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Old Dec 12, 2011 | 07:42 PM
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looking good man. love the rims. simply clean. man i would like to buy a rim off you since i have one really bad curbed rim.
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by kowloonsniperhk
looking good man. love the rims. simply clean. man i would like to buy a rim off you since i have one really bad curbed rim.
Thanks Kowloon! Sorry trying to sell the old enkeis as a set. But you might want to look into buying a brand new razr. I think they go for $200ish. Not bad. Good luck with the hunt. Gonna miss the razrs. They are great looking wheels for a great price.
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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Thanks Kowloon! Sorry trying to sell the old enkeis as a set. But you might want to look into buying a brand new razr. I think they go for $200ish. Not bad. Good luck with the hunt. Gonna miss the razrs. They are great looking wheels for a great price.
yeah, ill probably just let it be for now until i graduate nursing school in Dec 2012. then I can get some nicer ones. or correction more expensive ones lol
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 08:59 PM
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Bright silver + PWP is classic


good looks
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 09:07 PM
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Very nicely done, sir. Love the new wheels a BILLION times more than the last set.
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 10:10 PM
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With the teins at the lowest setting, are you tucking tire? How's the ride comfort?
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Looks good man! I love the chrome lip on our cars, looks awesome!
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by kowloonsniperhk
yeah, ill probably just let it be for now until i graduate nursing school in Dec 2012. then I can get some nicer ones. or correction more expensive ones lol
Nice! Yeah. Looking forward to you picking up your progress thread again.

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Bright silver + PWP is classic

good looks
Thanks Mr. NC. I concur.

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Very nicely done, sir. Love the new wheels a BILLION times more than the last set.
Thanks rockstar. lol They are definitely a whole lot more aggressive.

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With the teins at the lowest setting, are you tucking tire? How's the ride comfort?
Ride comfort on tein ss is great for street use. They call em the Cadillac of coilovers for a reason. They're probably one of the cushiest coilover systems available. Even at full stiff they are still considered sub par on a track lol.

I ran 3 different sets of wheels on the tein ss over the course of this month. The plushest set up was with oem wheels, obviously. Oddly tho, the axis wheels are on par or even cushier than the enkeis. This was weird, because usually, the bigger the rim, the harsher the ride. Which leads me to believe that your tire choice actually has a lot to do with ride quality as well. So you may want to throw that into your equation.

I'm not tucking tire. My fenders sit right on top of tires. No finger gap. Rears are lowered all the way down. The front still has some threads. Dampening is set to 1 in the front and 8 in the rears (zero being the stiffest). The ride is still comfortable. Probably because the dampening on my rears are setup pretty soft. I'm probably gonna stiffen them up just slightly in the rear. Stiffened the front because I was rubbing my fenders on speedbumps, since my front wheels poke slightly. Stiffening the dampening fixed my problem and I actually ended up kinda liking the stiffer dampening force, made the car feel more nimble.

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Looks good man! I love the chrome lip on our cars, looks awesome!
Thanks. Yeah the chrome lips on aggressively fit rims are sexy.
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 07:52 AM
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So I saw your pic on another thread and I like the style you went with on the rims so I said to myself. I wonder what it would look like if?

I kinda like the white and the gold look
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 10:10 AM
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Damnit civicbdx! I was finally closing up my wallet and calling it a day for this car lol Now you got me thinking about powder coating.

I kinda like the gold too. Black aint bad, but then it would probably open up a whole other can of worms to black vinyl my roof. White might be a bit on the ghettofab side for me. Nice ps skills btw. I like how you got the reflection of the spokes on chrome lips right as well. Thanks.
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 11:32 AM
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gold would look really good nice ps
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 12:20 PM
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The new wheels definitely look great. I'm a sucker for the gold wheels as I have them on mine, but it is definitely more taste specific. Silver just has more universal appeal as you mentioned.
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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I dunno guys. I think silver still looks good Wheels are actually matte silver with machined face. So its shiny from the profile, but from angles, it looks matte. Gold is tempting though.





Driving down to miami on Friday, so the nose mask goes on tonight
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 09:19 PM
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That angle shows off the different finishes nicely. You can never go wrong with silver. The two finishes go great with the brushed grill/polished trim of the car.
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 09:38 PM
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I like it the way it is

after a year when you get bored of it or when its time to switch tires, get it powder coated to some other color
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 11:31 PM
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keep it the way it is for now! then change to gold or a dark gunmetal later on if you get bored
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Old Dec 19, 2011 | 12:47 AM
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I like the silver. Goes well with most color cars.
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Old Dec 20, 2011 | 11:37 AM
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Nice car! I might "steal" your look because it looks so clean. But I'm not sure. I feel like after market wheels will make this car look less luxurious.
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Old Dec 21, 2011 | 12:54 AM
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Thanks for the advice guys. The wheels are going to stay the way they are. I still like silver best. Maybe someday I'll do a hyper black finish to the mesh. Or gloss black lips and flat black mesh might be interesting.

Thanks spd. I must be doing something right that you would want to copy my setup. If you want to keep the oem look, try wheels with a more oem fit and finish like the ron jon revs in an 18x8 with a 38F/32R staggered offset. That was what I was thinking about doing before.
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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 07:54 PM
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new camera new pics

Got a new camera recently so decided to take it out for a trial run with the tsx.

















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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 08:21 PM
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so clean, love them.
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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 08:49 PM
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Last picture is pretty awesome! I need to learn how to take proper night shots
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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 09:01 PM
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Nice shots man. What camera did you get?
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Old Jan 21, 2012 | 10:49 PM
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 12:40 AM
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Great shots.
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 06:34 AM
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nice pics man
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 10:12 AM
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black white pictures are really sharp
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 11:38 AM
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+1 for another clean looking PWP
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 11:51 AM
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Very nice, love that Tein SS drop.

We do have a lot of PWP members here now, I have difficulty keeping track of who's who!
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 02:14 PM
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Love it... Thats one sick ass wheels...
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 03:46 PM
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Black out the top..
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Old Jan 22, 2012 | 09:17 PM
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Thanks everyone for your comments! TTK I got a canon rebel t3i. Its my first serious camera. Still trying to figure out all the features. Definitely want to get better at this. Need to find a photography forum to cheat on azine with lol
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 10:11 AM
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^ http://photography-on-the.net/forum/index.php

Warning very dangerous for your wallet. I went from only spending on a refurbish T2i to up to 3k......
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 12:30 PM
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^ my friend showed me that web great and helpful but agree it can really hurt your wallet lol
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by slickooz
^ http://photography-on-the.net/forum/index.php

Warning very dangerous for your wallet. I went from only spending on a refurbish T2i to up to 3k......
Thanks for the link and for the warning. knowing me...it may not be a good idea to click the link. haha. but i always do anyways.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 08:28 PM
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Looking good. Nice stance. Thinking about getting the OEM lip spoiler..How do you like the looks/fitment?
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Stylinhonda
Looking good. Nice stance. Thinking about getting the OEM lip spoiler..How do you like the looks/fitment?
Thanks! Oem lip spoiler fitment is good. Although it does lift slightly on the front corner of one side. The gap is very small and is nothing that you can see unless you are inspecting it up close. I think the spoiler adds to the look of the car. When i first got it looked a bit awkward at certain angles. But after the drop and wheels i think it flows nicely with the look of the car.
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 07:53 PM
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Got bored. so decided to clutter this thread with more pics lol Nothing new. Nothing is really catching my eye at the moment. was thinking about getting the modulo kit, but it looks kinda awkward from the profile angle. It gives the car a giant ass and nose. But it does look sick from a straight on front view and back view. Wish the JDM type s kit was available in the states. Guess acura doesnt want to sell the SE kit painted like they did the modulo. Makes the SE less special i guess. lol The other thing i was looking at was 3500k hid fogs. but the problems i have been reading about are making me think twice.









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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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nice pics
did you roll front fenders?
really jealous about the drop lol winter has to go away so i can install coils and begin moding again hah
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by tobwac
nice pics
did you roll front fenders?
really jealous about the drop lol winter has to go away so i can install coils and begin moding again hah
Thanks. luckily only the rears had to be rolled. Fronts could have used a roll. But i didnt want to do more body work than necessary. Cant wait to see what you got in store for us once spring comes around. The ssr's you test fitted were straight bananas!
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