hey, ive been on here for a while posting randomly here and there, but i figured i should start one of these. ill be heading home from college in a little over a month and got some more plans for the car. so ill go in order from when i first got her to how she looks now. plans for the summer include plasti dipping the grill, emblems, window trim, and door handles to match wheels and tints, and megan n-1 racing mufflers

first mod, 35% tint up front and 20% in back



then got some interior blue leds in the footwells



here is from the day i picked up my rj legends in reflective silver, 19in running +32mm offset in back and +48 in front



........and bent one



next, smoked the taillights with lamin-x



some shots i took with my friends challenger



after a little over a year, replaced my RS legends with Satin black ones in the same size and offsets



and then did full interior LED conversion with white LEDs for map, dome, vanity mirrors, and license plate lights and blue for the doors (crappy phone pictures)

 

NICE!! Clean ride... like the satin better than the silver. I keep seeing these trim pieces that run along the side doors. They have been growing on me, I might look into getting some for my PWP. Just need to clear out those headlights and drop and you will be set!

 

body side molding? yea its not bad. seems to add some bulk to the car in a nice way.

VBP crew seems to be taking over hahaha, especially the tristate area

 

The satin black wheels look awesome!

 

Clean ride, and good ideas for folowing mods. PlastiDip the grille windtrim and doorhandles will make your Satin wheels look even better!

 

I forgot to mention that I was planning on clearing the headlights, getting switchbacks, and smoking the turn signal area. Going for the blacked out dark look with the vbp, we will see how it turns out

 

When you clear your headlights are you going to black out the housing? Like most of the russian CU2's? Or are you going to smoke the turn signal with tinted film after you have cleared, because I have been curious to see what this would look like without the amber piece but still smoked. Either way itll look better when they are cleared out.

 

I might try blacking out the housing, but either way I am smoking the outside with either film or thin layer of plasti dip so that it is still transparent

 

clean ride

 

any plans for dropping her?

 

i would love to, but i cant afford coils at the time being. i would go the springs route, but with the offset im running in back if i dropped on just springs i would rub. im going to be driving back to college in cali in august and dont feel like lowering before that. would feel alot more comfortable driving cross country not lowered. wehn i get back out there at that point i may look into getting my fenders rolled and lowering on springs

 

check out dipyourcar.com they have a new smoke plasti coming out that you can preorder

 

Hey Nice dude! im in the middle tho, cant decide which looked better, chrome or black.
Question, so the 48 Offset for front. makes the wheel just at fender or a hair inside and not sticking out?

 

whats the width 8" or 8.5" either or with mild drop you wont rub even with people on the back i have 8.5" et35 and dropped on springs never rubbed even with 5 people in a car and full thank

 

Nice ride. What Lumin-x did you go with? Is that GunSmoke?

 

sweet, i might have to try that out

48 in front makes it just at the fender and 32 in back makes it just at the fender, maybe even poke out a bit. i loved how the chrome looked but after a while i felt like it was to gaudy so i went with a dark look with the satin black

really? i may look into it more than. i talked to ron from rj wheels and he said with that offset dropping on just springs would most likely cause rubbing, but like i said i woould just roll the fenders. but either way im waiting till after i drive out to cali in august cuz i dont want to drive cross country lowered

yup gunsmoke

 

made a video of my progress, heres the link

 

Just ordered a set of megan n-1 mufflers. should arrive next week and ill hopefully have them installed as soon as i get back from college on the 22nd!

 

hows the precut laminx? was it cut pretty close?

 

it was cut perfectly, just have to trim a little off the end depending how much you stretch it to get it around the curves. didnt have to cut more than 1 or 2 mm at any one point. Just a PITA to install but definitely worth it. i would suggest taking the lights out to do it. i did the first one with the light in the car and the second one i took out. was definitely easier with the light out. much easier to manipulate the overlay

 

sorry, cant seem to find the answer, but where did you get the laminx? Thanks.

 

www.lamin-x.com

 

Thanks Bigman. I am also thinking about getting some foglight covers from them. Maybe yellow, dont know which color yet.

 

i got those also. had them on for 2 weeks. make sure you get all the moisture out from under them before turning the foglights on. i did not and it ended up heating up so much it burned the overlays and turned them brown in the middle

 

Wouldn't have thought of that happening to the covers. As long as they are completely dry before turning on the fogs, it should be good forever I would think. As long as the adhesive never allows any seepage of water over time. Thank you for letting me know.

 

Megan N1s good choice its a nice deep throaty nice.....loud hahah i love it. Good looking car man!

 

thanks man, cant wait to get them on the car and hear how it sounds. i was going back and forth on them but when i heard your sound clip you posted i was sold. when i get back to ny from college we should have like a meet somewhere since there are a bunch of cu2's in the northeast

 

Agreed...well pyro and killer have my phone number someone just shoot me a text, and we can figure something out...im down to go to NYC and make a day out of it

 

cool video!
which thread did you use for the LED footwell? did you just use the TL one (http://blockedtl.acurazine.com/forum...d.php?t=847702)

 

nah, i did it myself with out looking at anything a while ago. pretty simple and easy

 

Waiting for me at home!!! Should be on by the end of the month

 

another person with megans

 

Plasti dipped my emblems yesterday, going to do my window trim, grill, and door handles this coming week hopefully (if its nice out) and my megan mufflers are getting installed this tuesday, ill post pics and a sound clip when they are on

 

how did you do it so precise? from the 2nd pic it looks like some parts of the car was going to get painted too

 

The dip separates itself from the edges of the emblem when you peel it

 

wait so how long did you wait after you spray it for it to peel? i don't really get how plasti dipping works. newbie

 

I applied 4 coats. Waited 15 min in between each coat to let the previous one dry. Waited 20 min after final coat and then peeled away the excess. This was my first time working with plasti dip and it was a lot easier to do than I thought it would be

 

i'd love to see your car in person one of these days! I have a '12 VBP and I'm trying to decide if I want to get 30% tints all around or do a set up like yours

 

lets set up a TSX meet in NYC/North Jersey sometime next week?

heres a startup list of people to invite

Me
Killer
Stak
Nivlak
Bigman
Slickooz
Tobwac
Kait
MyWhiteGirl
MoaarLow
T-Jay
Gameover
Samace
NYCRobTSX
apin
demetrius
aspecallday
kretrop
grigiofanatik
xTSXmikeX
AcurieTSXSE

i know we have atleast 5-10 more around NYC but dont remember usernames

 

im only available next week monday and tuesday. wed and thursday i have work all day and fri, sat, and sun i have my cousins wedding that i am going to. the week after i am free everyday except wed. Lets try for that week. probably saturday the 9th?