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You need to get the ice done *coughhurry*

ummagawd

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hehe you got it chief!

AME_VIP

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great choice on the wheels... too bad about the widths and offsets though

ummagawd

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oops.... i need to edit that... i meant rear is 9 and front is 8, both + 33

so its still a staggered setup, hence the rear lip action

indypwr

looking good man..always like all "white" sc's...........

TopSCecreT

damn, that looks sweet,

ummagawd

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yea.... i must admit though that i was anxious to get rid of the PDW.... i like white... but i like bright whites...

this is a custom mix actually.... its a 05 RAV 4 base white coat with a lexus white pearl

it came out really nice... the pearl changes with the color of light that hits it.... under street lamps it looks like a gold pearl... under flourescent lights it looks like a blue pearl.... kinda cool

got_trd

i was thinking about getting some rims in that style..... looks good though!

ummagawd

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thanks

ajs14

Car's looking clean man...I'll get there soon! Did you repaint it the same color? Are you putting a "soarer' badge on?

LMBLF8

Wow that looks great! Keep up the good work on the ride!

ummagawd

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nah... i resprayed the whole car a custom mix... i posted it earlier somewhere...

rave4 base white and lexus white pearl...

i would put a soarer badge on there if i can find one in the black chrome finish like the L emblem

stevechumo

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I had the same VIS kit on my SC 400 and the same problem as you do. I got a little pissed as you did when I first received my car from the bodyshop. However, it took me 2 hours to turn it into an authentic Vertex style with some bending. The guy at the bodyshop was perhaps lazy or didn't know how to work with fiberglass. But don't worry about the front bumper flaring out. I got a cure.

You need these tools: (1) industrial heat gun (costs about $40 at Home Depot, or you buy & return...ha..ha...ha, no harm), (1) electrical saw or die grinder with metal cut-off wheel, (1) ruler, (4) 10/16"x20" holed bracket (or bar) in the plumbing section, (1) bag of 1/2" short sharp point screws that barely fit on the holes (you need to dril the holes to make them slightly larger than the screws), (1) bag of 3/4" screws with nuts at the other end, (1) bag of 1" washers that have holes slightly larger than 3/4" screws, (1) bag of lock washers that are slightly larger than 3/4".

It's best to have 2 people to make easy.

Procedure: Take the inside bumper liners out. Measure how much you want to bend it and the distance that after the 2 brackets are fit on the flat lower part of the bumper cross to the black OEM plastic under the car from the engine side. You may cut the brackets to fit. Make sure you find 2 stable & hard OEM plastic spots(to be screwed) for each bracket so the bracket can hold the bumper later. Turn on the heat gun at 1000 degree & heat the inside of the bumper from up to down around the second hole that's next to the fog light holes. Important: Don't go too far inside, don't stay at one spot too long & don't heat anything other than the fiberglass bumper. It'll only take several seconds to heat it up or you'll damage the paint. You may smell some paint but it's ok. Try to touch the outside bumper, but don't touch it hard because you may scratch the paint when it's soft....It's hot.!!! After several minutes, try to bend the bumper side in. Now, while 1 person holds & bends, the other fits the brackets with screws. For each bracket, 2 sharp screws to the OEM hard plastic and 2 screws & nuts to the lowest flat part of the bumper. Make sure the bracket stays on the upper of the flat bumper part with lock washers & use the big washers below the flat part. The better way is to predrill with much a smaller drill on the OEM plastic sides and slightly drill on bumper side. If you don't predrill, they might break when you "screw" them. Use 2 brackets on each side & both sides should be bent evenly. I might miss some details but I guess you can figure them out. Take it easy, no rush.

Why would anybody spend $2500 on an authentic Vertex kit why we can pay less than 1/5 of that. Ain't that cool? Good luck and let me know how it turned out.

LexAnt

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well i spent that amount because i didn't wanna have to go through what you went through as well as know that the material and way the kit was made by Vertex is better than what VIS does. Ie hand laid vs. sprayed. well that was the reason for me.

edit: forgot to add that the vertex kit one is FRP instead off full fiberglass

stevechumo

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Tt...Tt.. Please no offense. I agree with you that the Vertex material has to be better in some ways. It could be stronger, more flexibe, better fit, and maybe smoother. After getting unsatsified from the VIS bumper flare, I thought about making the bodykit by myself for some different styles. That made me go through several fiberglass sources such as books, forums, and fiberglass material retailers. I found out that making bodykit is not hard and there're not a lot of different materials to make bodykit, and it'll start about $200. But, it's really time consuming for the first template (molding). In the end with not much free time, I decided to fix that VIS kit and save time for now. Last but not least, the nicest thing is that either you or me are loving for what we're having and that's worth it.