Here goes. Washed the car yesterday morning, and of course it decided to rain immediately afterward. Regardless, the car stayed fairly clean, and I took some pics up at my girlfriend's apartment complex this morning. Comments welcomed.













And my favorites of the day...

 

lol, the car that excelerate built looks fantastic. i love how the bbk pops out

 

Haha, Josh does good work and sells good parts! Nothing but props to Josh and Jamie. I bought almost everything from Josh. He installed the Teins and the brakes... the rest was me, some jackstands, and some handtools! Gotta love learning this stuff on your daily driver...

Thanks for the kind words.

 

So, apparently I goofed on the thread title... any kind-hearted mod want to change that to 2008 for me?

 

looks good, great shots

 

Audioserf can travel to the future

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Looks good

 

Look good / clean

 

sans josh's labor, you and i have a lot in common. i've got some parts lying around the garage waiting to be installed. we shall soon be cousins ...

 

I love your car... Nice pictures.

I'm still hoping to catch a real life glimpse when I'm down in CT. Keep up the good work!

 

Seeing as how you failed to realize it's still 2008, I fixed the title...

 

dammmnn looksss fresh..
Wut are the specs on your advans? Damn i want those wheels. haahha

18x8 wut offset?

 

Appreciate it. My brain was apparently at a crossroads between "Last shoot of 2008" and "Last shoot before 2009"!

 

Thanks man. 18x8 +48 with 235/40/18.

 

Lookin good, lookin good...lookin real good!

The last three turned out nice.

 

Nice, Im liking the drop and painted grill surround.

 

very nice

 

Car is looking good, man .

I knew those red lugs would look good with your calipers...kinda makes me wish I went with blue calipers instead of black ones. New engine bay looks good as well - I'll have to see the Cusco endlinks up close at some point.

 

I'm not thrilled with the paintjob on the Cusco links (because torquing the nuts down cause the paint to crack, despite numerous coats, as well as a lot of clearcoat) but at a glance it looks fine. At some point I will have to either have it professionally powdercoated, or replace it with a different strut bar. For now, it works. Thanks man. My ETD should come in this week, we'll have to run down to the parking garage to see how it fits with your blower.

 

Lookin great man! Way to keep on representin the CGP / Advan combo

I have always loved the painted grill surround and the new rotors calipers look aggressive. Those last 3 pics really turned out great. I like the contrast of the CGP on that background. Keep it going!

 

hey audioserf, wat etd did u get?

 

Thanks a lot Kenny! Gotta hold it down for the CGP + Kreutzer combo on the East coast. Now I just need my boost...

I initially wanted black calipers but didn't want to pay the premium to Rotora or wait the 60 days so I had Josh get the red, and I was not disappointed. Things find their way of working out!

 

Ingalls. I tried it in the original Group Buy and it didn't work out, but this time I'm prepared to put some legwork in to get it to fit (modifications to bracket to clear ABS motor and A/C lines if necessary) because I really enjoyed the solid shifting feel the ETD provides. I may end up taking off my hoodliner to avoid having it damaged by the ETD's engine-side bracket, as well.

I also ordered it as part of an experiment. DAYTA and I are going to see if the engine-side bracket fits with his CT Supercharger setup, and, if not, what type of modifications may be necessary to achieve fitment. Since I plan to add boost in 09 (either CT Supercharger or a turbo kit, depending how the whole KPro thing pans out for people), this is something I need to figure out.

 

Ic, i was discouraged from purshacing it bc of its lack of fitment, if u decide to turbo then shouldnt it not be problem bc a turbo set up really only deals with the right side of the engine?

 

Yes - with the K24 I'd imagine all intercooler plumbing would be on the driver's side of the engine bay. There's much more room on that side, and that's where the throttle-body resides. There's plenty of room at the back for the turbo manifold (or perhaps someone will fab up a side-mount turbo manifold like I've seen done for the RSX-S).

 

Pics look great audioserf.

I was gonna say, Kenny, his car had a SLIGHT resemblance to yours, but inside the engine, thats a whole other story.....Keke How you enjoying your SC these days?

 

ya i was thinking of the rsx as an example, its not like with a supercharger, so i think the fitment shouldnt be as bad for the etd.

 

sweet pics. i really like how you powdercoated the cusco bar to match your valve cover. it's a nice touch.