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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by yusoslo
I need to put these brakes on my car.. IF I go buy these calipers what do I need to do to get them to fit on my 4lug brakes? I have stainless lines right now. Do I need to buy hardlines? And arent the 5 lug 4-piston brakes have larger rotors???

I def need 4 pot calipers before I hit the track.
You can keep the SS lines but you'll need to convert to the 5lug assembly up front to run the 4pot calipers. I just got the other caliper and pads today and started painting this one. All I need now is the lines and I'm good to go, but to get them at kragen it's gonna take 10 days!!! I dont wanna wait that long.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 12:52 AM
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sorry to be a noob but what exactly is the "core"? Cause i went to kragen today to do a price check and the core was 60 bucks =O.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 12:55 AM
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dude, to make the "mazda" logo look better just lightly sand that area and it looks GREAT. Use a dremmel.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:17 AM
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does anybody know where to get some nice darkish green paint for the caliper? all i seem to find is limeish green.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by robtechfabrications
yea im doin this same trick as well and turning in my sucky na calipers for the core...painting my blue though
Cusco blue by chance??

I might just rebuild my calipers, but still do the same painting. And yeah, sanding off the letters and then doing a quick buffing job will look great.

Zach
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by NoRotor,NoMotor
sorry to be a noob but what exactly is the "core"? Cause i went to kragen today to do a price check and the core was 60 bucks =O.
The core is the old caliper you turn in for the new one. Since these are remanufactered they re-use good parts from the cores you turn in.

Yea I redid the mazda logo without guys yelling at me this time. I did it in the privacy of my garage and it came out much better looking.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 05:08 PM
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Post some pics!! I'd like to see how they came out.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 05:23 PM
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anyone have any luck with like polishing the caliper with a dremmel? then painting them?

i'm looking into doing this when i replace my pads, rotors, and flush my system.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 07:37 PM
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only ricers paint their calipers and think they are crazy! haha jk looks nice
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by calrx7
only ricers paint their calipers and think they are crazy! haha jk looks nice
I know damn ricers....haha but I kept mine mild and painted them blk I just wanted a clean subtle look. Especially since it'll go nice with the blk car.

Yes I will post pics of them install very soon. I should get the hardlines either thur. or fri. I install them probly sat. It just sux with all this rain in the bay area lately.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 11:36 PM
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black 4pots on a black car is the only way to go, too bad you can't see mines, haha.
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 10:01 PM
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That's exactly what mine will look like. Did you just sand down the mazda logo some to get it to shine cause I'm thinking about doing that. I redid the logo again and it came out better but I might jus sand it down so it looks cleaner.
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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Ok here they are on the car I couldn't get any pics when the wheel was off cause the batteries in the camera died. Also ignore how dirty the car is. It's been raining like crazy out here and finally there is sun shine. Now all I need is some rims to show these things off.

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