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Old 09-25-10 | 10:49 AM
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Default New here, some pics of my car

I have had a chance to make some mods. Let me know what you think so far !
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Old 09-25-10 | 10:54 AM
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Nice exhaust.. Tanabe?

Where in NY? im in Yonkers
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Thanks! No its an Apexi and Im out in Long Island
Old 09-25-10 | 11:00 AM
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Cool. it looks good. any plans to drop it a little? i drive thru LI every other day to work. i work in Patchogue.

i tell ya, i wish i could drop my car more but the roads suck
Old 09-25-10 | 11:02 AM
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The roads are awful, but i will drop probably in the spring for next year
Old 09-25-10 | 12:07 PM
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I love that color! Nice tail lights. Car looks clean
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Looks nice and clean....paint looks to be in good condition. I agree a drop is in the near future
Old 09-25-10 | 01:54 PM
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She's lookin nice and clean, similar to mine actually. Love the taillights.. JDM, junction prod? Im planning on those next myself. Love the wheels (even though I only go OEM) and actually you can probably get away without a drop, I couldn't. Your exhaust matched up with the rear bumper undercover is a great fit, nice look on that.
Do yourself a favor though, find a paint professional to spray the back bumper cover to match up the quarter panels. I had the SAME problem after I was hit a while back. I had a "Lexus bodyshop" do the work and after 3 tries they still couldn't match up the color right, not to my standard at least. Mill. silver metallic is a b!#%* to match, especially when blending metal panels with plastic bumper on an aged vehicle! You almost always have to blend into the adjacent panels. It took me some time and patience but I found a paint guru in my town that did amazing work. Do some research and ask around, very few shops can do it perfectly.
Thanks for sharing tho!
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^^^^All the paint is original and everything body wise on the car is from factory never painted except the diffuser which was my add on but thanks for the input.
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The back bumper's never been painted??? Did you buy the car new or used? It looks exactly like mine did after the first attempt at spraying it. The upper corner section in your first photo where the fender section splits clearly shows a difference in color from the quarter panel. It's much more *silver* than the rest.
Who knows, it might just be the light aperture or photo angle but in the photo it looks off.
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^^^I bought the car new in 2000 had it ever since, its the way the light is hitting it in reality its all the same
Old 09-25-10 | 04:38 PM
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Cool. I suppose Im wrong about the color too.. 2000 is not millennium silver its arctic, really looks millen. tho. Or is it an 01 and that is millen? Oh well, thanks.
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Originally Posted by RLGS300
^^^I bought the car new in 2000 had it ever since, its the way the light is hitting it in reality its all the same
Paint on Metal surface looks different then paint on other surfaces. probably camera angle.

nice car. MRR wheels look cool.

A drop would look better...

For a 10 year old car... a nice sprint/shock.. or a coilover system should be a nice change for the good ride\handling
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Originally Posted by ****-adkt
Nice exhaust.. Tanabe?

Where in NY? im in Yonkers
Originally Posted by RLGS300
Thanks! No its an Apexi and Im out in Long Island
Yeah, the A'Pexi sticker gives it away, heheh. Nice, clean ride.
Old 09-26-10 | 12:40 AM
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looks good.now you just gotta drop that to the ground.



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