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Old 06-13-2009, 10:37 PM
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Finally got them done. I bought the powerstop premium line slotted/drilled rotors and powerstop ceramic pads from brakemotive, a sponsor over on ls1tech.com, for $360 shipped. I got the silver g2 caliper kit for about $30 shipped and the decals came from vinzdecals.com for $11. They work extremely well compared to the stock hardware. Here's some pics:














and here's a few pics of my hand controls- I don't think I've posted any of those yet. The lever to the left of the steering column is the brake and gas. Push in for brake and down for gas- pretty simple.


 
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Old 06-13-2009, 11:20 PM
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wow, they look great!!!
 
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Old 06-15-2009, 10:39 AM
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Those look AWESOME. I want!!!!!! $360 isn't too bad. Did you ever price out stainless steel brake lines? I was considering those as well.
 
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Old 06-15-2009, 11:01 AM
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$100 for SS lines.
 
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Old 06-15-2009, 12:31 PM
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Those look great! Those are the same rotors and pads I bought on ebay...and it was actually through brakemotive too! Can't wait to intall mine when the old ones wear out!
 
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Old 06-15-2009, 01:21 PM
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G2 kit, did you brush on or spray on?
 
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Old 06-15-2009, 02:51 PM
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Wow! That turned out great!
 
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Old 06-15-2009, 06:04 PM
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Thanks for the compliments. I'm happy with the way they turned out and no more brake fade with a full tank of gas.

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$100 for SS lines.
What he said ^^

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G2 kit, did you brush on or spray on?
I brushed it on and it was easy to apply, it just took some time. We were a little pressed for time cause we were trying to make it to a cruise and burnout contest, but it still came out good. It set up pretty fast too, I was driving it about two hours after we finished eventhough they say to wait 24 hours.
 
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Old 06-16-2009, 09:56 AM
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Yeah I don't feel like taking apart my whole braking system because of space / time problems. So I was wondering how the G2 kit was with painting it on. Would be much easier to just remove a tire and then paint than to remove everything in a parking lot.
 
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why did you install that gas/break system?! i guess you would eventually get use to it. the car does look great
 


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