decided to switch it up a little
 

heres 2 quick pics, im still waiting for black brembo decals. should be here any day.
too the red stripes off, and painted the calipers yellow.
i really like the contrast with black wheels better now, red wasnt red enough for me, i dunno lol.
i was sopposed to have my bumerettes painted today, and the guy that was doing it had to go to hospital couse hes having a baby. hopefully next week or so when he has time, hey, free painting, im not complaining and can wait hehe
anyways, heres the pics

http://i19.tinypic.com/4po6vd0.jpg
http://i17.tinypic.com/61nnv2t.jpg

It looked good before, but I think it looks better now.

Now you just need to update your sig

Damn Yellow looks pretty cool.

I agree with what DR.Kill said :cheers:

is the yellow temporary only? i hope not coz' it really looks good and it stands out :)

The guy was having a baby? Cool. I'll watch for it on Discovery Health Channel.

Looks good, DJ.

haha, just saw that, what i wrote i mean, his wife, smartass hehe.

yellow is here to stay, i hope hehe. i really like how it stands out, this time i used spray can instead of brush kit.

LOOKS SICK, i would love to do the same, what type of paint did you use??

I love the yellow calipers. Have you considered going with a polished lip? The reason I'm not a fan of black wheels is you can't differentiate between the wheel and tire. I love the look of a low profile tire and an all black wheel gives the illusion of too much tire, not enough wheel. The strip helps, but I think a silver polished lip would work well with the silver corners and side lights, IMHO.

The polished lip delineates the wheel from the tire:

http://imgup-lb.automotive.com:8080/...81212.w315.jpg

very nice Djomlas
 

http://lh6.google.com/986rgt/RirLy8f...%20%283%29.JPG
Yellow and black are the only way to go, although a bright blue might go nicely with your color car... hmmm or maybe white w/ greenish porsche stickers. But the yellow works!

Steve

white would look nice i must say.

BTW, do you have problems keeping yellow calipers clean?

Looks great DJ! The decals will be a nice touch when they get added. Looks like the hardtop has found a comfortable storage place?

yeah, they get dirty
 

but being as bright as they are clean, they still look good with a bit of dust on them. Probably more of an issue for you with your wheels. The Turbo rims are a bit easier for cleaning the calipers I would imagine. One of the reasons I opted for them in the first place, but I do like your rims. If it weren't for the cleaning issues I would have ordereed those back in 99.

Steve

i dont mind cleaning them, especially now in black.

the only problem i have, well with any wheels, is after washing the car, that orange dust/rust builds up on rotors, and goes all over the wheels the first time i drive it.

anyone got any suggestions on dealing with that?

Oh, I friggin' hate that! Usually, I take a quick spin to brake the rotors clean and then wipe the wheels down with some spray detailer.

dude, but you have total of what, 20 spokes on all 4 wheels...i have maybe 300 lol.
damn....

Looks good DJ. A porshophile would do a double take and think you've got the PCCB's on there.

I know what you mean about the rims. It takes forever to clean the brake dust off them. I've got the same ones you do.

I've considered painting my turbo twists black several times, but I too, dislike the illusion of "too much tire" from the lack of contrast between wheel and tire. The twists are super easy to clean, which I love.

As far as painting calipers, if your car ever sees track time that simply isnt going to work. I would only ever powder coat brake calipers, problem is that also involves a rebuild as all the seals, etc have to come out (although, on the bright side, depending on your car's age, this could be beneficial as well).

Yellow brakes on black wheels are hot, however.

Patrick

That's exactly why I buy five spokes for everything now. In the 80's I had two cars and put BBS mesh wheels on both of them. My back still hurts from cleaning those things. One set was white! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! Live and learn DJ...live and learn.

white mesh wheels, wow dude. you should have one with white calipers as well lol

but what can i say, i love the multi spoke wheels

Yea I'm not a fan of black rims either. But I think those yellow calipers look sharp!

dj - that looks hot! great pics

You wanted turbo's in black? here's mine, I also went the yeller callipers. Love the contrast. As for PCCB's, if I could afford em, and they would fit, I would have em, buuuuut I can't, they won't, so I have yellow paint!

Steve
http://lh6.google.com/986rgt/RirLy8f...%20%283%29.JPG

DJ, good work as always!

Looks so much better without the red pinstripes! I agree with one of the posters here though--a polished lip would look pretty badass.

As for rust, I do the same as Grizzly--clean everything, drive around the block, wipe out the wheel wells. But yeah, I only have five spokes, and especially now with the Cayman S wheels, they're very easy to keep clean. Yours...not so much. :)

i love the yellow, i may be motivated to do something to mine, after 9 years the black is looking a little bad.

Keep up the good work.

Good job, DJ !

Did you get tires yet ? Are you racing with us this weekend ?

Nick

no i didnt get tires yet, but ill see how bald tires perform hehe.
imma be there sunday and rip em up hehe

They aren't bald. They've just turned into slicks - should work great! ;)

thats what i keep telling myself heheh
but new ones should be on pretty darn soon

Sweeetttt Yellowwww is the way to go. I love yellow calipers. I'm gonna re-paint mine next week. I bought Grey decals to put on. So i thought i'd give the calipers a fresh coat of YELLOW paint.

Sweet kar dj!

OHH and right now i have white decals, but they don't look good on yellow. doesn't stand out...you can barely even see the white decals. That's why i'm puting grey decals...should look good..i hope!

I am inspired. Is there some DIY guide to doing this, or is it just as simple as:

1) remove wheel
2) cover disk
3) paint caliper with special paint

Close. You missed steps 2(a), 2(b), 2(c) and 2(d)

2(a) - clean caliper
2(b) - clean caliper really well
2(c) - clean caliper really, really well
2(d) - clean caliper again

decals are on, i LOVE how this whole thing turned out.
i put them on last night, alnog with another 3 coats of yellow.

and as for how to paint them, just please make sure that you clean them really good, and when you think they are clean, then clean them 2 more times.
mask everything off relaly good, this is spraycan, so it will go everywhere, and use light coats, then when you think its yellow or any other color enough, do one heavy coat to get some gloss out of the color, which will also make for easier cleaning later on.
best way to cover the whole area around the caliper is to get a big garbage bag, cut it so that its one big sheet, and then in the middle make small cut, and then put it over the caliper, and since the bad is stretchy you can make just pull on it until you can slide it on the bottom covering everything but the caliper...kind of like when youre putting a rubber band over something, its small, but as you pull more it stretches over and when you let go it just tucks in under....i dunno if that makes sense, but try it, it worked great for me

heres a quick pic of decals on
http://i16.tinypic.com/62dudsz.jpg

Looks great! Now I have to find some time to do mine.

Pics, we need pics.

look at my last post, i put a picture up