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Old 01-26-2007, 01:50 PM   #1
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polished z brakes

well i finally got a day off and was bored so i thought id try a new project on polishing my z brakes. Seeing as how i have polished many things b4 i thought this might be somthing kinda cool. i havent really seen any pics of the polished z brakes but im sure there is but well here are mine still in progress and few of my other projects that ive done.
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Old 01-26-2007, 01:56 PM   #2
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pretty nice.. how did you polish them?
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Old 01-26-2007, 02:09 PM   #3
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well first i did some heavy grit sanding to try and smooth all the casting marks off then used brass wire wheel to get some of the oil and other stuff off in hard to reach areas now i am using 220 grit sanding to smooth stuff and will just work using finer and finer grit till its really smooth and polish it all with some compound.
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Old 01-26-2007, 02:17 PM   #4
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hehe whats the compound??
did ya use a dremel??
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Old 01-26-2007, 02:26 PM   #5
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i used some white rouge, and most of work is by hand but i did use the dremel to get inbetween the fins. i'll post more pics when it starts to look better
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Blingness is cool.

This is what happens when tweakers get ahold of your Z calipers ^_^
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Old 01-26-2007, 03:11 PM   #7
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Looks time consuming. Props to you, I wouldn't have the patience. Do you coat them with something to preserve/protect the finish?
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I was gona do the same thing but decided it is too much work.. so I just painted em red.

they wont look like that for long unless you keep cleaning them^^
I guess thats expected from any brake finish though
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Old 01-26-2007, 03:36 PM   #9
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dood ive seen the polished z brakes before
but the car had the emblems shaved too
shit was GANGSTER
gotta rock the baller wheels though, FN01RCs need not apply as do sportmax
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dood ive seen the polished z brakes before
gotta rock the baller wheels though, FN01RCs need not apply as do sportmax
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LOL fkn hilarious joke LOLOLO OMG
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Old 01-26-2007, 04:03 PM   #11
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heres a side by side



dont usually coat things that will get hot it'll start to yellow, usually polish everything at least once a month to stay fresh looking
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bigger pic to see detail? Shaving the Nissan emblem would indeed be cool... hmmm.... I think I have extra calipers stashed away somewhere...
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thats nice dude.. but I think my heart is still with the classic.. red with white letters..
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thats nice dude.. but I think my heart is still with the classic.. red with white letters..
i hear ya. heres mine

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dam, looks T-1000ish.. NICE
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dam, looks T-1000ish.. NICE
but... regarding T-1000s...

"It cant form complex machines, guns and explosives have chemicals, moving parts, it doesn't work that way, but it can form solid metal shapes.

"Like what?"

"Knives and stabbing weapons"


Brake calipers have moving parts. pistons. also brake fluid. rubber seals. etc. it doesnt work that way.
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Old 01-27-2007, 10:25 PM   #17
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i work at a metal polishing shop and those look pretty good you did it pretty much how we would have good work
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