"economical" ...(or broke) meticulous college student daily driver build
01-21-12, 05:11 PM
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YES YES YESY ES YES YESY Esyesyes YES YES YESyyesyeys yessssssssssssssss!! best item (well one i was waiting for the longest has arrived!!!!!!!!!!
is has that brand new smell!! it ****ing smells great!! i dont have to wonder how many old guys beat off and rushed to pick up their wives without washing their hands etc......... stoked.
my interior is dingy as hell but ill clean everything up some other time when i have everything else sorted out....
for those who cant comprehend how im feeling.. this should explain
edit, im also thinking about going back to 97 tails... im almost done with a good set of 50/50 clears, but ive decided once i get new paint, they wont look as flashy. right now its the clash between my super bad fading paint that makes them look so ostentatious
is has that brand new smell!! it ****ing smells great!! i dont have to wonder how many old guys beat off and rushed to pick up their wives without washing their hands etc......... stoked.
my interior is dingy as hell but ill clean everything up some other time when i have everything else sorted out....
for those who cant comprehend how im feeling.. this should explain
edit, im also thinking about going back to 97 tails... im almost done with a good set of 50/50 clears, but ive decided once i get new paint, they wont look as flashy. right now its the clash between my super bad fading paint that makes them look so ostentatious
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01-23-12, 02:03 PM
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That steering wheel is pure sex. I personally dont like the wood grain finish ones or the 3 spoke, regardless of what it came out of. JMO.. You have my vote on the steering wheel, I have exactly like it in mine..You can do just about anything when you are on a budget. Be patient and good deals will come through.
01-24-12, 07:45 PM
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I'm with what 1992lexus said, and i wouldve gone 3 spoke toyota but sourcing a lexus airbag wouldve been another hassle etc etc. anyways im back to the drawing board. I think im gonna go back go chrome housing. I like the black look but the fog lights I've made/retrofitted dont really fit and would be a pain to black them out...so instead of mixmatching the chrome and black. i think ill go back...
opinions?
anyways heres some pics of the new fogs in progress. I need my hid kit to arrive before i can plug them up for actual shots.
comparison
testing
close up fitment test while shaving
half way there
theyll fit better when mounted instead of test fitted. ill see how that goes tomorrow.
opinions?
anyways heres some pics of the new fogs in progress. I need my hid kit to arrive before i can plug them up for actual shots.
comparison
testing
close up fitment test while shaving
half way there
theyll fit better when mounted instead of test fitted. ill see how that goes tomorrow.
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Post up pics of cut off when finished. 
01-24-12, 08:26 PM
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oh yea those pics were in progress while i was sanding. I polished them after... thats when they started classing REALLY badly with the black housings in the low beams! pics should be up tomorrow! highbeam retrofit for no reason being done also!
01-25-12, 02:36 AM
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lol hey sir! and yea now you see my "garage" which is why i havent dropped that auto tranny and thrown my W in yet. to be honest id rent a storage unit or get er done out in the open ( shouldnt take more than a day) but i cant get power out there!
01-25-12, 06:52 AM
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do yourself a HUGE favor and get this:
http://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Wax-T3K.../dp/B001UMZ07A
turtle wax's black box. i used it on my old black sc300 with really crappy/dull/sunfaded paint to nearly looking new. you wont regret the time you spend doing this, it will take awhile because you have to hand buff the entire car but it looks sooo good.
as for your mods i think your on a good track besides the tails. i would look into debadging your car (cant debage the rear because they have holes.. unless you fill them) also i would have just tinted the inner high beams and left the outside beams alone and just repaint your projector cutoffs (im doing mine red, look up demon eyes or projector cutoff painting). also you can find spacers on ebay for 80 bucks. get ichiba v1's
http://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Wax-T3K.../dp/B001UMZ07A
turtle wax's black box. i used it on my old black sc300 with really crappy/dull/sunfaded paint to nearly looking new. you wont regret the time you spend doing this, it will take awhile because you have to hand buff the entire car but it looks sooo good.
as for your mods i think your on a good track besides the tails. i would look into debadging your car (cant debage the rear because they have holes.. unless you fill them) also i would have just tinted the inner high beams and left the outside beams alone and just repaint your projector cutoffs (im doing mine red, look up demon eyes or projector cutoff painting). also you can find spacers on ebay for 80 bucks. get ichiba v1's
