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Old 07-20-05 | 04:20 PM
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Thanks to Din for the parts.
I still need to find a grill, taillights, and fog lamps. I have the wing, skirts, front, and rear. It started arriving today and I removed the Bomex and installed the new 2000 front end. I am now down to the choice of either going back with black or doing the whole car in kandy red. Both are nice, and makes a hard choice.

I'll be updating this soon I have to go to a muffler shop and use their rack for the skirts. I learned the hard way with my BMW that having to jack the car up and lay on the ground inserting screws and making holes sucks.
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Old 07-20-05 | 04:36 PM
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nice........
Old 07-20-05 | 05:46 PM
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black is always a sleeper!
Old 07-20-05 | 05:47 PM
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why u get rid of the bomex?
Old 07-20-05 | 05:49 PM
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I prefer the 97-2000 body personally. Clean, simple, and the best look overall for what I want which is just nice and clean.

Of course, I could just leave the car 2 tone
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Old 07-20-05 | 05:53 PM
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more interested how much paint will cost..

also how do the sides mount?
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Is that Dins old kit? Such a beautiful red, Id say paint the car to match the new bumpers/skirts haha
Old 07-20-05 | 06:38 PM
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lookin good OLT, are u gonna go all black or leave it as it is?
Old 07-20-05 | 06:40 PM
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Definately don't keep it a two tone lol. I'd go for the black.
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black cherry....???
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Originally Posted by Chambers
Definately don't keep it a two tone lol. I'd go for the black.
That was a joke

also how do the sides mount?
I'll show you tommorrow.
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Definitely feeling that 97 bumper... I agree with you...The 97+ upgrade is the cleanest upgrade of any pre-97 SC...

That is why I am doing the same...

Ryan

Originally Posted by O. L. T.
Thanks to Din for the parts.
I still need to find a grill, taillights, and fog lamps. I have the wing, skirts, front, and rear. It started arriving today and I removed the Bomex and installed the new 2000 front end. I am now down to the choice of either going back with black or doing the whole car in kandy red. Both are nice, and makes a hard choice.

I'll be updating this soon I have to go to a muffler shop and use their rack for the skirts. I learned the hard way with my BMW that having to jack the car up and lay on the ground inserting screws and making holes sucks.
Old 07-20-05 | 09:22 PM
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Dont paint the car candy red. Then everyone will think it is Dins car. Be original
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wow youwork fast u just got those things at 1030 in the morning. I should of kept the 97-00 conversion instead of going with the kit.
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Originally Posted by Din
wow youwork fast u just got those things at 1030 in the morning. I should of kept the 97-00 conversion instead of going with the kit.
Actually I picked them up at closer to 1:00 then came back and slept 3 hours Hey if the rear bumper skirts were here it would already be in paint They should come tommorrow I guess.

I like the vertex clone you got, it looks good, but that shot of your SC at the show slammed in kandy red with the 97 kit pwnz anything I have seen yet.

Dont paint the car candy red. Then everyone will think it is Dins car. Be original
Chino, I'd go the exact opposite of Din so it wouldn't look anything like it What it boils down to is how clean the kit fit's my car. If i can't eliminate small problems with the lines on the skirts or whatever, it has to go back black.Otherwise I really like the kandy red. The metallic is very classy and in person it looks just like the show pic I was talking about of his car. The best pic (IMO) he ever had was accurate of the color.

First I'd **** everyone off by going with gold emblems if i keep the stock 97-2000 wheels for 6 more months. After the wheels change I'd go with silver emblems.

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