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Old 06-10-12, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by AGx858
Omg thanks so much for the tip!! Every time I was going 80+ that's how mine would rip off.
I was really not sure what to do after wasting $200
no worries, I found out the hard way too. Everything was fine until I hit the highway lol
looking good mrbananas, sucks you guys have front plates though

As for what I did today, ordered new ball joints and I took some photos with my bosses G35 on meisters, I'll post them up later

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Old 06-11-12, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by AGx858
Omg thanks so much for the tip!! Every time I was going 80+ that's how mine would rip off.
I was really not sure what to do after wasting $200
Yikes! 3m double sided mounting tape. Gray tape with red backing. Used for mounting exterior items on your house for up to 5lbs. Find it at Walmart or Home Depot etc... $6 bucks or so for a roll, will be plenty. Clean your bumper with alcohol and your lip mounting surface too.
Old 06-11-12, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DonCorleone
Yikes! 3m double sided mounting tape. Gray tape with red backing. Used for mounting exterior items on your house for up to 5lbs. Find it at Walmart or Home Depot etc... $6 bucks or so for a roll, will be plenty. Clean your bumper with alcohol and your lip mounting surface too.
Ive actually used the gray 3M tape on my visors so i might have some left to use but thanks.
I just need to go through the trouble of getting a new lip now
Old 06-13-12, 11:55 AM
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Hand wash today, on a side note, I need to relocate my rear bumper tab screw before I go lower, my tires are getting thrashed.
Old 06-13-12, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by SuthrnGent
Hand wash today, on a side note, I need to relocate my rear bumper tab screw before I go lower, my tires are getting thrashed.
what size are your tires? if you were going for the hella flush look you been need to stretch your tires...
Old 06-14-12, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by mrbananas
what size are your tires? if you were going for the hella flush look you been need to stretch your tires...
oh they're stretched lol I have an exposed screw from my liners being cut and it's rubbing on it from dips. I'm pretty sure I can just bend it upwards and gain some clearance.
Old 06-14-12, 10:41 AM
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replaced my map sensor and my power steering sensor, now my car runs like a champ again
Old 06-15-12, 02:22 PM
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Just finished my annual dr. colorchip treatment. it came out great as usual.
Old 06-15-12, 07:44 PM
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Just took apart my GT-Ps. Am soaking the bolts in nuts in coke and PB blaster for a couple days to make them easier to clean.
Old 06-16-12, 09:01 PM
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Ahhh dr.chip how is the outcome? I see ppl post reviews on different forum but no before and after pics!!

Juic... Polish the face and gold plate the bolts!! What specs are you going with??
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mrB, I didn't take any pics this time, but here are a couple from the first application. Also, I'm pretty sure it works best on black cars since the color is easy to match. It's definitely not a perfect solution, but it works well because it simply colors in the paint chip without any messy blobs ruining the finish.










Here are some in-process pics:






Old 06-16-12, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by mrbananas
Ahhh dr.chip how is the outcome? I see ppl post reviews on different forum but no before and after pics!!

Juic... Polish the face and gold plate the bolts!! What specs are you going with??
I'm still undecided on the color. I am going to just grab a few cans of spray paint and see what I like. I'm leaning towards gold or mercury silver. I'm going to go 9 in the front and 10.5 in the rear. High offsets with a lot of rubber.
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Damn dr. Chip looks like it works pretty well... At least in pictures!!
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I think msm was actually one of the colors that it did well on. Somebody did a DIY thread on myIS. Check it out if you want to see results.
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put my aem intake back on. was off cus i had to smog. reset up my subs in the trunk and washed my car


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