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Old 07-08-07, 12:58 AM
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What percent is your tint? Looks like 35 or 50.
It's 35% Huper Optik ceramic film from Al's Tinting here in Hawaii. It reduces the heat in the car dramatically compared to other metallic based films, not cheap but definitely worth it.
Old 07-08-07, 02:51 AM
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Very nice! I love the Wald Streifens
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Very nice
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Originally Posted by Dr. Jekyll
It's 35% Huper Optik ceramic film from Al's Tinting here in Hawaii. It reduces the heat in the car dramatically compared to other metallic based films, not cheap but definitely worth it.
That's the look I'm after, not too dark. Will definitely get non-metallic as I've heard it does interfere with your cell phone reception and that kinds of defeat the built in Bluetooth feature. Again, nice setup on your car. Since you have the Air Controller, do you have any images of the car drop super low? or do you just leave it at one setting at all times?
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Originally Posted by airtime
That's the look I'm after, not too dark. Will definitely get non-metallic as I've heard it does interfere with your cell phone reception and that kinds of defeat the built in Bluetooth feature. Again, nice setup on your car. Since you have the Air Controller, do you have any images of the car drop super low? or do you just leave it at one setting at all times?
Believe it or not that is dumped. according to the instructions the lowest an 01-03 can go is 9 but on the 04-06 the lowest is 5. Those pictures are with the sensors on the front manually adjusted as well, the rear sensors are in the stock position. Most of the guys out there with dumped cars are the 01-03's.
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So you are saying that you only use the manual sensor adjustment only and not using the data air controller at all?? Wow, I'm going to have to get on that soon. Thanks.
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So you are saying that you only use the manual sensor adjustment only and not using the data air controller at all?? Wow, I'm going to have to get on that soon. Thanks.
To clarify the drop on my car, the front sensors were adjusted manually and the rears were left alone in the stock position. The Datasystems controller is set to 5 in all corners for the pics and driven daily with the setting at 4 all around. So to get the front that low I had to hit the max on the controller as well as manually adjust the sensors. All in all the car still rides extremely smooth and I can't tell the difference from stock. The road noise however is rather pronounced at high speeds.
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Wow, those look great. Love the wheel choice. Cars looks perfect
Old 07-11-07, 05:33 AM
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The car looks great

Curious about the road noise: It's because of wider tires and not because you use the Datasystems controller, correct?
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rims are sick

Originally Posted by Dr. Jekyll
Believe it or not that is dumped. according to the instructions the lowest an 01-03 can go is 9 but on the 04-06 the lowest is 5. Those pictures are with the sensors on the front manually adjusted as well, the rear sensors are in the stock position. Most of the guys out there with dumped cars are the 01-03's.
mike (fliipu) got his 04 to go as low as my 01


ask him how he did it.. i really want to see your car dumped!
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Originally Posted by pvo
The car looks great

Curious about the road noise: It's because of wider tires and not because you use the Datasystems controller, correct?
I believe the additional road noise can be attributed to the much lower profile tires and the additional width. Th Datasystems controller does nothing to affect the noise factor and for me personally, the ride quality.
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looks great.
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Looks great and nice wheel setup. Is the drop kit easy to insatall? At only $125 it looks like a pretty fast inexpensive install.
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James they came out looking fantastic. Can't wait to see the new pics of your car once you get the new items your waiting for.
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looks better on ur car than mine........love ur car
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