Aruca_3.2

Its almost been 7 years. Here a little visual history from 2000 to present.

1. When it was stock:




2.) H&R OE Drop: (not low enough)


3.) Added mesh: (wont don't that again)


4.) H&R Sport drop: (still not low enough)



5.) Apexi coilovers drop (loved it) slammed!




painted the mesh grille black:


6.) body kit:



7.) Finally wheels and 02-03 tailights:




ENJOY!!

Blazin_TL

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looks great nice transformation

LeeDan00

great pics of before and after. any interior mods?

CL Platano

Looks nice.....nice story

MurkyRiversTL

They grow up so fast dont they..... almos shed a tear

VoLLy

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Wheels look classy on your ride. Nice transformation.

AznWay

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In the picture your headlight look clear or just angle of the camera

6MTUA5

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very nice work

SLAKERZ

Great chapter 1. Now what's chapter 2 about? hahahhaha. Nice sidemarkers too.

JCharged

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That's doe boy fresh!

Doc's TL-S

Nice and clean! Not too much or too little.

HBaJ

love the rims, love the way it looks..consider blacking the grille surround and blackin the lights?

Napsoner

Nice upgrades. The wheels really upgraded the look of your ride.

Malayalee King

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body coloring the chrome around grille?

vzuptnguyen

lol i really like this post. while scrolling down, it made me feel like it was transistioning to a ricer car. then towards the end when u cleaned up and painted the grill inserts and took out the A, and put sick ass wheels. i was so happy and relieved. feels like one of those happy ending movies. hahahaha. so weird.

btw, what type of sidemarker do you have.

Napsoner

I like those wheels. I know there old, but I wish I could find a nice decent set for a good price.

HBaJ

Aruca_3.2

Thanks!

Thanks. No interior mods, just hooked up my ipod to the stock unit.

Thanks!

I know! The other day I was like damn its been almost 7 years. But everytime I add something, it feels like a brand new car again.

Thanks!

Yea thats because I didn't have a digital camera back in the day. I think its the combination of the angle and scanning the photo.

Thank You!

Chapter 2.. No idea for chapter 2. Could possibly sell it or exhaust would be next if Iam going to do anything.

haha lol! thanks man!

just the way I like it!

Yea that was my next project. I was gonna do this once the weather got a little bit warmer. Its been cold here for awhile now. Probably will do it sometime this week hopefully whenever I get time.
I don't know if im going to do anything with the lights. Ill probably just leave it the way it is for now.

HAHa thanks! yea that and the crappy photo quality I had. Yea I don't think I would do the mesh grille thing again. Its actually a pain in the butt. Every year I have to repaint it because of rock chips from driving it in the winter. Too much maintenance. This year wasn't too bad, I didn't drive it at all when there was snow. Yea as you can see it took awhile to get it where its at and its all thanks to you guys and this site and getting some good feedback and good info!

Yea these are good old classic wheels. Its great.

Thanks again for the comments. ANy suggestions or feedback would be great. My first priority is to fix the rubbing in the back from the tires. Probably will end up rolling fenders and cambering a bit. Next will hopefully be painting the chrome part of the grille like some have mentioned.

Thanks again. Damn this is a long post!

vzuptnguyen

YOU DIDNT ANSWER MY QUESTION!!! what sidemarkers did you use =]

btw, for the grill. i just touch them up with the big black markers. takes to long to prep painting it. hope to see more mods on it!

Aruca_3.2

OH haha damn I thought I got everyone! My bad sorry! To tell you the truth I don't know the exact name of the sidemarkers I got. Maybe I can take a closer picture of it. I got this about 5 years ago from a local tuner shop and chose from the styles they had.

Yea prepping and painting takes way too long for the grill. I just touch it up now like you mentioned. I did it for the prepping and painting the first few years and now I just got lazy.

ItTy

Beautiful....

Bklyn02TypeS

nice ride.. diggin the rims!

pistacio

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nice


I like the idea of the thread.....I just might :thief:

TlsNavi03

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I like the finished product, you went through some stages huh..