klepto

yay, more mods in the mail!

APR strut bar. mmm...beefy.


and kind of a mod. Finally got to pick up my plates, it only took 4 months



headers should be comming in soon from ayougo. then I'm all ready for HIN

lol I have his old intake, headers and the same strut bar

lnsyone

the vanity plate is classic

klepto

keke. im waiting to see peoples reactions, dunno if it'll be good or not

sobegood4you

how would one get a vanity plate?

Smalls

^ your local DMV maybe

shineynitelite

looks good.


klepto you ever read your pms?

CL Platano

Nice..I love that plate

agranado

I want that I </3 speedbumps thing... classic

klepto

whooops sorry. pmed back.

FullScreen

hey klepto, might as well paint your car red.....then wed be twins

shineynitelite

its cool, thanks for the reply. i gave you more worthless literature

starboy2nv

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lol love the plate justin

saiko_cl_duck

nice, the vanity plate just puts a nice touch on individualism.

Palayah8ta

How mush did the bar run you?

strawb3rri3

loving the plates

97BlackAckCL

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Love the plate, but I really love the plate cover I <3 speedbumps is classic

klepto

$60 shipped

haha thanks, but its not realy "i love speedbumps" the heart is crossed out so its "i HATE speedbumps"

97BlackAckCL

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even better, i missed that

teh CL

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you gotta send me one of those

97BlackAckCL

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So I'm about to install a strut brace like this on my 3.0 but it looks like there's a lot of shit in the way on the passenger side, where the round bracket bolts down. Anyone with a 3.0 use a brace like this and know about clearance with things being in the way? The stuff under the stock bar that I circled? U can't really see it but any 3.0 owner who has a brace like this should know what i'm talkin about.

VB87

Have you installed it ? What did you get?

97BlackAckCL

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Have not installed mine yet, I never got an answer for my question, and it's been too cold to mess with it.

99CL

I have a 3.0 and on the passenger side I had to remove one of the mounts that holds a few wires, and just zip tied the wires to something else to make room.

M.T.L.C.L.3.0

i would have to agree with the general concensus that both the plate and the thingy around the plate are amazing! i think lowering kits should come with i hate speed bumps things..

97BlackAckCL

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Thank you, the answer I was looking for. Was the mount able to be unbolted or did you have to cut it with a dremel or something?

klepto

the apr strut bar was a bitch to get on. I had to unbolt the fuse box and some few other things on the pass side and take off and move some other things on the drivers side since the mounts are so huge. Also, anyone that is putting on any new strut bar will need to cut off this metal tab on the pass side.

anyways, heres a pic of it installed, you can kinda see what I had to move on the sides

97BlackAckCL

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Looks hawt, I have a feeling I'm gonna be moving a lot of stuff too.

Now klep you need to get a blue intake to match your wires and strut bar J/P I know you're paintin your valve cover red. That'll look sweet red white and blue.

97BlackAckCL

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And clean your engine bay before HIN

Cocoa

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I used a hammer and a flathead......just keep pounding at it at an angle.

97BlackAckCL

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Right on, i'll just dremel that bitch with a diamond wheel

klepto

Yea, I know. Im waiting for the headers and valve cover then i'm blasting all that crap outta there.

97BlackAckCL

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Sweet, I need to do mine, but winter sux

Blazin Si

Looks really good.

You should take your valve cover off, strip it, mask off the VTEC and paint it with some red "crinkle" paint. That would be an inexpensive, tastefull mod to dress up the engine bay a little bit. I think it would look really good since your intake is red and your car is white.

klepto

my valve cover is in the shop right now getting painted a mirror red

97BlackAckCL

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ib_jimmy

cool, it'll match the intake.

agranado

klept - question bro.. how's that tower bar feel? Does it make the car feel stiffer than stock? Also, is there anywhere that sells a red bar to match the rest of the interior?

If not, i'll take your word on how much better the car feels. Also, how much did the paint on the valve cover cost?

klepto

I havent really gotten a chance to fling the car around because I still have to correct my ride height/camber/rubbing issue. Also, I now have to carry a few 2x4's in my trunk so I dont want those flying around either. I doubt youd really feel MUCH of a difference, its mainly just for looks for me I guess. The bars also come with red mounts, but the one I found was only in blue. The valve cover ran me $45 shipped. Should be here by the end of the week, but sadly the headers wont. ayougos guy who was getting them coated found a hairline crack in em.

Motohip

A Matte, textured finish would look better.

SwervinCL

Mines better



I still like yours though, how did you get away with it?