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Old 07-07-2009, 09:50 PM
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^^ Very nice! What front rotor is that?
 
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Thx......it is what brakeperformance.com offers. Basically OEM rotors that are drilled/slotted, and zinc coated, for $250 shipped (fronts).....not a bad price IMO.
 
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Originally Posted by w0ady
looks great man!

props to mike for sick work. im the 1st one he did the akebonos for - even sent him the decal and we did them at his house heh.
where did you get the decals?
 
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Old 07-27-2009, 05:41 PM
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Jhurst why didnt you get the rears to match the front, it looks sick like that!
 
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Old 07-27-2009, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by OCG35
where did you get the decals?
got the akebono logo from the web. sent to mike and he had it converted to his cutting machine format. he made a template and spray painted over the blue powdercoat then covered everything with a clear powdercoat. so he can cut templates or actual decals. hit him up @ www.thepowdercoater.com.

 

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Old 07-27-2009, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by w0ady
got the akebono logo from the web. sent to mike and he had it converted to his cutting machine format. he made a template and spray painted over the blue powdercoat then covered everything with a clear powdercoat. so he can cut templates or actual decals. hit him up @ www.thepowdercoat.com.

oh... from the way you posted I got the impression you sent him the decal (that’s what it says )

anyway, I think the link you sent is supposed to have "er" at the end right?... when I click the link = nothing, but when I add er to the end I get his site (I guess its the guy everyone refers to)... but he's in GA and I don’t want to pay for shipping, so I'll either have my powder coater do it or have AE paint them... I just need to get some decals made up.

I called Akebono US to request decals, but all they have are stickers (that are too big) - it was nice of 'em to send them though.
 
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lol ya my bad. www.thepowdercoater.com. just get the logo and take it to a sticker shop. they can cut it.
 
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Old 07-28-2009, 04:54 PM
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Black looks sick!
 
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Old 07-28-2009, 05:12 PM
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funny that we're talking about this, mike hit me up today. hes doing a group buy if anyone is interested. all info here:

http://www.the370z.com/group-buys/72...ercoating.html
 
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Old 07-31-2009, 03:56 AM
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funny that we're talking about this, mike hit me up today. hes doing a group buy if anyone is interested. all info here:

http://www.the370z.com/group-buys/72...ercoating.html
^ DO IT!! Mike's work is sick... and looks like he's done plenty of the Akebono sets now that you know you won't have to worry about quality.. plus all the high praises he gets around the forums for all his work... you've spent all that $$$ for the BBK... what's a few more...
 
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^ DO IT!! Mike's work is sick... and looks like he's done plenty of the Akebono sets now that you know you won't have to worry about quality.. plus all the high praises he gets around the forums for all his work... you've spent all that $$$ for the BBK... what's a few more...
that philosophy is what doubled my recent body work project

If you haven’t recently spent thousands (many of them) on the car, then sure what’s a few hundred more than the price of the Akebonos… but limits have to be set (and I’ve reached mine for now).
 
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If you take a logo to a local sticker shop, or have them pull it up on the web, shouldn't it be a high temp decal? Or could you get away with just a regular vinyl or something? Thanks!
 
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God damn the cars in this thread are BEAUTIFUL!
 
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no one??
 
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im not sure if mike uses anything specials for the decals sorry. just looking at it, i thought it was regular but i dont want to tell you the wrong thing. hit him up at thepowdercoater.com
 


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