More painted calipers...
Safety Car
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From: Omaha Nebraska
St. Jude Donor '06
Originally Posted by rcs128
Black is the new Red. 
Oh well... I'm leaning hard to go to chrome brackets (Oh yeah, 125 FT lbs here baby- I'm man enough to get there!
) Then use the ss inserts behind the pads... KARSC5 made my mind up after looking at his!!!I do have Red lettering but maybe on a TR Vert, white is more of an eye catcher???
Looks nice!!
Oh yeah, no jackstands like rws.1 says...???
Too risky!!
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2005
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Originally Posted by VRROOOM2
(Oh yeah, 125 FT lbs here baby- I'm man enough to get there!
loved your post. But talk is cheap, pal; let us know how it goes with those bolts... when my wife came out to the car and found me in tears, I had to tell her I got something in my eyes. But in truth, those things nearly broke me... Actually, here's a tip (to use at your own risk; I don't know how smart this was). On the driver's side I ended up putting a wrench on the bolt and then breaking the bolt free by putting pressure on the wrench with my floor jack... basically jacking the wrench "up" to get it going. You can't do it on the passenger side (wrong direction of rotation and stuff in the way) but I suppose you could LOWER the CAR with the wrench braced by something. But again, be careful.
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Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Omaha Nebraska
St. Jude Donor '06
Originally Posted by rcs128
loved your post. But talk is cheap, pal; let us know how it goes with those bolts... when my wife came out to the car and found me in tears, I had to tell her I got something in my eyes. But in truth, those things nearly broke me... Actually, here's a tip (to use at your own risk; I don't know how smart this was). On the driver's side I ended up putting a wrench on the bolt and then breaking the bolt free by putting pressure on the wrench with my floor jack... basically jacking the wrench "up" to get it going. You can't do it on the passenger side (wrong direction of rotation and stuff in the way) but I suppose you could LOWER the CAR with the wrench braced by something. But again, be careful.
As far as taking my bolts loose... or tightening them,...I tip the scales pretty hard
so a bit of torque is not much of an issue for a big boy like me... 
Seriously... I just took mine off all the way around a month ago for a nice cleaning... Then of course, it rained on us during the weekend trip we were on... I will say using a nice long breaker bar helps a bit and my ratcheting-clicker style torque wrench just clicks enough past one click to tighten them back up !! (This is with the wheels just a half inch or so off the ground...) Next time you want to tighten yours, give me a call... You can "stop by" and I'll give 'em an extra tug for ya!!
Drifting
Joined: May 2005
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From: Colorado Springs CO
Originally Posted by blacksedan87
Looks great!! BTW - the bracket bolts should be at 125 lb ft. torque.
AND red loctite on the first 3-4 threads3' breaker bar worked wonders on those things.
Beautiful color on the car, we don't get to see it very often. Good choice with the black calipers, and nicely painted.
