k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,063 Member For: 16y 8m 17d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 30/12/21 08:06 PM Share Posted 30/12/21 08:06 PM do they rip up your rotors, though? how are they on dust production? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetpop Silver Donating Members 436 Member For: 5y 19d Posted 30/12/21 09:17 PM Author Share Posted 30/12/21 09:17 PM Having a quick look this morning for some real world reviews, they sound the biz though. Ive had carbon ceramic pads in the bikes before and they appeared to be easy on rotors but fairly heavy on dust. Possibly an easy compound on rotors but pad wears out quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams355 Member 529 Member For: 7y 7m 26d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 31/12/21 03:40 AM Share Posted 31/12/21 03:40 AM 7 hours ago, k31th said: do they rip up your rotors, though? how are they on dust production? No just the same as any performance pad. They last a long time as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetpop Silver Donating Members 436 Member For: 5y 19d Posted 02/02/22 06:09 AM Author Share Posted 02/02/22 06:09 AM Avoided the plague for 2 years and it finally got me. Put me in bed for a day super tired and achey and then decided while off for a few days it was best to visit a sore spot. The paint work.I was never really happy with the finish I got and kinda gave up. I hit it again starting with some very aggressive sanding starting from 400 right up to 3000. The paint always had a porous finish which I never properly levelled down. This made it really easy for the paint to get crap in it and hard to clean. Its by no means a top end finish but much smoother and finished with a heavy cut compound and sealed with turtle wax seal and shine. I feel now with regular washing it will look much more respectable for longer and easier to wash. Snuck in a small headlight polish while I was at it.I've also got one of the bikes up for sale and the sale of that will cover the cost of a built zf. Really want to drag race the car and lay down some numbers reliably. In prep for zf and retune I have ordered an antz turbo side intake and arranged all the parts I need to get the battery in the boot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,063 Member For: 16y 8m 17d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/02/22 06:18 AM Share Posted 02/02/22 06:18 AM looks good from afar solid update bro. Hopefully the plague didn't stuff with you too much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetpop Silver Donating Members 436 Member For: 5y 19d Posted 02/02/22 06:31 AM Author Share Posted 02/02/22 06:31 AM Exactly this 'good from afar'. Which is fine for now, the car lives outside so a killer paint job would be very hard to keep mint when its exposed to the elements 24/7In bed for a day, dead tired, full body aches but woke up next day ready for action!Think I will do an interior detail tomorrow, keep me busy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz097 Bronze Donating Members 1,752 Member For: 13y 5m 6d Posted 02/02/22 09:16 AM Share Posted 02/02/22 09:16 AM Did you end up putting a clear on the paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetpop Silver Donating Members 436 Member For: 5y 19d Posted 02/02/22 09:21 AM Author Share Posted 02/02/22 09:21 AM No clear, just polished the acrylic base coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz097 Bronze Donating Members 1,752 Member For: 13y 5m 6d Posted 02/02/22 09:38 AM Share Posted 02/02/22 09:38 AM My mate swears by clear over acrylic. Doesn't even get the acrylic looking good. Just bulks it on then cut polished the clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetpop Silver Donating Members 436 Member For: 5y 19d Posted 02/02/22 09:44 AM Author Share Posted 02/02/22 09:44 AM Yeah I can see that working no drama at all. Is he referring to a 2k clear over acrylic? I've read in the past of people doing it with good results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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