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Old 03-24-2013, 11:18 PM
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03tLsNBP - The Final Photoshoot

Pictures were taken in December. That was the last time I had all the mods on the car. I have been parting out slowly ever since.














Near the end of December, I took off the mustang wheels and put the stockies back on, but with a twist.




This is how she sits tonight. I gave her a spot in the garage for the night.








New owners pick her up tomorrow morning. Goodbye TL. As much as I complained about you, you did get me around for 40K miles. There were a lot of things I should have done differently but lesson learned. I must move on.


A few of you have asked me what I'm replacing her with. Well, here's a clue...




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love the trunk!!
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Old 03-25-2013, 03:35 AM
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Lancer, an evo i bet.... Evo8?
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Nice upgrade! New evo I bet!
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Old 03-25-2013, 10:04 AM
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Close. 2013 Lancer Evo X GSR in Cosmic Blue. Have the deposit put down on it. Just gotta go and sign the papers. I'll give more details soon but I can say right now that it's a lease.
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Is the hood what came of that groupbuy two years ago or is that custom?
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The hood is custom made by me. Real CF laid over OEM hood. I had plans to do the front fenders and roof too. But it was so labor intensive that I just couldn't do it anymore after I graduated college and got a real job.
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damn it was starting to get crazy mods...
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Old 03-25-2013, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 03tLsNBP
The hood is custom made by me. Real CF laid over OEM hood. I had plans to do the front fenders and roof too. But it was so labor intensive that I just couldn't do it anymore after I graduated college and got a real job.
ah, nice. Do you have any closeups of it? Is it functional? It looks like it directs air into the front manifolds?
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man, said to see this car gone, i know i havent been on here very long but this car has given me so much inspiration towards working on my tl
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Old 03-25-2013, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by assclown
ah, nice. Do you have any closeups of it? Is it functional? It looks like it directs air into the front manifolds?
I don't have any hard proof that it was functional but theoretically it should have been. It was supposed to extract hot air from the engine bay. Not necessarily direct air into it. The vents are close enough to the leading edge of the hood to actually work....in theory.
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Originally Posted by dreem1er
damn it was starting to get crazy mods...
TOO crazy. I had to stop myself
Old 03-25-2013, 11:18 PM
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new car thread posted in Car Talk

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...5#post14391645
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Enjoyed your progress the last couple years.
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Will be missed. Loved the retros.
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Man I just joined and finally learned of your car, and now its going away :,(

But It was a bit inspiring and going to do some unique things to match up!
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Old 04-03-2013, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Maker
Enjoyed your progress the last couple years.
Thanks!

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Will be missed. Loved the retros.
Your quad retros will always be my favorite.

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Man I just joined and finally learned of your car, and now its going away :,(

But It was a bit inspiring and going to do some unique things to match up!
Yup it's already gone. Go for it! I want to see what you can come up with
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Hey 03tlsNBP, life's been good to ya.....thanks for sharing the farewell pics of all your hard labor of love, sweat and tears with your TL. Ya really did it well to say the least and it truly showed.

But, there comes a time in one's life to move on to the next level and you have chosen well with the leased EVO. You'll have some time to play and then later on, down life's winding road.......evaluate where ya wanna be.

Don't wanna scare ya, but it may be in a whole different direction if ya get hitched up and have a family ! Anyways, have fun ...enjoy the moment and never look back.
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Originally Posted by 3.2TLc
Hey 03tlsNBP, life's been good to ya.....thanks for sharing the farewell pics of all your hard labor of love, sweat and tears with your TL. Ya really did it well to say the least and it truly showed.

But, there comes a time in one's life to move on to the next level and you have chosen well with the leased EVO. You'll have some time to play and then later on, down life's winding road.......evaluate where ya wanna be.

Don't wanna scare ya, but it may be in a whole different direction if ya get hitched up and have a family ! Anyways, have fun ...enjoy the moment and never look back.
Thanks man

I hope to plan ahead financially so that I'm never in a position where I have to give up having a nice, fast sports car for a family. I would like to have my cake and eat it too
Old 04-04-2013, 05:25 PM
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sad to see your whip go bro! i was always a big fan of your build. guess there always comes a time for bigger and better things haha good luck with the EVO
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Holy Shit that Hood!!! Oh my God it makes your TL look so aggressive!! That thing is beautiful! What made you decide to just cut vents into your hood?! I never would have imagined that!
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"EVO" made him do it !
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Gotta admit, I was definitely inspired by the Evo. Little did I know it was foreshadowing an actual Evo
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