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Finally got around to a couple Mods, Pics Enjoy!

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Old 04-29-12, 09:05 PM
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Default Finally got around to a couple Mods, Pics Enjoy!

So I bought this car a couple weeks ago, and i finally got around to a couple mods...More to come, but i def need new wheels or spacers for sure

Mods:
Cut F sport hole on intake (nice free mod )
M2 Mufflers
Painted Grill
Megan EZ Sport Coilovers
Painted and decaled brakes

Just a wash, and in stock form:




Painted brakes:







M2 Mufflers:





Grill and surround:



Coils:









I also started a detail, car needs it bad. Leatherique'd the interior. Made a huge difference in bringing these seat back to life. Gotta make sure its ab 90-105 in there. I got it to a steady 104 for ab 12 hrs with a small space heater!







Not sure how much $$$ I'm going to put into this car, but its been pretty fun to mod and very easy to work on.

The Megan EZ street ride quality so far are great, I haven messed with the height adjustments and dampening settings, so i cant really give them a true review. Over a weekend of riding around on them, im pretty impressed w/ the overall ride quality. I just took them out of the box and put them on. From what i can tell these things will go way lower!

As for the M2 Muffler, for the price i couldn't be happier. It has a decent tone to it not too loud. Fitment is a tad off, but i have been working on it.
Old 04-29-12, 09:11 PM
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Looks good, I like the yellow calipers!
Old 04-29-12, 09:14 PM
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Nice start to the modding! Yellow calipers on a black car FTW

Looks like you gave it a very good detail on the outside too cuz the black paint looks crazy good!
Old 04-29-12, 09:33 PM
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very clean!! I approve
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looks good! time for some shoes?
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very good start. not ur first rodeo it seems!
Old 04-29-12, 09:59 PM
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Car looks clean. What kind of paint did you use to paint the outer grill surround.
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Good first choice of mods... especially in getting the coilovers

Pass up on spacers and just use that savings on wheels
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This should go on the clean and classy thread. Very nice job!
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looks good! Nice n clean
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In your last picture, is that the end result of Leatherique? It's too too shiny!
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Originally Posted by SCWB
In your last picture, is that the end result of Leatherique? It's too too shiny!
I think hes in the middle of the treatment, it says 104 degrees on the thermometer.

Nice OP, car looks great. Nice first mods
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looking awesome
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Lookin good. Off to a great start. 👍👍👍
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Thanks for all the compliments!


Originally Posted by swirvin
Looks good, I like the yellow calipers!
Yea in was going to be boring and do black or silver, but i needed a little pop, hopefully i wont get tired of the yellow. I had a G35 Coupe back in 2003 that was black and had gold Brembos on it, so i was kind of going for that look.

Originally Posted by MashinA
very good start. not ur first rodeo it seems!


Originally Posted by Initial G
Car looks clean. What kind of paint did you use to paint the outer grill surround.
Just a gloss black for plastics, with a couple high grit sands in between coats.

Originally Posted by SCWB
In your last picture, is that the end result of Leatherique? It's too too shiny!
haha, yea that would look horrible. Yea its just a pic to show the temp. Thats ab the 3rd coat of oil. you wipe it off and use the pristine clean from there...


Originally Posted by ZeroSeVen
Good first choice of mods... especially in getting the coilovers

Yea i think those made the biggest difference so far...

Pass up on spacers and just use that savings on wheels
Yea i like the OEM look with a twist...I was going to powder coat them now that im running a square 8.5 set up, well see...


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