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Old 03-31-11, 11:04 PM
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Came a long ways. I like it.
Old 04-01-11, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by gsVIPdream
drool. I want to be where your at with that man. sexy. car looks like it will eat anything to the left and right of it at a red light haha.
thanks for the kind words. the next stage of mods will be go fast goodies. so stay tuned

Originally Posted by gsVIPdream
quick question though. did you get eye lids for the front? or is that paint or tint?
the eye lids are carbon fiber just like my hood. they have been tinted black so the weave shows through with more light and appear black at night

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Came a long ways. I like it.
thanks for looking though.

Old 04-01-11, 08:52 AM
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VERY impressive as usual. AMAZING work.
Old 04-01-11, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by GS wanted
VERY impressive as usual. AMAZING work.
thank you
Old 04-01-11, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by carbongs
thank you
Very nice car bro. What do you have on the rear wheels? I have set of 18x8 BBS.
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Old 04-01-11, 10:23 AM
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pillars turned out pretty pimp...all these new mods make up for the Craftsman catch can/water trap mod...LOL
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Originally Posted by dapimpee
Very nice car bro. What do you have on the rear wheels? I have set of 18x8 BBS.
thanks, my wheels are EXE Konvex 20x9 and 20x10 +35 and +37 with bridgestone 245/35/20 and 285/30/20

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pillars turned out pretty pimp...all these new mods make up for the Craftsman catch can/water trap mod...LOL
lol yeah that has been taken out. no more crappy catch can.
Old 04-02-11, 11:32 AM
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what shocks are you running the rear? you can go like an inch lower if you wanted to
Old 04-02-11, 12:17 PM
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Serious work! So much attention to detail, nice build sir good job A++ in my book
Old 04-02-11, 03:09 PM
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Hats off to you, car looks great overall. The one-of-a-kind touches definitely set your car off from the rest.

Just a few comments/suggestions... When I used to do custom trunk work, you can finish off the area where the trunk hinges are by glueing or stapleing some broom bristles on the back side of your panel, that way the gap does not seem as large, gives it a nice finished look for really cheap. I would find another way to attach the trunk lid harness to your trunk hinge, all those cable ties take away from the otherwise clean look of your trunk (especially if you will be showing your car often). You ever thought about fiberglassing some filler pieces for your exhaust? Seems as if it hangs a little low and a large portion of the exhaust is exposed (unless you did it on purpose?).

Once again the car looks great man, definitely different... I wonder how much weight you've added over a stock GS?
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Originally Posted by BiggVinh
what shocks are you running the rear? you can go like an inch lower if you wanted to
i have monroe replacement shocks on the rear. it is sitting on tire since i am running 285 on the rear.

Originally Posted by geeznuts
Serious work! So much attention to detail, nice build sir good job A++ in my book
thanks for the kind words

Originally Posted by Chin
Hats off to you, car looks great overall. The one-of-a-kind touches definitely set your car off from the rest.

Just a few comments/suggestions... When I used to do custom trunk work, you can finish off the area where the trunk hinges are by glueing or stapleing some broom bristles on the back side of your panel, that way the gap does not seem as large, gives it a nice finished look for really cheap. I would find another way to attach the trunk lid harness to your trunk hinge, all those cable ties take away from the otherwise clean look of your trunk (especially if you will be showing your car often). You ever thought about fiberglassing some filler pieces for your exhaust? Seems as if it hangs a little low and a large portion of the exhaust is exposed (unless you did it on purpose?).

Once again the car looks great man, definitely different... I wonder how much weight you've added over a stock GS?
you hit a lot of things that i want to do next. we simply ran out of time before getting to the show. paint brush bristles are next for the hinge holes. I'm fabbing up some carbon pieces for the hinges so we'll see how that goes. exhaust was done that way on purpose. i just like it like that.

thanks, lol it is def a lot heavier now haha
Old 04-04-11, 08:41 AM
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This is the sickest looking gs i've seen yet.
I've been trying to convert my interior from tan to black and i was wondering if you had some sites i could for parts to make this happen.


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The interior was switched out to black swapping out the door panels, carpet, seats, and dash.

Old 04-04-11, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by noneil277
This is the sickest looking gs i've seen yet.
I've been trying to convert my interior from tan to black and i was wondering if you had some sites i could for parts to make this happen.
i actually used this site, posted up a wtt thread and i got one bite. we hooked up for a weekend and swapped out interiors. he wanted the grey and i wanted the black - DEAL! lol took us the whole two days but we got it done
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interior looks great.. nice work Tony
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
interior looks great.. nice work Tony
Thank you!

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