SVT Convertible- 302 Stroker & more- PSR Tuned, 2003 Mustang GT- Silver Coupe w/boltons
    1996 Mustang GT/SC- Paxton SC & Tons of Mods- SuperFord Mag Car, 1995 Mustang- Red w/boltons. 1968 Galaxie 500

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    Looks nice, I like it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by svtrichie View Post
    Looks nice, I like it.
    Thanks! I almost went red like the pic of your car....it was a tough choice.


    2011 Shelby GT 500
    Black/Black/Satin Black Stripes, Electronics Pkg, FRPP/BMR Suspension/Borla-Ford Racing Exhaust
    488rwhp/463rwtq bone stock
    Great Past Rides:
    2003 Mustang Cobra SVT Convertible- 302 Stroker & more- PSR Tuned, 2003 Mustang GT- Silver Coupe w/boltons
    1996 Mustang GT/SC- Paxton SC & Tons of Mods- SuperFord Mag Car, 1995 Mustang- Red w/boltons. 1968 Galaxie 500

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    lookin good man!!!

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    Looks great! Those wheels look nice too.

    Waiting for additional pics...
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    Quote Originally Posted by wickedcobra View Post
    I have it worked out with my wife too, I get car parts, she gets brooms, vacuum, irons etc....LOL

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    2011 Shelby GT 500
    Black/Black/Satin Black Stripes, Electronics Pkg, FRPP/BMR Suspension/Borla-Ford Racing Exhaust
    488rwhp/463rwtq bone stock
    Great Past Rides:
    2003 Mustang Cobra SVT Convertible- 302 Stroker & more- PSR Tuned, 2003 Mustang GT- Silver Coupe w/boltons
    1996 Mustang GT/SC- Paxton SC & Tons of Mods- SuperFord Mag Car, 1995 Mustang- Red w/boltons. 1968 Galaxie 500

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    That is sick
    Black 04 Cobra

    KB 2.2 @ 19#'s, 3.25(15#) upper, 4# lower, CAI, Kooks LT's, Catted H,
    SLP LM1 CB, 60# inj, BF idlers, BF TB, Zoom ZVT Stage 3, 26 Spline, MGW,
    2400 MAF, Ron Davis Racing HE, SCT tune, AFS 10.5, 315/35/17


    Quote Originally Posted by wickedcobra View Post
    I have it worked out with my wife too, I get car parts, she gets brooms, vacuum, irons etc....LOL

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    Mike your car gets sexier and sexier every time I see it.
    2012 Race Red GT w/ a 5 Liter and a 6 speed
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    '03 DBS Cobra .... Traded in, THANK GOD
    '01 Ford Lightning.... Sold, sorely missed

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