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Old 03-22-2016, 11:45 AM
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IMO, standard brake calipers look better when they don't draw the eye to them.

So in that context... yes, paint them matte black. It will look clean and unobtrusive.
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Old 03-22-2016, 12:00 PM
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Mine are painted a very dark gunmetal with some epoxy type paint. Mainly so they dont get all rusty and nasty.
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Old 03-22-2016, 12:10 PM
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Thanks for that insight. Im going to eventually replace them but thatll be a while from now. The state they are in now...well they aren't pretty that's for sure lol
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Old 03-22-2016, 12:37 PM
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Hey guys so as some of you may know I am running Kinetix high flow cats and have been since 2012. I bought my sedan brand new in 2010 so this year was my first time having to smog it and I am happy to say that it passed with flying colors. So for those of you that have had any concerns about passing smog with high flow cats, know that Kinetix will pass smog here in California.
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Old 03-22-2016, 01:23 PM
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Hey guys so as some of you may know I am running Kinetix high flow cats and have been since 2012. I bought my sedan brand new in 2010 so this year was my first time having to smog it and I am happy to say that it passed with flying colors. So for those of you that have had any concerns about passing smog with high flow cats, know that Kinetix will pass smog here in California.
Nice! I bet that was a nail-biter.
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Old 03-22-2016, 01:35 PM
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Nice! I bet that was a nail-biter.
It certainly was especially with the visual inspection. Good thing AFE finally got their CARB sticker for the Takeda cai as well otherwise I would have been in trouble for that as well
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Old 03-22-2016, 03:41 PM
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It certainly was especially with the visual inspection. Good thing AFE finally got their CARB sticker for the Takeda cai as well otherwise I would have been in trouble for that as well
Sweet! Thanks for the heads up on the CARB cert for the Takeda. Got my sticker on the way. WOOT!
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Sweet! Thanks for the heads up on the CARB cert for the Takeda. Got my sticker on the way. WOOT!
Hey no problem, you're welcome because we do need that thing for the visual inspection.
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Old 03-22-2016, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ZOSTER33
Hey guys so as some of you may know I am running Kinetix high flow cats and have been since 2012. I bought my sedan brand new in 2010 so this year was my first time having to smog it and I am happy to say that it passed with flying colors. So for those of you that have had any concerns about passing smog with high flow cats, know that Kinetix will pass smog here in California.
Glad to see you got it all worked out!
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Old 03-22-2016, 04:33 PM
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Hey no problem, you're welcome because we do need that thing for the visual inspection.
How did you get the HFCs to pass visual? Or did they just not check?
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Old 03-22-2016, 04:35 PM
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Got a call from disco tire. My tires are in. Although they won't go on til mid april, I had to pay for 'em now to get in on the rebate.

Anyhow, looked at the date code.. 4915! Doesn't get any fresher than that.
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Old 03-22-2016, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by TannerG
I posted this on my build thread but I'm sure I'd get more opinions here: Would It be tacky of me to paint the stock brake calipers? I think a little color would be nice and im considering adding some to the trim, a dark metallic blue.
Man it's been like 3 weeks that i started thinking about painting my calipers, and look what i ended up doing - a full brake job. Originally I only wanted to go for the look of the calipers and rotors not being rusty, i thought i'd clean them up and paint them with high temp paint, then started looking into rotors with the black coating and really wanted to get new rotors, then i thought hmm it's even cheaper and a million times better to get the calipers powder coated since they'll have to flush out the brake fluid and bleed the brakes as well and all together 4 calipers would only be $300ish and it'll last forever. Now i haven't even touched the calipers yet but got new rotors + pads. Ayy..
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Old 03-22-2016, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by lobuzz311
How did you get the HFCs to pass visual? Or did they just not check?
They did check but I guess he didn't know what Infiniti oem cats look like
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Old 03-22-2016, 04:56 PM
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Glad to see you got it all worked out!
You know what I removed the MAP sensor, wiped it down, blew dust off of it and the plug, reinstalled it and I have been CEL free now for 4 days now
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Old 03-22-2016, 05:19 PM
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You know what I removed the MAP sensor, wiped it down, blew dust off of it and the plug, reinstalled it and I have been CEL free now for 4 days now
Don't you have to get the computer re-programmed once you remove the sensor? That's what i've read from researching about the P0106 cel code.
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