Nice. Please keep us posted when finished with it.

 

Fabspeed Maxflo mufflers arrived today. A couple lessons learned, some may already know, but I didn't.

We could've dropped the catalytic converters, but the path of least resistance was to remove the rear tires and pull the OEM mufflers out that way. Going in, it's a little tricky, but they do go in/out without removing the catalytic converters.







When I ordered the mufflers, Fabspeed was out of stock on their tips. Wasn't a big deal to me, as I'm having my chrome tips powder coated anyway and they said the stock tips will work fine. I would say that's an overstatement. Inside of the stock tip is a sleeve ring that winches down on the outlet pipe by tightening the outside bolt affixed to the tips. There's no way to attach the tips without, as it slides off. The eventual solution was to use a pair of snap ring pliers set in vise and slowly open the side notch. Wiggling the pipe in the inner ring, it finally set properly.

Mating up the internal ring and the external tip



Insert snap ring pliers in vise



Voila. Enough separation occurs so the pipe will twist in, without pushing the internal sleeve back.



Sound wise, they are brand new mufflers, so I'm sure it'll alter a bit. Either way, it adds a little more to the PSE, while retaining the PSE functionality. Well spent cash.

 

Bits should be finished up with paint tomorrow. Still waiting on the TiKore's. Badge will take about a week to finish.

Fresh coats getting laid and baked.













Matte Clear getting applied.



Yes, we even do the rotor hats.

 

A word of caution about coating the mating surfaces of the rotor hats and spacers. Any uneven thickness of the paint can lead to an imbalance in the wheel movement. I've seen this happen several times. If you have no issues-great. If you do get a little shimmy or vibration then this is the first place to look. Good luck. It all looks fantastic.

 

Sound advice had this happen to me in my Z06

 

That it is. I've done it a few times and you're correct. What you can't see, because it's still masked, the surfaces were masked and taped. It's just the edges and not the surfaces that come into contact from the hub/spacer/rotor hat.

 

Wheels, tips, rotors got completed and mounted today. Waiting on the front badge, center caps and TiKore's. Sun was fading and car is pretty filthy. Will post up better pics after a wash.







Porsche script on barrel






Luftkraft logo





Luftkraft logo





Rotor and wheel in the sun.





Rotor and spacer





Exhaust tip








Wheel mounted up.





Rotor mounted up.





Mounted up.





Quick pic.




Center cap stencils weeded and ready.

 

That looks awesome

 

Good call on the rotors and Porsche logo in the barrel.

Looking great!

 

Thanks. Blue worked out great.


You have to do the rotor hats and spacers, it just looks too disconnected when they aren't. Black or clear, you can get away with it. But a one off color, it just doesn't flow well when it isn't done. I suppose you don't notice it if they're colormatched, but I do when it isn't.

 

For the logo on the barrel, is that powder coated too? Did they shoot the logo color and tape it off before shooting the final coat? Thanks.

 

It is all powder. It's a dry pigment that they catalyze and spray on. They shoot the base, spray the dry pigment detail and then shoot the clear, which traps the dry pigment between the two layers. There's a reaction that occurs between the dry pigment, base and matte, which chemically bonds everything. The result is liquid paint detail, with powder durability.

Keep in mind that we live at 7,000 feet and the UV absolutely destroys liquid paint applications in a short matter of time. Thus, they use a different method that they've developed to combat this.

 

Wow. Good stuff.

Never realized the UV issue at higher altitudes.

 

It's brutal. Factory/OEM paints, it's a non-issue. Resprays, it destroys.

 

Liking what I see until now (but aren't the wheels a bit darker than the sample?)
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