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"R" Badge with Painted Calipers - 4/29/2008 8:10:37 PM

GHOSTRIDERXKR08

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Those who are thinking of painting their calipers and was worried about painting over the "R" badge, you can actually take off the R Plate and install it back on afterwards. I looked for the "R" caliper decal and no one carried them that I could find. Found someone who would specially make it but would cost $40 so I did it this way. I had it painted the same time installing my aftermarket wheels. This is what it would look like with the stock R Plate.

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RE: "R" Badge with Painted Calipers - 4/29/2008 8:42:44 PM

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Here's the rear caliper:

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RE: "R" Badge with Painted Calipers - 4/30/2008 2:55:20 PM

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I like that......

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RE: "R" Badge with Painted Calipers - 4/30/2008 5:24:13 PM

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cars looking sexy as hell man. congrats

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RE: "R" Badge with Painted Calipers - 4/30/2008 5:35:35 PM

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very nice....sexy but classy, just like i like my women :P i normally would have considered chrome but the brushed satin finish matches the grills and its an R ( why i ended up not chroming mine! )....how much for the wheels & tires if you dont mind and what size are they?

I was already talking about doing the the same thing... save the $5k from the sentas or $1800 from chrome sabres and put that towards custom wheels and not look like everyone else!

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RE: "R" Badge with Painted Calipers - 4/30/2008 6:46:29 PM

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2 torqs hold it in..

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RE: "R" Badge with Painted Calipers - 4/30/2008 7:39:23 PM

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Thanks guys. The wheels are brushed aluminum with chrome lip. I really like polished wheels but thought the brush aluminum will match the side gill and window trim alittle better. I really wanted the Klass KF300 but my cheapa$$ side kicked in and got these instead...lol. I paid $4200 including tires. The Klass was around $2K more. I do think the Klass 5 star will give it a more agressive look which I like but I wanted to keep wheels/tires under $5K. The wheels are 20x9F and 20x10R. I also was debating on getting the Senta wheels but at the end told my dealer to find me one with just the base wheels and go aftermarket. I do like the Senta wheels though. I also purchase new sets of TPMS sensors which was around $300 including the valve stem. I was alittle concerned if the TPMS will fit the new wheels and will the car read the new sensors but FactoryJaguarTech assured the car will pick up the new sensors without a trip to the dealer and it did. So total with everything was $4500. I'm planning to use the stock wheels during winter although it will most likely not see much of winter. Here's what the rear lip looks like:

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RE: "R" Badge with Painted Calipers - 5/8/2008 1:29:58 PM

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Great looking wheels. Im off to England tomorrow, going to pop into Paramount and see what's new.....will let you know.

Why cant I get my car to sho up in the posts like yours...what are you inserting? I have tried all the options on photobucket??????

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RE: "R" Badge with Painted Calipers - 5/8/2008 1:52:50 PM

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Phil......in Photobucket, copy the "Direct Link". When posting on this forum you will need to use the img brackets like this:

[img]Photobucket's Direct Link[/img]

You don't need to Bold the [img]...it's only for illustration. If you can't get it to work...email me the Photobuckets photo's link and I'll email you the direct link that you can copy and paste onto the forum.

Keep us updated anything new at Paramount! I heard they are working on an Air Induction Kit for XKRs!

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RE: "R" Badge with Painted Calipers - 5/15/2008 6:54:01 PM

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Just got back from England.......glad I dont live there any more....Jeez its expensive now. I will try and post more tomorrow but Im worn out, long day traveling.

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