Had my last 2 cigars (cafe creme mild's) this morning, got some Nicotene patches from the chemist, threw my last few cigars away, and have now give up (again!).
So, to keep myself busy today, I took all my wheels off, thouroughly washed and waxed them, then did the calipers in smoothrite red and humbrol silver enamel paint.
I know it's a bit pimpy, but I like it, and it has kept my mind off the dreaded weed today,
chris.

 

Good luck, and BTW do you want to do mine tomorrow to keep your mind of it?

David

 

Good job, a light dusting of siver paint on the wheel nuts would have capped it all off.

Stand back admire, and have a ciggie.

 

What discs you got there? ..... i'll be needing a new set soon and those look good

Gary

 

thanks for the comments guys, nice one.
shark, it has taken me long enough to do mine, no way can I do any more, sorry, maybe when I give up drinking??
Yoza, I forgot to mention, I have some brand new nuts on order, due to be picked up from jap innovations in a few days. That will cap it off alright.
stand back, admire, get the shakes more like
LB4, they are TSL GPN Front disks, grooved, with Pagid Blue front pads. The groove acts as a wear indicator too!
chris.

 

Give up smoking and drinking nooooooooooooooooooo !

 

NICE Wheel !!!

Now...get yourself some Swissol "Pneu" and spray it on the tyre to bring it back to black

Congrats on going for the patches... they DO work (13 months off the weed meself)

 

u can sort my garden out if things get tricky,keep ur mind of em.. say's me a non smoker now for 7 years and 3 months 25days 13hrs 35 mins and 27/28/29 secs, not that im counting.......

 

Did u spray ur calipers ? did u take out the pads ?

 

thanks again guys,
frenchie, I am not really bothered about the tyres mate, but thanks anyway.
dazza, I hate gardening, sorry, but I know what you mean, I'd given up for over 6 years, then last year on holiday, started on cigars again, and couldnt stop, but have now, not had one ALL DAY, (except my last 2 this morning!)
phil, no and no, I have done this to 3 cars now, and each time had no probs with pads, just gave the calipers a good clean, then carefully brush on smoothrite, then bang the wheels back on, and test my brakes!
hehe.
chris.

 

where can I buy smoothrite from ?
P.s good luck with kicking ur habbit .

 

Well done cw42!

 

Well done with the seeeeegars! CW42
Just think of all the toys you can buy with the money u save.

Wheels look damn fine

 

Well done mate. Giving up the smokes was the best thing i ever done. 3 1/2 years now. Keep it up its not as hard as you think.
And all the money you save you can spend on your scoob.!!

 

Good for you.

Those calipers look really good

 

Phil, I got mine from my local auto shop, but any diy store will sell it, make sure you get smooth though, not rough!
Thanks once again for the support, watch out for me on sunday, I will be the one biting my nails to the bone!
chris.

 

They'll need a good clean after this wed!!
Have you been over the route yet!!
CHEESY

 

hehehe will be looking out to see the calipers in the flesh on Sunday then!
We painted ours with gold hammerite but we only got the small breaks at the moment!
If he's lucky I might be generous at Christmas!!!

 

Cheesy, I got lost just looking at the map??
May need a navigator, and the wife has said she may come, but she is worse than me with map!!
chris.

 

keep it up mate..it'll be worth it..

I've been off the weed for 19 days now , with help of the patches..

maybe i should think about giving my calipers a second coat

 

Nice one Chris You will be able to buy some six pots with the money you save. Can you mail me the route for weds

 

The wheels look good ,but How you doing ?

 

I have the same wheels mate but yours look cleaner than mine have ever been.

I bought new shiney nuts too.
Those oem ones rust dead quick, that's poor IMO.

 

Well, second day, no cigar, no patch even, and just been to stockport town centre shopping, bit stressed but not too bad.
Thanks for the concern jimmy, I'm holding out, and already getting on the wifes nerves about her smelly bad habit, hehe.
chris
ps, will mail you the route later andy, no probs.

 

good work, well done with the smoking i packed up 13 weeks ago and have built myself a new computer with the money I saved
mick

 

Nice job on the wheels and calipers, good luck with the no smoking bit.

Les

 

i cw42
congrats on stopping the weed
by the end of next week you
will be ready to swap thos wheels for
a pkt of ****
so i thought i would get my name down first
andy

 

nice try scoobieblue, but the only way I would want to get rid of these wheels is when I upgrade to 18"!
chris.