Got my 'F' Back

[Warrington guy]

Big rat LOVE IT 😀

[Big Rat]

45 minutes ago, The-Acre said:

That's a mean looking machine, I'd move out of the way if I saw it coming (which I wouldn't do at the moment as Vision Express let me down this week)

@The-Acre Thanx Phil like you been a chippy/General builder nigh on 45 years now..... the eyes oh the eyes......

Big Rat 

 

[Big Rat]

12 minutes ago, Warrington guy said:

Big rat LOVE IT 😀

@Warrington guy Thanx matey, Goodwood nearly on us the drive down will mean 2 things.......

Your Blue Callipers And my yellows will be gripping Red discs..😂

And I’ll be coming second the roads are dry........😉

🐀

[Warrington guy]

Big rat . Just some fun on the way down .it has to be done ✅ 

[J Henderson]

10 hours ago, Comedian said:

Are they matt?

 

I'd say they look more like "satin" black since they have a small amount of sheen to them. Somewhere in-between matte and gloss. 

BTW Big Rat, they're growing on me. Any more mods planned?

[Big Rat]

@J Henderson Couldn’t discribe the finish better myself, no that’s it now I’ve been itching to do this aspect for some weeks now and having had the Quicksilver exhaust fitted some months back it completes my little personalisation.

None if it’s permanent and easily reversible having kept the original exhaust system.

Big Rat

[The-Acre]

1 hour ago, Big Rat said:

@The-Acre Thanx Phil like you been a chippy/General builder nigh on 45 years now..... the eyes oh the eyes......

Big Rat 

 

It's more the neck, oh the neck! Still, semi retirement now which means more cherry picking with the work! 🍒🍒

[J Henderson]

Good stuff. The yellow and black goes well together.

I took the tried & tested safe option of "F" blue when I recently upgraded to IS350-spec brakes.

 

[Big Rat]

@J Henderson Does look great a classic combination of calliper and wheel, that’s the great thing about a little modification it’s personal to the individual, nice.

Big Rat

[Stuno1]

Glad you are happy but not convinced by the yellow callipers as nothing else on the car is yellow. How much did they charge for the callipers?

The wheels are a massive improvement. Love them. Any plans to colour the chrome? Stands out a lot now. 

[Big Rat]

@Stuno1 Thanx the colour I’m leaving localised to the callipers I accept you could pick it up elsewhere on the car to link things in but I’m not going to.

The materials are negligible really just sourced via brembo online and 3 hours labour to remove all the callipers strip them down and carry out the painting process and reassemble.

The wheels took quite sometime longer as Lexus Cheltenham insist on removing the tyres and TPMS themselves deliver and pickup the wheels  to the refurbers before refitting and I fully agree with that.

The finish to the wheels in the flesh is flawless.

Big Rat

[Stuno1]

Never ceases to amaze me how much wheels can be improved just by a change of colour. 

[Big Rat]

@Stuno1 Stu couldn’t agree more with that in fact Mrs Rat took some footage of a few drive pasts in great light earlier not half bad.... don’t tell her that,  I’ll post them up later 👍

Big Rat

[Flytvr]

2 hours ago, Big Rat said:

@Stuno1 Stu couldn’t agree more with that in fact Mrs Rat took some footage of a few drive pasts in great light earlier not half bad.... don’t tell her that,  I’ll post them up later 👍

Big Rat

OOOooooo. Very interested in these 👍

[Peter P18]

Looking good Paul.

Welcome to the dark wheel and painted caliper club!

[Big Rat]

@Peter P18 Thanx matey 👍

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[Jon_B]

On 7/6/2018 at 9:39 PM, Big Rat said:

Picked her up this afternoon, I knew I'd missed her journey is usually an hour or so back from Cheltenham took three hours......... Anyway the boys at Lexus have done a cracking job on her and I'm immensely pleased, so a Big thankyou to Lawrence and Paul the techie guys and Sam and Alex in service for  all there hard work, in getting the colours and finish I wanted.

So with our further ado here she is......... 

Big Rat

 

 

Looking good Paul @Big Rat.  I don’t need to worry about brake dust on mine as i still cant get out of the garage to drive anywhere 😫.  Think I will have a complete sense of humour failure if I cant take her to Goodwood on Saturday.  Going there is the CMAX just isn’t going to be the same 😳

[Big Rat]

@Jon B Thanx Jon sorry to hear about the driveway predicament let's hope it resolved soon certainly in time for Goodwood...... cmax no oh no 🤦‍♂️ 

So talking of driveways my current customer can't use theirs either at the moment...........

No mini digger for me on this one collapsed manhole needs replacing as well......... so taking it all up by wrecking bar and Kango......

good job I've got some nice cool weather.........😂

Big Rat 

[DAW]

@Big Rat Hi Paul looks really smart mate & glad it’s all worked as you hoped. 

The mods can’t quite be finished though as the car will need a red light bar in the front to be the full “Kit”  -  that & of course  a Hasselholf mullet  😉😆

[Big Rat]

@DAW David I’ll consider all you’ve said....... but a grey mullet 🤔

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[DAW]

Your no fun!! 😉

But I have to agree that would be a mod too far 😆

[FTBBCVoodoo]

Looks really good bud.  If keeping mine I quite fancy getting my calipers done in an obnoxious "Valentino Rossi" Florescent Yellow 🙂

You should dechrome now for the "Murdered Out" look that the Audi RS4/6 boys (and girls) tend to go for on the VAG "Scene" 😉

[Big Rat]

@FTBBCVoodoo Thanx Lee I’m pleased, the dechrome has been mentioned, a little permanent for me unless I can get the parts from a friendly dealership for a reasonable amount...... and get them smoked.......

Or maybe like this...... ok maybe not....... the music would drive me insane.

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