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    Omegavx,
    The jack stands I have are 4 ton, you need to put them at the front cross member (The one inline with the leading edge of the doors) in the cups that are at the outer ends. (That ought to confuse you) Look in your manual under the jacking section for more details. Since you need all 4 wheels up at the same time, I put 2 more stands under the rear axle.

    You can find your paint code onthe plate that is mounted at the driverside firewall in the engine compartment.

    With the Dragon Green though, personally, I'd paint my calipers red. I had the company that makes the paint mix the color for me. They are only 40 miles away and since it's a special 2 part epoxy paint, i didn't want to screw with their formula.

    It was expensive, $110 for the custom kit but, I'm very happy with it. I've used high temp paint before but it seems to loose it's luster after a while. The epoxy looks the same as it did when first put it on.
    Tip: I used high temp black paint, masked off the outer edge of the rotors and the hubs to get rid of the rust and crappy silver. Made a big difference!

    I was looking at becoming a dealer for them but, there wasn't much response from the group so I never did.

    Kpaske, The calipers are very easy to remove and unless you move the caliper pistons, you won't have to do anything to get them back on. Just remember, it's a special can of paint.
    Last edited by Moncha : 08/08/2003 at 08:24 AM

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