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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 03:18 PM
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And it's lowered too!





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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 03:23 PM
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Holy giant pic's batman BTW, you mean calipers. They look
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Might need to make the photos smaller
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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Looking Good Jack

It's nice to see it finished. I must admit, all the trouble you had kept me entertained for days with some of your previous posts

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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by blazeone
Holy giant pic's batman BTW, you mean calipers. They look
Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 04:14 PM
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Great looking job on te calipers.
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 04:19 PM
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Looks great at least 7 additional HP per caliper
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 04:37 PM
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Looks great at least 7 additional HP per caliper
They really do look good!!!
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by blazeone
Holy giant pic's batman BTW, you mean calipers. They look


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Wow!! Wait a sec....Lemme get my monitor stretcher out...

Oh yeah!!! That looks great!!! The whole package.
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by blazeone
Holy giant pic's batman BTW, you mean calipers. They look
Actually he may mean rotors.... it looks as if the hats are freshly painted black! Whatever the case it looks
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Derek Byrne
Looks great at least 7 additional HP per caliper
Perhaps more!
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 05:02 PM
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They look great and to scale even.
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looks good
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Good job! Looks great!
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Originally Posted by sweetcharity
Actually he may mean rotors.... it looks as if the hats are freshly painted black! Whatever the case it looks

Thanks SC, actually I did mean calipers but you're right, I painted the rotor hats too.
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Originally Posted by Sportsdude
Might need to make the photos smaller
Yeah, think so. I tried the new "photohost" web site on this one and WOW! Won't do that again but I thought the size would make for good viewing of detail on this one.
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
Perhaps more!
I'm waiting until I paint the "R" on the back to get it dynoed.
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Originally Posted by talon90
Looking Good Jack

It's nice to see it finished. I must admit, all the trouble you had kept me entertained for days with some of your previous posts

Paul
Glad I could keep everyone entertained! Sheesh! You guys are COLD!

But I love ya anyway!
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