I need to stop wasting money on little things
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Originally Posted by Palayah8ta
the key is to have a daily driver so its not stressful. like i know i need to finish doing something to my car before work the next day or else im fucked. not fun.. i need a 4runner!
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Originally Posted by GianJ30a
instead of spending all that money on lights, use that money on some coilovers
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I sold my eibachs, then I sold my omnis, I want to save up and buy tein ss-p's but with buying a house, $1200 is a bit much right now but i want adjustable height and damper, I've been thinking about the ksports with custom spring rates, like getting something like the tein-ss spring rates, that way i'd get the softer feel that I want with the adjustable damper, what does anyone think of that idea?
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I can't wait til I have a job where I can afford to do everything I want to my car lol Thank god pharmacy pays lol.
Blackack, when it comes to show cars, attention to detail is everything, you know that. This work will pay off the first time someone says, damn, thats a great idea, or, your car is awesome. Most real car enthusiasts respect the time and effort put into the car. Good luck, I know you'll pull it together, you always do.
Blackack, when it comes to show cars, attention to detail is everything, you know that. This work will pay off the first time someone says, damn, thats a great idea, or, your car is awesome. Most real car enthusiasts respect the time and effort put into the car. Good luck, I know you'll pull it together, you always do.
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Hey, think of it this way, at least you live in a place where you can find an actual house for $150k, move to connecticut, you can't find anything decent under 250 lol
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Originally Posted by suprachica79
I can't wait til I have a job where I can afford to do everything I want to my car lol Thank god pharmacy pays lol.
Blackack, when it comes to show cars, attention to detail is everything, you know that. This work will pay off the first time someone says, damn, thats a great idea, or, your car is awesome. Most real car enthusiasts respect the time and effort put into the car. Good luck, I know you'll pull it together, you always do.
Blackack, when it comes to show cars, attention to detail is everything, you know that. This work will pay off the first time someone says, damn, thats a great idea, or, your car is awesome. Most real car enthusiasts respect the time and effort put into the car. Good luck, I know you'll pull it together, you always do.
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Hey, think of it this way, at least you live in a place where you can find an actual house for $150k, move to connecticut, you can't find anything decent under 250 lol
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Originally Posted by civic_slayer
I need to start spending money on the little things. My interior looks like crap.
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
I can't wait till I can afford to do stuff to my car, I'm in a lul right now, but yeah just glad people understand how meticulous with details I am, but anyone that follows my projects should know it's bordering on OCD.
You should see the taxes on it around here, school taxes alone
You should see the taxes on it around here, school taxes alone
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I hear ya i live in yuppy suburbia The school taxes for my district are the second highest in the state
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I hear that, when I graduate I definitely want to buy in connecticut but even with a pharmacy salary it'll be hard to get something pretty decent off the bat. Better to buy a smaller house to start than sink money into an apartment tho...
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Originally Posted by suprachica79
I hear that, when I graduate I definitely want to buy in connecticut but even with a pharmacy salary it'll be hard to get something pretty decent off the bat. Better to buy a smaller house to start than sink money into an apartment tho...
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
I'm happy with my extreme white corners top and bottom, but I was looking today at amber LED bulbs for my turn sigs to brighten up my turn sigs through the smoked corners.
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Here's a noob question, so if you get smoked corners you will need LED bulbs, because standard bulbs aren't powerful enough.
Also whats the best way to smoke a pair of clear corners? Should I just buy some smoked corners, or buy clear and smoke them myself? I'm looking online for 94-97 accord smoked corners, but can't find any of them yet either.
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
I sold my eibachs, then I sold my omnis, I want to save up and buy tein ss-p's but with buying a house, $1200 is a bit much right now but i want adjustable height and damper, I've been thinking about the ksports with custom spring rates, like getting something like the tein-ss spring rates, that way i'd get the softer feel that I want with the adjustable damper, what does anyone think of that idea?
and idk maybe its just me, i haven't spent too much on lighting. I have 6300k HID's bi-xenon, yellow fog lights (JDM's), plus my hella's. I use a normal corner bulb and it doesn't bug me too much,
here's the setup BTW:
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Here's a noob question, so if you get smoked corners you will need LED bulbs, because standard bulbs aren't powerful enough.
Also whats the best way to smoke a pair of clear corners? Should I just buy some smoked corners, or buy clear and smoke them myself? I'm looking online for 94-97 accord smoked corners, but can't find any of them yet either.
Also whats the best way to smoke a pair of clear corners? Should I just buy some smoked corners, or buy clear and smoke them myself? I'm looking online for 94-97 accord smoked corners, but can't find any of them yet either.
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Originally Posted by Andy2.3
Here's a noob question, so if you get smoked corners you will need LED bulbs, because standard bulbs aren't powerful enough.
Also whats the best way to smoke a pair of clear corners? Should I just buy some smoked corners, or buy clear and smoke them myself? I'm looking online for 94-97 accord smoked corners, but can't find any of them yet either.
Also whats the best way to smoke a pair of clear corners? Should I just buy some smoked corners, or buy clear and smoke them myself? I'm looking online for 94-97 accord smoked corners, but can't find any of them yet either.
Night I moved her from old house/garage to new house
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Originally Posted by XxAtTheGatesxX
^So those are extreme whites you have on your car in those pictures? Those are PIAAs right? Cause I wanted to go for the same look.
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Originally Posted by XxAtTheGatesxX
^Hell yeah, I'll take those! They brand new?
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
Get the smoked, get them for the CL not for an accord. You don't need LED's my chrome ambers and PIAA's show through really good. You don't need LED's it's not a bad idea, I bought one set to test em out and compare them, but these extreme whites I have work really well
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Originally Posted by XxAtTheGatesxX
^Hell yeah, I'll take those! They brand new?
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Haha I have the money, my ass is just too lazy to send you cash. I'll paypal you, haha. Or I'll just buy them at the meet and you can slap them on my car right quick!
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
Finally broke down and got LED bulbs for the 4 upper and lower corners, also got LED amber turn signals, that should be it for me on the lighting. I've dumped way too much money into freakin light bulbs. Oh well, it's the little things that make me happy. Since I don't have money to do many big mods lately, aside from buying my d2's, I've been doing a lot more little mods. Still got all the big mods to go on the car, but no tools or money to get them installed. Oh well, patience is a virtue, at least getting her inspected I can actually drive her for a while
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Haven't installed em yet, have to take off my bumper and remove the headlights to do the upper corners Got the LED bulbs though, I'll do the lower corners when I do the turn sigs, I'm sure they're brighter though I got psycho ones
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So I think I'm good on the corners finally, after 3 pairs, I finally settled on the PIAA Extreme white "HID" Super LED bulbs, and I didn't have to take out the headlights or bumper, just had to cram my hand down in next to the power steering and wriggle around a bit. They are a lot more white than the xtreme white bulbs. I think the xtreme white match the 6000K hid coloring a bit better, but I'm happy with the pure white light that these LED bulbs put out, also I plan to eventually drop to 4300K HID from the 6000K so these should match extremely well, no action pics, but wanted to update since I've been dancing with corner bulbs for years now, I think I'm done
PIAA Xtreme white bulbs next to HID Super LED bulbs
PIAA Xtreme white bulbs next to HID Super LED bulbs
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I can take some in the garage, my CL isn't going to be pulled out for a while as it's all ripped apart right now, had to put it on life support yesterday just to start the car and straighten the steering wheel to do my steering wheel conversion.
Here's the CL in winter hibernation on life support, with a broom handle as the hood pop CLEAR!
I tell you what though, I winterized the CL this time, and treated the fuel system and full tank of gas with stabil gas preserver, I've NEVER had my CL start up that fast ever that I can remember, freshly charged optima and fresh gas = wow
Here's the CL in winter hibernation on life support, with a broom handle as the hood pop CLEAR!
I tell you what though, I winterized the CL this time, and treated the fuel system and full tank of gas with stabil gas preserver, I've NEVER had my CL start up that fast ever that I can remember, freshly charged optima and fresh gas = wow
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I really hope I'm able to see your car in person this summer... I'm going to talk to gate's some more and see if we can't get some kind of meet worked out...