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5/01/17: oooof this was a big one for the wallet. Wheels and Tires Upgrade. Fortunately Mike and Javi from Vossen as well as Geordie from Butler Tire really took care of me with these beautiful bronze lipped classic 5 spoke wheels. Designed by Vossen and Made by Work in Japan these 2 piece forged wheels are sweet. Vossen x Work VWS-3's wrapped in what was considered super brand new at the time Michelin Pilot 4s tires (265 in the front 285 in the rears due to the lack of sizes available at the time).
6/15/17: A long time coming and a mod desperately needed by the RC-F. Exhaust! I went with the Borla but will most likely upgrade to meister in the future. Purchased from Meraki/Josh and installed by KoruWorks. Crummy video since we didn't let the car warm up much.
9/11/17: Probably a bit out of order but the TRD Oil Cover came in and was installed right away. Just a nice color piece honestly. The OEM Shark Fin also came in so put that on and wrapped the vent on the hood in black too to get rid of some of the panda look. Represented Guam for a lil bit with the tag frame.
11/23/17: This took so much longer than it should have due to miscommunication with RMV, but it was an awesome day for me and my first ever vanity tag.
11/25/17: Oh man was this such an important mod that somehow managed to get pushed back...TINT. Friends kept telling me my car was a damn fishbowl and they could see not just into my car but through it. Naturally ceramic tint helped with massive heat reduction in Georgia but it was also a big difference in how the car looks too!
12/7/17: Just want to make it clear, I did not do it for the sake of getting free pads and I was only at 10k miles. Replaced the pads under the LSB to get less dusty pads because I could never see the color on my wheels...
12/15/17: Friend and I decided to black out the chrome trim on the sides using wrap. Wasn't terribly difficult but definitely was nerve-wracking putting a knife that close to my car. Unfortunately was busy wrapping so didn't take a pic of the job, but you'll see it in future pics. Also had the wheels powdercoated to a rough black face and gloss black barrel due to a shop scratching one of the wheels. They offered to pay half if I wanted to get all 4 done so I did that. The color was chosen mainly in preparation for the full color change that would be coming soon.
12/30/17: This was the day of delivery for Artisan Spirits front lip and side skirts, I chose the FRP option mainly because I hadn't decided which color I was going to have the aero/wrap in. Huge shoutout to my guy Mark at RavSpec JDM who really helped me out!
1/11/18: I had a conference on the west coast again, so I sent the parts to a local shop called Woori Auto Body Shop who had it painted and ready. As soon as I returned from my trip we setup a meeting and they installed all 3 pieces.
3/19/18: For most of February and March I was traveling between Korea and Guam to visit the wife's family and my own so I dropped my car off at one of my sponsor's shop called ExclusiveMaker. He did a phenomenal job wrapping the car in KPMF Red/Black Iridescent and creating a custom splitter for the front lip (because holy ***** even at OEM height that lip extends further out and low that I was scraping getting into my garage). Of course, immediately after the wrap, I had one of THE best detailers here in Atlanta, Eduardo at InDetail Auto Salon, ceramic coat my car. We went with 2 layers of Gtechniq's C1 and 1 layer of Exo. Guaranteed for 5 years and hydrophobic as hell.
3/22/18: Decided to put on some tire stickers to represent one of my companies (StreetCircle). I also decided that the white clashed too much with the rest of the car so removed the caliper wrap and brought it back to the OEM orange. I did both tasks myself at the shop and gotta be honest, it wasn't that hard. For the tire stickers, cleaning the tires was definitely cumbersome, but doable. As for the caliper unwrapping, I think the constant heat inside the wheel well might have actually made it a lot easier to remove without leaving much if any adhesive residue. So if you want to wrap your calipers I'm all for it just keep in mind the actually wrapping of these ridiculously shaped brembos are a grade A pain in the butt.
05-24-18, 08:17 PM
