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Old May 19, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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It's finally done...

After askin countless questions and bothering the shit out of my fellow acurazine members, the cl is finally gone from stock to shock! Thanks for all the advice from everyone. It's really dirty but here it goes, enjoy.


-Stern St-8 Gloss black 18"
-18x8 Front, 18x8.5 Rear (thats right, a mini stagger )
-225/40/18 Nitto NT555 Extreme ZR all around
-Eibach Pro Kit with stock shocks (working on koni yellows)

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Old May 19, 2008 | 10:41 PM
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thats a nice fuckin SMR!!! cant wait to put my eibachs on this saturday.
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Old May 19, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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the eibach pro kit is excellent, you'll love them!
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Old May 20, 2008 | 12:10 AM
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who's in the background in the 2nd pic... =P looks a little too happy

nice car, i wish the middle of your rims were blackas well... sticks out but still nice
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Old May 20, 2008 | 12:42 AM
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thats one thing i didnt like about them, but i figure ill powdercoat them gold in the future. plus i think silver would have been a little too boring for me.
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Old May 20, 2008 | 09:29 AM
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looks good, whats the offset on the wheels?
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Old May 20, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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looks the same other than the wheels and they make me wanna
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Old May 20, 2008 | 11:14 AM
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Nice SMR bud! I'm loving the wheels, you should paint ur headlight housing black or get the 03 headlights... would look so sick.
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Old May 20, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by TypeStylinOnU
looks good, whats the offset on the wheels?
48+ in the front
45+ in the rear
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Old May 20, 2008 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ljmushock
Nice SMR bud! I'm loving the wheels, you should paint ur headlight housing black or get the 03 headlights... would look so sick.
glad u like the wheels, got some haters out there...and yeah im thinkin about an 03 conversion in the summer, i was always fond of the 03 cl's
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Old May 20, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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It looks good! But you should really think about painting the center of the wheel, I think it would look a lot more cleaner! All you need now is some 03 tails and headlights and it would be sexy...
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Old May 20, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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i think your car would have looked better by keeping stocks and slammin the bitch. im glad your happy but my vote would be for new wheels and coilovers
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Old May 20, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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get the 03 headlights or blk em our urself, then color the match the chrome front grill to red and that should set of that front end. the blk out headlight should make those wheel pop. nice set up.
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Old May 20, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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Nice drop. About how many finger gaps?
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Old May 21, 2008 | 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by m733l
get the 03 headlights or blk em our urself, then color the match the chrome front grill to red and that should set of that front end. the blk out headlight should make those wheel pop. nice set up.
thats gona b the summer project bro
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Old May 21, 2008 | 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by VoLLy_1llusioNz
Nice drop. About how many finger gaps?
um about 2 last time i checked
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Old May 23, 2008 | 09:32 AM
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Looks fine.. Will look better if it was drop lot more!!!!!
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Old May 23, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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thanks for all the comments guys, thanks for respecting me taking a chance on these wheels versus just getting racinghart c2s like 50% of the ppl on the forums, lol
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Old May 24, 2008 | 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by type_ek
thats one thing i didnt like about them, but i figure ill powdercoat them gold in the future. plus i think silver would have been a little too boring for me.

I think that would look really sharp!!!

Nicely done.
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