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My car is back! And the final finishing touch...

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Old 12-30-03, 02:24 AM
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Default My car is back! And the final finishing touch...

man my gs4 is finally back! in case you don't know or forgot what happened, here's the original thread. but it's cool, that lady is probably crying now anyway, not my problem

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...light=accident

so my car is finally back from the body shop. while at it i figure it's time to repaint the front end of the car as well to get rid of all the chips. so repainted the hood, the bumper, and also the front ugo lip. and now they are all fully protectec by xpel film, and i feel really good. i even custom cut and install the front ugo lip piece myself

and since it's the end of the year, me and my wife we decided to give the gs4 a little christmas present. we don't have much money coz' of our wedding so we couldn't get much big items. we ended up doing the xpel, getting the l-tuned steering wheel ecu, took away all the stickers, new ebc green stuff brake pads for the front ap racing brakes, a full interior and exterior detailing job (again done by me and my wife), and umm..... little finishing touches.

anyway, it's raining like hell here in norcal, i was lucky to be able to take some pics during christmas when it wasn't raining. just wanna show my baby shine, here you go....
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the rear door was the part hit by the stupid lady. now it's back to its old shape
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for some reason i really like the rear look of the car


i figure i would take a pic in the dark to show the shine of my car. trust me, detailing isn't easy if you wanna do it right
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Originally posted by rominl
and umm..... little finishing touches.
Yeah, I'd like to be able to do "little" finishing touches like you. Nice Job!
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Glad to see the repair turned out well. When did you get HRE's??? Your GS is lookin' even sweeter with the 540R's now! BTW, nice job on the detailing.

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Originally posted by BR1AN
Glad to see the repair turned out well. When did you get HRE's??? Your GS is lookin' even sweeter with the 540R's now! BTW, nice job on the detailing.
Well it didn't take long for someone to notice Rominl's "Little" finshing touches.

Oh yes. HRE's are always a good upgrade on your tight budget !

Can't wait to see what mod you come up with when you save some money.

The new paint job and the detail looks great and the wheels are not bad either !

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Originally posted by RMMGS4
Well it didn't take long for someone to notice Rominl's "Little" finshing touches.

Oh yes. HRE's are always a good upgrade on your tight budget !

Can't wait to see what mod you come up with when you save some money.

The new paint job and the detail looks great and the wheels are not bad either !
CONGRATULATIONS Rominl!!!!!!

I couldn't agree more with RMMGS4's comments about your so-called "little finishing touches". Like he said I would really like to see what you would do if your budget was not tight.

Now all that is left to finish out your car is to install a not so major mod as a Twin Turbo with beefed up tranny and engine. Maybe next month? Another tight budget project I would say!

Time to update your sig bro!!!

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Looking good!
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henry

car looks like a show piece , man even on your shoestring budjet you amaze us still

question , the rear piece on the bumper , is that the jdm add on or by ugo
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Rom, I had NO IDEA ur car was gone all this time!! I remember u posting the accident thread, but then u were quiet, so I forgot all about it!!

Hey since u have 20" wheels now, maybe change ur handle to "Hgot20s" eh??

Glad u got her back man! Enjoy and drive safe.
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Damn boy, you call some HREs as budget-minded little finishing touches!?!???! Jeez. Aren't we splurging this christmas!?!??!
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Originally posted by rominl
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for some reason i really like the rear look of the car

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Me too.
You rear really looks nice

Where did you say you got those taillights for cheap
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Originally posted by rominl
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I think the chrome grille is a little be too shiny . Would replace that grille if I were you
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Rom as always car looks amazing....love the small touches ....tight budget my a$$... ....

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