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Old 09-19-2012, 06:44 PM
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They're a little bit larger than the brembos and the akebono calipers are thicker by a couple mm than the brembos. If you're concerned about the weight of the rotors you could always get the 2 piece rotors and save yourself a couple pounds. I picked my set up off of the forums here and then sent the calipers off to mike the powdercoater to get done in Porsche yellow
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 06:47 PM
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Yea def.^^^^ thats why i wont settle for oem brembos they look too small for me. My ISS's have 19" faces and i know 14" rotors and those calipers will fill that up but im also trying not to add crazy weight to the vehicle if its unnecessary weight.
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 06:50 PM
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Ya, just go with the 2 piece rotors then. They're a little bit more expensive but worth the weight savings if that's something you're concerned with. If you look a couple pages back you can see what they looked like underneath the 19in step lip meisters vs the 19in gts wheels, they definitely fill the wheel up nicely
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 07:08 PM
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Im very excited this winter cuz im gunna clean the car up w a bbk and bags plus a fresh respray!! then ready for shows in the spring!!
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 07:12 PM
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Your calipers just pop like crazy against your body color man...my blue isn't bright enough to pull off the bright yellow like that...
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 07:19 PM
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Thanks man, have u thought about doing a body color blue on the calipers with silver logos? That's what I had originally planned on doing before finally deciding on the yellow
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 07:22 PM
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Yeah right now i'm debating between color matching them to be my body color with white logos or doing a gold/bronze similar to the brembos instead with white logos
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ambiguous113
Yeah right now i'm debating between color matching them to be my body color with white logos or doing a gold/bronze similar to the brembos instead with white logos
Do a bronze color a lil darker than the brembos..
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 07:37 PM
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Yeah i'm really considering that Frankie...wish i had legit photoshopping skills so i could see how it'd look haha
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 08:37 PM
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Old 09-19-2012, 08:43 PM
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Thanks Frankie! I'm just PM'd the guy who posted it to see what color it is
 
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Old 09-19-2012, 08:49 PM
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That's what friends are for!! Haha It's a custom color he got mixed, I'd luv to have that color on my ob..
 
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by darksideG35
ive always thought about doing them as the phantom style gts wheels (gloss black lips with the gunmetal faces), idk though but always thought that it might look good for some odd reason.. quick photoshop i did back when i first bought the wheels just to see what it might look like


that would look great. But im biased
 
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:20 AM
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Yeah u should of never gotten rid of yours.. I'd like to see those wheels on ob..
 
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:34 AM
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phantom style gts look pretty sick on your car.
 


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