civicdrivr

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The new wheels will be black. I did a few things to the car this evening. Ill try to take some decent pics in the morning, but Im heading to NY tomorrow and Im trying to hit the road no later then 10am.

Aman

Psst. Your new avatar is second-hand. I think Volly had it for a while.

I like the blackout trim chrome grille doesn't look to out of place, if anything the gold wheels/blue calipers/black paint clash a bit. I'm sure it'll look a ton better once you get the black wheels.

BTW whatever happened to your second retrofit?

nf3d0149ab

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Yeah, Blackout tape, it's okay...not as clean as it could be.

nf3d0149ab

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Yay for new wheels.

StreetKA

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i used electric tape yesterday it looked ok as i couldnt say it was electrical tape but with my silver rims i think it looks better with chrome trim ...

whats up with headlight project btw ?

friesm2000

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some cars do look better with a little bit of chrome, especially darker color cars (but it can still easily be overdone though)
while most lighter colored cars look better with out chrome (either color-matched or blacked out parts [ie:headlights])

civicdrivr

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Yea, I was pretty sure the avatar was used somewhere else. Im not home so I cant change it

I have to take new pics of the car. I did a mini detail Friday before going to NY and changed a few things up. The retro is in process still. I am trying to make my mind up on a few things with it before I close them up.

The thing that always bothered me with the CL was the trim around the front and rear window was black and then they had chrome around the side windows. It didnt match.

friesm2000

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so you like the Mexican chromed out look then... (or just all blacked out)


and it's also easier for you to paint them also, because your door handles are already blacked out, compared to chrome (yes the TL can swap for a set of CL door handles, but only easily up front though, back door handles mount different; but the shape is the same as far as the "cutout")

civicdrivr

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Thats kinda racist.

But yes, I despise chrome. Always have. I think that having the trim blacked out makes the car look smaller too.

civicdrivr

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Heres a couple pics from today:

friesm2000

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cf hood finally back on lol

civicdrivr

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Got sick of it sitting in my garage

Headlights will be done by next weekend too.

e30cabrio

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WTF with that retread stolen avi??????

friesm2000

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front end feel lighter? and accelerates better?





also i thought you had tinted windows, and not the fishbowl look



edit: here: http://www.tintcenter.com/laws/VA/ says medical exemptions might be possible for your white bald ass ; might be worth looking into...

civicdrivr

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Yea, I was lazy. I get home tomorrow at which point I will properly update my avatar.

I dont really feel any difference, but I like the way it looks.

I do have tinted windows, but its rather light. 50% up front, 35% in the back. Ive had problems with illegal tint in VA in the past and I didnt want to deal with the hassle.

friesm2000

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found this for you also:
http://www.vsp.state.va.us/Safety.shtm


or this:
http://leg1.state.va.us/000/reg/TOC19030.HTM#C0070

zac

Very stealthy, love it. Get some tint, nothing dark necessary even 35% would look good. Keept me out of trouble so far and still allows me to see when i'm backing up in the night/rain.

Ya know, looking at that 2nd pic, I think your car would look better with 01 tails.

edit: nm about the tint. I couldnt see it, looked stock

StreetKA

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i see you copied my grill idea except painting it nbp the inner part of it

just kidding looks good... im just having thoughts about geting your rims and paint them gunmetal then black out the rest of my car as well with tailights too...

im working on my new grill project and will be painting headlights(gray housing gonna be black) maybe next weekend

i need to get moar low i think i will order koni yellow shocks and get these 20mm out of them to make a car seat lower

friesm2000

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i did that on my tl probably a year at least ago, but left the chrome on the "trim" intact though

gnuts

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love the black out trim...everything is flowing really well.

SimonCL-S6

Damn that second picture looks awesome. Cars looking better and better.

Jacobpockros

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Now the trim looks great with the added blacked out grill. Car flows much nicer.

nf3d0149ab

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Looking sick man. Definitely a fan.

p.diddy

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i like.

nspec_ya4

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looks awesome. what fitment problem were you talking about on the hood? or did you fix it already?

CLtotheTL32

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Morgan your car looks great man! I love everything about it!

Aman

Looks great. Interested to see how it will look with the new retro.

Any road lamps in your future? I think the openings look kinda cool right now, goes with the whole blacked out theme though. Personal preference, I guess.

AARONSredTYPE-S

love it

civicdrivr

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Thanks guys

It took some finessing to get the grille to fit properly (and I could probably tweak it a bit more) but other then that it fit fine. Its the trunk thats the issue, which I am hoping my fix for it will work.

Id like to get a set of fog lights, but its not a priority. We'll see though. I dont really want to mount them in the inserts though because that would block air into my intake (I punched out the holes in that insert so air passes through).

Just got back home from NY too. Only used 2 tanks of gas on the entire trip, which was ~850 miles total. I beat on the car a few times too.

Avatar has been changed

Aman

Ooh, jiggly tits. I approve.

brian6speed

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Looks good. I hope you can get the trunk to fit. If you can it might convince me to get it.

MD03CL-S

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I like...I like!

Can't wait to see all blacked out with the wheels

anthracitecl

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I like new stealthy look!!! looks better!!!

nf3d0149ab

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If you can get the CF trunk on there and make it look clean I'll consider to sell you the custom CF trunk lip...

civicdrivr

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*runs out to garage to make trunk fit*

Aman

I love how you say you're going to "make" the trunk fits instead of "seeing if" it fits. that must be a kickass custom lip

civicdrivr

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Its like a normal M5 lip, just made out of carbon fiber and molded specifically for our trunk. He got to it before I could

Jacobpockros

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IIRC Rajca made a carbon fiber M5/M3-Style lip spoiler to fit. I forgot where he got it from though

civicdrivr

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He got his from eBay, and is he running it now? I remember when he first got it and it was sticking up on one side.

Jacobpockros

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It was on there last time he updated the thread