Maggie's mods (so far...)

[robrwalker]

Had her about 90 days and thought I would share a few pics:

At birth - so cute





Next to her sister from another mother



First day at home





Stubbified her antenna - she asked me to.



Intravee 2 - for me



blacked out markers - she wanted to be a little more stealth



planned CDV delete, new tint, painted calipers, tekarbon angel eyes, and probably some strut braces, other than that, she perfect.

[ZStig]

are your wheels painted in the last pic, or are you really that mean to your car and treat it like garbage??

[BTM]

Looks good OP - losing the front plate would do wonders IMO, but no shame in stay legal too...

Brake dust = treating car like garbage?

[ZStig]

Originally Posted by BTM

Brake dust = treating car like garbage?

If it looks like it hasn't been washed in 3 months, and probably caused permanent damage to the wheel finish, in my opinion- yes

[BTM]

Car is in a shadow, so the entire side of that car looks darker than the rest of the picture. Additionally, assuming the pads are stock, they are organic, and while they dust a lot, it's not corrosive like a semi-metallic pad.

[robrwalker]

Originally Posted by Roffle Waffle

are your wheels painted in the last pic, or are you really that mean to your car and treat it like garbage??

Geez - judgmental much?

No, that is brake dust and it probably looks darker than it is, but that is about 10 days of brake dust that I intentionally left on the wheels because I am considering painting them gunmetal and wanted to see what they look like darker.

Originally Posted by BTM

Looks good OP - losing the front plate would do wonders IMO, but no shame in stay legal too...


Brake dust = treating car like garbage?

Yep - lost the front plate already kinda pissed it was on there to begin with, but black screws in the two holes hide the remnants nicely.

Originally Posted by BTM

Car is in a shadow, so the entire side of that car looks darker than the rest of the picture. Additionally, assuming the pads are stock, they are organic, and while they dust a lot, it's not corrosive like a semi-metallic pad.

BTM has it right - not only may it look darker, but last wash included the wheels which are pristine and clean, albeit a little bright, still trying to decide whether to paint or not.

[ZStig]

eh, just a pet peeve of mine

[XMetal]

Good to see another SC alum tooling around in a MC! Want to do (paint) my caliper as well The OEM brake pads dust so bad that it's not even funny. Mine are dusted only after a few days of driving.

[robrwalker]

Originally Posted by XMetal

Good to see another SC alum tooling around in a MC! Want to do (paint) my caliper as well The OEM brake pads dust so bad that it's not even funny. Mine are dusted only after a few days of driving.

Fight On! XMetal

Yeah - cant decide what color to do the calipers - probably red, or maybe a blue from the M logo colors.....no yellow and no black i dont think.

[Finnegan]

Sapphire Black Metallic? Looking good!

As for the wheels/brake dust...my wheels looked like that after about 2 days of driving with the stock pads. Yes, when I drive, I drive back roads and use the brakes bit. And the dust is super annoying. Which is why I changed to another pad variety since I have better things to do than clean stupid and annoying brake dust of the wheels every two days (like drive her)!

There are some pretty good ceramic pads that dust way less and which are nice for primarily street use. Some ideas over here (and elsewhere if you search, or if you give Zeckhausen a call). I'm running Stoptech Street Performance, and instead of two days it now takes a week to get my wheels to look that dusted. Ceramic? From the reports I hear dust becomes a bad memory more or less (well, maybe not that good, but way better than stock).

[antennahead]

Originally Posted by Finnegan

Sapphire Black Metallic? Looking good!

As for the wheels/brake dust...my wheels looked like that after about 2 days of driving with the stock pads. Yes, when I drive, I drive back roads and use the brakes bit. And the dust is super annoying. Which is why I changed to another pad variety since I have better things to do than clean stupid and annoying brake dust of the wheels every two days (like drive her)!

There are some pretty good ceramic pads that dust way less and which are nice for primarily street use. Some ideas over here (and elsewhere if you search, or if you give Zeckhausen a call). I'm running Stoptech Street Performance, and instead of two days it now takes a week to get my wheels to look that dusted. Ceramic? From the reports I hear dust becomes a bad memory more or less (well, maybe not that good, but way better than stock).

I've been happy with the Akebono ceramics (DD). I've been lucky and the car has seen no rain in about 2 weeks, so no wash other than a quick detailer. I noticed today that my wheels have almost no dust............... major improvement over being filthy in only 2 days with the OEMs.

[Finnegan]

Originally Posted by antennahead

I've been happy with the Akebono ceramics (DD). I've been lucky and the car has seen no rain in about 2 weeks, so no wash other than a quick detailer. I noticed today that my wheels have almost no dust............... major improvement over being filthy in only 2 days with the OEMs.

That's what we're going to after we burn through our current "aggressive street/light to moderate track" pads. Think we'll move to a more track oriented pad for track days and ceramic for the street. I'm really getting done with dust, even though the 'Techs are much less dusty than stock, they still more than I'd like. Thanks for the recommendation.

[robrwalker]

Originally Posted by Finnegan

Sapphire Black Metallic? Looking good!

As for the wheels/brake dust...my wheels looked like that after about 2 days of driving with the stock pads. Yes, when I drive, I drive back roads and use the brakes bit. And the dust is super annoying. Which is why I changed to another pad variety since I have better things to do than clean stupid and annoying brake dust of the wheels every two days (like drive her)!

There are some pretty good ceramic pads that dust way less and which are nice for primarily street use. Some ideas over here (and elsewhere if you search, or if you give Zeckhausen a call). I'm running Stoptech Street Performance, and instead of two days it now takes a week to get my wheels to look that dusted. Ceramic? From the reports I hear dust becomes a bad memory more or less (well, maybe not that good, but way better than stock).

Good tip - thanks

[esqu1re]

Car looks good, but since you bought used, shouldn't the first caption be "adopted" instead of "birth?"