i joined this site a little over a year ago when i got my
99TL..there is such a wealth of information on this
forum..i have learned so much thanks to the SEARCH button.

most of these pictures are from my cell phone so some
may look shitty.i will try to keep them in order..

first thing i did was buy some cheap napa fog lamps..







then i painted the grille surround nbp.

 

i also smoked the tails just a a little..





i took off the resonator and straight piped the mid muffler..



front rotors..

 

at this point i went out to my first meet..it just made me
want to keep on modding..

 

i really like the look of the 3g base wheels and i
finally found some for a good deal..they would have
to wait to be mounted until i had money for tires..

 

then i got the urge to black out my headlamps..i opted
to leave my orange reflectors since i like the look and
don't plan on getting 02-03 tails..plus i think it will flow best
when i decide to get around to markers in the fenders..












clear my lens's while i'm at it...

 

 

nice progress

i never thought about using a heat gun to open the headlights. how long did it take? was it a frustrating process? or was it less risky than sticking the whole thing into an oven?

 

i got another grille and decided to paint it nbp..







i also got some free mud guards so i painted them as well...
i know alot of people don't like the look of mud guards but i do.

 

it was a pain in the ass and i hope i never have to do it again.
it probably took 4 hours or so..alot of the time was spent cursing..

 

 

time for a drop!













i also painted my calipers at this time but didn't take pics..

 

got tires! kumho ecsta

 

Very nice. The only thing that I don't really like is the fog lights. You look like a truck. They should be right under your headlights. But very nice car and yeah the oem plastic mud guards look eh but color matched mud guards look pretty nice. Hope your posting a picture of that soon.

 

i wanted to paint my wheels and looked for so long
through paint code books but finally settled on this
gum metal color from newer Subaru's ..

 

all prepped up..

 

 

 

that's how she sits right now..i would like to get better pics
done in the future..i can't stress how valuable the search button
is..now bring on the "you should slam it comments.."

 

you should kit it

 

i want to..

 

I would have left the wheels silver but overall...you did a very nice job on the car!

 

looks good

 

Looks great man! I would paint the door handles NBP as well though.

 

thanks..so many different colors would of looked good..it was a hard decision but that gun metal was just calling my name..

thank you!

thanks ...this will happen.

 

looks excellent!
what did you patch the fogs into? the heads?

I baked my head lights and I put in led strips along the bottom, i can't really decide what i want them to patch into...I don't really want them to flash with the parking lights when i turn, but I do want to be able to use them as DRLs...decisions no?

 

Hook them up to switched ignition power so theyre on at all times. You should be able to grab power at the fuse box.

 

If you plan to keep the mudguards on, you should put something soft between the mudguards and the body, because they'll chafe the paint off your front doors, side skirts, and bumper.

 

What kind of machine did you mount the tires on and how long between paint and mounting tires? I mounted my tires about 4 days after I had them painted and the machine scuffed them up

 

good progress, car looks good.

a kit and 02-03 tails would set it off

amazing paintjob on the rims....they look phenomenal

 

The trick is keeping it clean underneath. Its not the mudflaps that cause the scuffs, its dirt trapped between the mudflaps rubbing on the paint.

 

Looks sick, been debating on whether or not to paint my grill and mudguards, beat me to it! Keep up the good work!

 

looks really good man ... great progress!

 

dew it! idk about painting the mudguards but painting the grill is a must .. it looks sick with nbp !

 

search button? what's that

car is lookin great man. i wish i lived back in the hampton roads area just to see it, but other than that i'm glad i'm out of there!!

that's the look i'm going for, i scored a set of 3g base wheels for 160 and having them powder coated gunmetal too. it'll be a while myself because i need to find some tires too. been thinking about z rated .

just a little further behind because i've been working on performance more

 

very nice u did ood gob

 

hmmm good idea...

wouldn't that require routing the wires through the engine bay?

 

great process!! keep it up

 

thanks for all the feed back !



the fogs came with harness..i zip tied it through the core support
to the battery..then under the fender liner through the fire wall to
the dash..

there is a shop next to mine that does all our wheels, alignments etc..
i also waited about 4 days to mount them..its all about the lube...lube the
fuck out of them.

 

very clean and beautiful looking car...although i was never a fan of the total blackout look.

 

looks good, you got any more pics of your car after the lowering?
some more side shots possibly?