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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 12:06 AM
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might be time to make a new purchase man! how big are you wheels ?

18x9.5 with 255/40/18 tires
thats a good size man mine are only 18x8 gunna be running 225/40/18 or 235 haven't decided yet. but i bet you need that meat for all that power you're putting down.
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Old Jan 24, 2014 | 07:19 PM
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so i got he itch to do something today

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i don't know how you guys do this stuff in your driveways

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Old Jan 26, 2014 | 12:10 AM
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Looks good man. Where did you get the cleared headlights? I did some baking at the end of summer to clear mine.

Did you throw in some VLED switchbacks?

I am in the milton area but have my Type S lip sitting in my basement...if you know of anywhere that can paint and install the kit let me know. Since the kit is for a 09,10 ill have to get someone to cut around the fogs.

If you are grabbing anymore items for your car I highly recommend ordering off of eBay and forwarding them through Kinekpoints to buffalo - most eBay sellers ship for free in the US, and it's a good way to get away from the duties.

Anyways, Good luck with your build.

Maybe see you at a meet with LEXX in the summer.
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Old Jan 26, 2014 | 10:04 AM
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Very nice.
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Old Jan 26, 2014 | 09:47 PM
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I'm new to the forums but, looks like I finally found a second GTA CU2 owner on here :P Car is looking good! How's the ride with the S-Techs? Have they lowered themselves anymore after settling in?
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Old Jan 26, 2014 | 09:50 PM
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Ugh I'm such a noob, I can't seem to find the edit button for my post (maybe it's because of a 4-post count?).

Have you scraped or bottomed out on GTA roads with the S-Techs?
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Old Jan 26, 2014 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by xtcnrice
Ugh I'm such a noob, I can't seem to find the edit button for my post (maybe it's because of a 4-post count?).

Have you scraped or bottomed out on GTA roads with the S-Techs?
The amount of drop you get form springs won't be an issue on majority of the roads in GTA. However, when the springs do get beat up after maybe 2 years, you'll be sitting slightly lower. As always though, for me when driving with a lowered car, just be cautious around ramps and angle your car accordingly. I'm dropped on BC Coils (not slammed simply lowered), and majority of roads and ramps are still fine for me. With that being said, I have to be extra careful around ramps since I have scraped my Vibrant resonator twice before.
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Old Jan 27, 2014 | 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by TWENTYNINE
The amount of drop you get form springs won't be an issue on majority of the roads in GTA. However, when the springs do get beat up after maybe 2 years, you'll be sitting slightly lower. As always though, for me when driving with a lowered car, just be cautious around ramps and angle your car accordingly. I'm dropped on BC Coils (not slammed simply lowered), and majority of roads and ramps are still fine for me. With that being said, I have to be extra careful around ramps since I have scraped my Vibrant resonator twice before.
Hey 29, thanks for the response! I just checked out your thread and your car looks amazing! About the drop that you mentioned though, do you know how many inches you're dropped (or inches from the ground) to achieve no scraping in the GTA? I'm thinking of getting Tein SS when I've decided on rims (and when this snow stops falling ).
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Old Jan 27, 2014 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Vinny_P
Looks good man. Where did you get the cleared headlights? I did some baking at the end of summer to clear mine.

Did you throw in some VLED switchbacks?

I am in the milton area but have my Type S lip sitting in my basement...if you know of anywhere that can paint and install the kit let me know. Since the kit is for a 09,10 ill have to get someone to cut around the fogs.

If you are grabbing anymore items for your car I highly recommend ordering off of eBay and forwarding them through Kinekpoints to buffalo - most eBay sellers ship for free in the US, and it's a good way to get away from the duties.

Anyways, Good luck with your build.

Maybe see you at a meet with LEXX in the summer.
i bought my head lights off ebay the only issue i have it that the projectors are misaligned so i have to try and adjust them but i have literally no clue what I'm doing in that regard.

no i just ended up going with some amber bulbs, i can't afford the switchbacks and i feel like adding resistors and such is just too time consuming for me at the moment.

i know some guys in st Catharine's that do some good work they repainted my door and number and i honestly can't tell the difference. i can give you their contact info if you'd like. I'm not getting mine painted till the spring/ summer. i was planning on doing the instal myself i could give you a hand when it comes to the time. I'm not to far from you I'm in georgetown.

i just looked that up thats unreal man thanks for the advice shipping is murdering me at the moment !

but ya ill deff be seeing you around this year buddy !

Originally Posted by xtcnrice
I'm new to the forums but, looks like I finally found a second GTA CU2 owner on here :P Car is looking good! How's the ride with the S-Techs? Have they lowered themselves anymore after settling in?
welcome to the forum pal ! there are a few of us creeping around in the gta lol. honestly they ride great the drop is about 1.5 inches. it suits my needs, i haven't scraped on anything. the only thing with coil overs is you have to keep them clean especially in the winter. you don't want those things jamming up on you or anything. what wheels are you planning on getting ?

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Old Jan 28, 2014 | 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by waaasobe
welcome to the forum pal ! there are a few of us creeping around in the gta lol. honestly they ride great the drop is about 1.5 inches. it suits my needs, i haven't scraped on anything. the only thing with coil overs is you have to keep them clean especially in the winter. you don't want those things jamming up on you or anything. what wheels are you planning on getting ?
Thanks man! I guess I'm not very original; I see many of the CU2 owners on here with F14s and they look pretty good with a nice drop. I'm debating between Tein S-Tech and Tein SS. I'm thinking SS so that when I put on winters I can raise the car up a bit as well so I won't get stuck in snow. I also hear how the stock struts give out easier when dropped on springs, and that it's a better "investment" to get coils immediately.
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Old Jan 28, 2014 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by xtcnrice
Thanks man! I guess I'm not very original; I see many of the CU2 owners on here with F14s and they look pretty good with a nice drop. I'm debating between Tein S-Tech and Tein SS. I'm thinking SS so that when I put on winters I can raise the car up a bit as well so I won't get stuck in snow. I also hear how the stock struts give out easier when dropped on springs, and that it's a better "investment" to get coils immediately.
those are nice looking wheels. you should get a build thread going ! well struts are made to take a beating so ill see what happens when the time comes. good luck with your build though !
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Old Jan 28, 2014 | 07:02 PM
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looking good sir
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 05:35 PM
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yea so it snowed today

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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 02:09 PM
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so i posted the ebay link to this the other day annd i ended up buying one. its pretty decent quality and it shipped real fast and 60$ you can't really go wrong. oh and this is the pic form the add. haven't taken the pic of mine but, its exactly the same lol.
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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 02:13 PM
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Nice!

Decklid or roof spoiler?
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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 03:09 PM
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Nice progress on the build, thinkin about getting me a decklid lip also.! Looking forward to more pics.
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Old Feb 28, 2014 | 03:10 PM
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Nice!

Decklid or roof spoiler?
thanks man, its a deck lid spoiler.
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Old Mar 7, 2014 | 07:10 PM
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i decided to do some plastidipping today. its safe to say I'm pleased.

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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by waaasobe
just got my head lights


just building my collection for the summer. i still need tires and my deck lid spoiler and I'm set !


Hey where did you get the headlights from??
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 01:06 AM
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Dude what happened? No shots with the rims?!
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by FranzTL
Hey where did you get the headlights from??
i bought them off ebay. just look up acura cu2 headlights they should be there.

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Dude what happened? No shots with the rims?!
I'm just gunna do a big reveal for the rims when they're all mounted. all in due time my friend !
but as a taste i just bought a set of these

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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 04:38 PM
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Nice! Definitely interested to see what it looks like when it's on, those rims look dope!
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Old Apr 12, 2014 | 03:41 PM
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mounting these was such a pain but, it ended up working out lol.

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Old Apr 13, 2014 | 10:11 PM
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Looking clean man! You need to take some more shots when it's sunny outside lol.
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Old Apr 14, 2014 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by rawger
Looking clean man! You need to take some more shots when it's sunny outside lol.
thanks man, up in the great white north were not getting to much sun so were gunna have to wait a little for these sunny shots. thanks again man !
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Old Apr 14, 2014 | 08:58 PM
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Haha that's true. At least get an ass shot, like the one where you car was snowed in! Lol.
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Old Apr 14, 2014 | 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by waaasobe
thanks man, up in the great white north were not getting to much sun so were gunna have to wait a little for these sunny shots. thanks again man !


btw nice car
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Old Apr 15, 2014 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by rawger
Haha that's true. At least get an ass shot, like the one where you car was snowed in! Lol.
it snowed again today i can do repeats. once this beast is clean and the sun is out ill get a nice photo shot going.
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Old Apr 15, 2014 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by waaasobe
it snowed again today i can do repeats. once this beast is clean and the sun is out ill get a nice photo shot going.
lol good thing I didn't drive into work today... heard it was terrible. Heard people forgot how to drive in the snow especially on the dvp
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Old Apr 25, 2014 | 05:35 PM
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lol good thing I didn't drive into work today... heard it was terrible. Heard people forgot how to drive in the snow especially on the dvp
people forget to drive over nothing it boggles my mind.

just doing a bit of ghetto test fitting, hope fully i should have all of this tuff painted soon.

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Old Apr 25, 2014 | 06:20 PM
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Looking good man, I am getting mine painted and installed May 9th.

You decide on timing yet?
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Old Apr 26, 2014 | 07:08 PM
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Your ride is really coming along!
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Old Apr 30, 2014 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Vinny_P
Looking good man, I am getting mine painted and installed May 9th.

You decide on timing yet?
thanks buddy I'm getting mine done as we speak so ill post some pic soon !
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Old Apr 30, 2014 | 02:24 PM
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Great progress. Can't believe it still snows this late up there. I never realized how hard the rest of the country has it for outside activities until I joined this forum. Summer should bring some great pictures!
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Old Apr 30, 2014 | 02:40 PM
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Hey man, I was wondering how you like those S-tecs. And are you running stock struts and how is the ride?
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Old Apr 30, 2014 | 08:37 PM
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Great progress. Can't believe it still snows this late up there. I never realized how hard the rest of the country has it for outside activities until I joined this forum. Summer should bring some great pictures!
thanks man, I'm slowly making moves. we had an especially brutal winter this year I'm just glad its over. now i just gotta wait for spring to end so we can finally star seeing some solid sunshine.

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Hey man, I was wondering how you like those S-tecs. And are you running stock struts and how is the ride?
yea I'm running stock struts the ride is pretty much the same, its a bit stiffer but nothing really noticeable. i like them quite a bit, they are good during the winter i have had no issues with them so far.
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Old May 12, 2014 | 01:40 PM
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got the type s lip and deck lid spoiler painted and installed, and i also installed some led interior lights
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Old May 12, 2014 | 05:43 PM
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Looks good man...when did you switch your license plate mount?

Did you shop do the install or just paint?
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Old May 12, 2014 | 07:56 PM
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I like the plate how you mounted it looks so much better than stock, looking good nothing like a clean black car
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Old May 12, 2014 | 08:05 PM
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Very good work, man. Looking clean and slick!
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