Your Mods To 2006-2011 FD Civics

[.k.]

puttin some hid in

[longers]

^ the only way to properly install them!

[ekdez]

lol nah, getting bored of the fd1, need awd or rwd boost

i hear you man..

im saving for a gs450h (Y) by the end of the year fingers crossed otherwise ill settle for a is250.

p.s. wheels actually going on tonite.

i gotta roll my guards a little more.





edit: wheels are on ill photo u tomorrow!

can safely say that the front, 19x8.5 +25 with a 215/35r19 will fit no problems
however, 19x9.5 +30 with a 225/35 will require u to do some work to the fenders and bumper imho 9.5 is a bit wide for our fd's in 19" maybe 17 or 18 tho

[eNGee]

weekend project complete !

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After:

[vlixcool]

Sweet! what paint did you use? VHT?

[eNGee]

^ i used "3M" Caliper Paint from Super Cheap Auto... they didn't stock anything else really... was looking for Septone Caliper Paint but it's all the same shiz.

[ekdez]

what camera you got?

[.k.]

i awnna paint my brakes black, any recommended paint brands? / which ones to steer clear of?

[curtis265]

Took a quick look here to compare to yours. Results look similar, but instead, this one has used a 'brake caliper paint kit'

I'd also recommend sanding them down like a b*tch so they're smooth and shiny too, that'll look nice. Won't help as well with heat dispersion, but that's probably minimal anyway

[xenonkuraz]

Hey Mate, I have the 3M paint as well. Planning to do mine on a warm day. How many coats did you do? And how did you clean the calipers?

Took a quick look here to compare to yours. Results look similar, but instead, this one has used a 'brake caliper paint kit'

I'd also recommend sanding them down like a b*tch so they're smooth and shiny too, that'll look nice. Won't help as well with heat dispersion, but that's probably minimal anyway

Whose gonna wanna paint with a brush lol

[eNGee]

^ Cleaned the calipers with a decent spray of degreaser, waited a couple of minutes, then scrubbed them with toothbrushes and washed the calipers with warm water. Then dried them up with rags. Once dry, i applied 3 coats of paint at 5 minute intervals. i rekn u could do 4 coats so that it's super shiny and you're only doing the one car...

We did 3 cars (12 calipers) with one (1) can. 2 cars with 3 coats and 1 car with 2 coats =D

blah blah blah... will do a DIY write up tonite or tomz hehe =)

[ekdez]

oh stig how i envy your air sus.



also believe it or not my car is FILTY and so are the wheels LOL