slightly new face and ass on the ABP
02-14-2007, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by kyle77777
I don't know whats up with your paint but it looks lighter than my ABP, mine seems a lot darker. Maybe its your camera?
Where did you get the paint for the grille and lip spoiler?
Where did you get the paint for the grille and lip spoiler?
02-15-2007, 04:11 AM
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Originally Posted by cltypeSLOW
honestly i know its prob in my head, but i always thought the 01-02's looked alot brighter/lighter. the 03s look darker to me. its all in the lighting and the camera though.
anyway. the shop reshot my bumper so i'll assume they had enough of the paint laying around.
02-15-2007, 06:14 PM
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Can I get a mod to change title please? **clearer daytime pictures on pg. 2**
I am absolutely loving it more now (even the blue emblem which I was ehh about).
Lol, please don't mind the rock chips
I am absolutely loving it more now (even the blue emblem which I was ehh about).
Lol, please don't mind the rock chips
02-15-2007, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by kyle77777
What are the marks on your hood?
hopefully i'll be able to get rid of 'em after learning proper technique next weekend @ the meguiar's detailing class
02-15-2007, 07:12 PM
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When i first got my car it has really bad spider webbing going on above the fenders, never have got it on the hood though. I used Meguiars Swirl Remover followed with a coat of wax and it seemed to fix it. Anyhow, just curious 
02-17-2007, 01:51 PM
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[QUOTE=Time For Sleeep]lol... ironically... that's yen wei's car. (shineybluecls)
i have his tail-lights, spoiler, fog-light fairings, and '03 grill surround. I'm also running the same suspension and almost bought his CF hood lol.
I knew i seen that garage some where
And i have the rest of his parts
To bad my cars not abp though 
i have his tail-lights, spoiler, fog-light fairings, and '03 grill surround. I'm also running the same suspension and almost bought his CF hood lol.
I knew i seen that garage some where
And i have the rest of his parts
To bad my cars not abp though
02-17-2007, 07:13 PM
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waht'd you end up picking up from him? just curious.
Originally Posted by Time For Sleeep
lol... ironically... that's yen wei's car. (shineybluecls)
i have his tail-lights, spoiler, fog-light fairings, and '03 grill surround. I'm also running the same suspension and almost bought his CF hood lol.
I knew i seen that garage some where
And i have the rest of his parts To bad my cars not abp though
i have his tail-lights, spoiler, fog-light fairings, and '03 grill surround. I'm also running the same suspension and almost bought his CF hood lol.
I knew i seen that garage some where
And i have the rest of his parts
To bad my cars not abp though 
02-17-2007, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Time For Sleeep
waht'd you end up picking up from him? just curious.
02-17-2007, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by iisylentii
headlights ,coilovers, headers ,pulleys , intake, hood ,raymonds C2's, car cover
YOU TOOK THE HOOD AND PULLEYS U BITCH.
j/k
02-18-2007, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Time For Sleeep
YOU TOOK THE HOOD AND PULLEYS U BITCH.
j/k
j/k
Haa ha. I like the pulleys but with my heavy foot im using alot more gas then before.
All you need is the crank pulley because once in a while my battery light goes on now
But i make really short trips all the time since i only live 2 miles from work
02-18-2007, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by o1s
that looks really good. btw, whos avant is that in the background? 
and T, I'll probably be keeping this car til' I graduate
. or until i figure out what I want to do w/ the transmission when it hits 100k miles....my rims are currently sitting in my garage. I went to big bear a few weeks ago and ditn' want to run around on 19's with low pro tires in the snow... so they'll be going on for tomorrow's photoshoot
and the shop did all the work
02-27-2007, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Time For Sleeep
Just a few things done at the body shop while I was getting my rear bumper fixed.
Shaved off the vertical grill supports, and painted the black parts ABP. This shot is before we took off the outer chrome ring and replaced it with an '03 color matched one. I also wanted to see how it would look if I had the shop just shoot behind the A as well...
No vertical supports visible (you can only see remnants of the cutting/sanding/bondo if you look from underneath closely).
Also, anything that was black before was painted blue.
Also, the front bumper was painted to look like the '03 (everything is painted except for the black fairings and the middle grill).
And the cute M5 lip spoiler
+ Jon, holding the blue grill surround lol.
Notes:
-I also had them paint the side mirrors blue (only a little part of it is black plastic now).
-The blue emblem is ABP exactly, but from up close and middle distance it looks lighter than the rest of the car for some reason From far away though, it looks perfectly matched. But if you look super up close, you can tell that it's ABP exactly. The paint is actually better quality than the rest of the car lol (from multiple trips to shitty shops).
-I'm not sure if I like that color-matched emblem yet, but I'm too lazy to re-paint it. Maybe later on, but it gives my car a bit of a differnet look which I don't mind.
-Everything costed $550 (m5 spoiler painted and mounted, front grill work, whole front bumper re-shot, and side mirrors painted) @ backyard creations in Temple City. GREAT shop. I would highly recommend them to anyone in the area. (They're the ones that molded Brian Lin's TL lip kit onto his CL).
Shaved off the vertical grill supports, and painted the black parts ABP. This shot is before we took off the outer chrome ring and replaced it with an '03 color matched one. I also wanted to see how it would look if I had the shop just shoot behind the A as well...
No vertical supports visible (you can only see remnants of the cutting/sanding/bondo if you look from underneath closely).
Also, anything that was black before was painted blue.
Also, the front bumper was painted to look like the '03 (everything is painted except for the black fairings and the middle grill).
And the cute M5 lip spoiler
+ Jon, holding the blue grill surround lol.
Notes:
-I also had them paint the side mirrors blue (only a little part of it is black plastic now).
-The blue emblem is ABP exactly, but from up close and middle distance it looks lighter than the rest of the car for some reason
From far away though, it looks perfectly matched. But if you look super up close, you can tell that it's ABP exactly. The paint is actually better quality than the rest of the car lol (from multiple trips to shitty shops).-I'm not sure if I like that color-matched emblem yet, but I'm too lazy to re-paint it. Maybe later on, but it gives my car a bit of a differnet look which I don't mind.
-Everything costed $550 (m5 spoiler painted and mounted, front grill work, whole front bumper re-shot, and side mirrors painted) @ backyard creations in Temple City. GREAT shop. I would highly recommend them to anyone in the area. (They're the ones that molded Brian Lin's TL lip kit onto his CL).
03-01-2007, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by XBaDgEerLX
i think i know where u at
...his treat
03-01-2007, 07:36 PM
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really ? how come no one told me ?
every time i see pictures of tim and yen wei 's cars it makes me want to get a paint job
love the m5 lip spoiler i might have to get one soon
every time i see pictures of tim and yen wei 's cars it makes me want to get a paint job
love the m5 lip spoiler i might have to get one soon
03-02-2007, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by XBaDgEerLX
Hey that house that ur at ...in the pix.. well that person said there's a party there tomorrow ...his treat
...his treat rofl
03-02-2007, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by VtecBio009
that looks great man
PM me backyard creation's address
also, how much was the color matched grill ring?
PM me backyard creation's address
also, how much was the color matched grill ring?
03-02-2007, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by shinybluecls
color matched grill surrounds are around $50 from your local dealership; they come stock off the 03s. only downside to doing it this way is that the paint probably won't match 100%
03-03-2007, 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Time For Sleeep
link?
i actualyl got this idea from kahrupt. he sent me photos. sorry for the plagarism kahrupt
i actualyl got this idea from kahrupt. he sent me photos. sorry for the plagarism kahrupt
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