This all went down Friday night at Phuz's place. I have been lazy and just took pics today. The car is dirty, deal with it
While Phuz did the vast majority of the work, I painted my rotor hats. I brought a drill with a metal brush attachment to get rid of the rust, but I could not get to all areas with it, so I stopped using it. I painted over the rust, which is not noticeable. By the time it is potentially an issue and starts making the paint look like crap, I will end up replacing the rotors. They look 10x better than before, but it did take some time. I recommend a 6 pack of your favorite beer on a nice day, and just take your time. You can spray onto the rotor surface, the pads just chew the paint off.
As far as the FMIC install, I ended up doing the typical dremeling to save time. I cut the bumper, radiator support, and the bracket on the AC compressor. There is a lot of work involved installing the FMIC, but Phuz made it look easy. He has done this many times and even with us shooting the poop, walking to get food, drinking a few beers, and watching some videos on his laptop, it took about 4.5 hours.
And for ****s and giggles:
Modified by GiRaff3 at 3:39 PM 4-28-2009




While Phuz did the vast majority of the work, I painted my rotor hats. I brought a drill with a metal brush attachment to get rid of the rust, but I could not get to all areas with it, so I stopped using it. I painted over the rust, which is not noticeable. By the time it is potentially an issue and starts making the paint look like crap, I will end up replacing the rotors. They look 10x better than before, but it did take some time. I recommend a 6 pack of your favorite beer on a nice day, and just take your time. You can spray onto the rotor surface, the pads just chew the paint off.
As far as the FMIC install, I ended up doing the typical dremeling to save time. I cut the bumper, radiator support, and the bracket on the AC compressor. There is a lot of work involved installing the FMIC, but Phuz made it look easy. He has done this many times and even with us shooting the poop, walking to get food, drinking a few beers, and watching some videos on his laptop, it took about 4.5 hours.
And for ****s and giggles:

Modified by GiRaff3 at 3:39 PM 4-28-2009