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Old 04-07-2015, 08:09 PM
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I glued an "S" on the back of my car. I didn't want the GT3s I pass get confused.

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Old 04-09-2015, 11:16 PM
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Paint 'em pink if you like...screw everyone else's opinions. JMO
Old 04-19-2015, 05:44 PM
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Here is a photo of the finished product. I put some of colored center caps and valve stem covers on as well. I like it. I learned a lot about jacking up and placing the car on stands, which is one of the reasons I like doing this kind of thing, I learn things. Step 2, hydraulics, some neon under-lighting and a giant bass tube.... Not sure why my photo cropped. Can't take the whole car until it stops raining and I can give it a decent clean up.

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The real bad form here is that you don't have the point of the Porsche Crest pointing at the tire valve.
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and if you want "S" calipers, rotors etc the full paCKAGE I Have them off my 987 Spyder
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Doh! I did an image search and the crest pointing at the stem is really a thing! Trust me I'll have to fix that now.

F4 plt I've got to enjoy my own paint job for a while first. It took longer than when my son and I did his departed Subaru.
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Originally Posted by LexVan
The 1997 993 Turbo S had yellow calipers and steel rotors. Factory standard.
Thanks for reminding me of that bit of unusual history. As you know, PAG now enforces a branding color scheme to their calipers based on material used, model, hybrid...with a few exceptions.



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Old 04-21-2015, 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by LexVan
I think that's would be correct.

The 1997 993 Turbo S had yellow calipers and steel rotors. Factory standard.

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Apparently little known fact: Non-CC rotors are all iron. Steel would make for a needlessly heavy and expensive rotor with a lower surface coefficient of friction...that's why everyone's rotors have always been iron (until the advent of carbon ceramic, that is). I see all kinds of references to "steel" rotors lately, but they're still all iron. Maybe "iron" just doesn't sound sexy enough for some folks?

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Old 04-21-2015, 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by LexVan
Paint your calipers. Be happy. It's not like you're glueing an "S" on the back.

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Ha! Look at what the previous owner did to our Cayman. What a dope. I was going to de-badge it after we bought it, but then figured, "what the hell."

So, paint 'em up I say.
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OP - it's your car.

rock it



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