^ I'm assuming that this illiterate statement is your poor attempt at writing "Too black, too rice".

1. A quick grammar lesson for you...

To: used when you are addressing someone. eg. "I am going to the store"

Too: means also, or excessive. eg. "I want to go too" or "I am too tired to go to the store".

2. My goal was to black the car out, hence the sig."2008 BLACKED OUT TYPE-S" - I guess I did a good job. Also, I'd like you to point out what makes my car rice? I'm just curious...

 

your car looks amazing and flows really well, even all blacked out, unlike some. You should consider getting rid of the DRLs and doing independent HID fogs so you could roll with just white fogs, instead of yellow DRLs. Keep up the good work

 

Thank you sir!!! Independent fogs have been on my radar for a while, and at some point I will get around to it...Great suggestion!!

 

You ripped that guy a new asshole.

 

Haha!! Like you, I'm always down for constructive criticism, but it should make sense...he was just pissy because I said another member's stickers were ricey

 

People argue about the stupidest shit.

 

Car looks great. Clean, modded and better than most. Everyone has an opinion, and a style, not always a good thing. lol

 

nice work

 

any advice on the vinyl wrapping? car looks great man.

 

1. clean all areas you want to wrap with rubbing alcohol thoroughly
2. Keep the vinyl warm (hair dryer, heat gun). The warmer it is, the more pliable it is
3. Make sure when you wrap your pieces, you go almost all the way around them - basically leave as much excess vinyl on the back side of each piece as you can to ensure it does not start to shrink/peel which will ruin the desired finished look on the good side.
4. Leave yourself a day to wrap anything with intricate contours like the grille, as this can be a very time consuming undertaking.
5. Be patient. Go into it knowing it's going to be a pain in the ass, but that the results will justify all the aggravation.

Good Luck!! Let me know how it turns out!

 

So what's new with the car? Any new pictures?

 

oh shucks i missed the grammar lesson...when is the next one?

 

 

I wrapped the two pieces on either side of my Nav in glossy black vinyl to hide all the scratches made my owner #1, and I ordered my new Conti snows which will be mounted on my stock Type-S rims...pics of all this and my last detail of the year to follow...

All in good time my friend, but don't get me started on the improper use of apostrophes...or should I say apostrophe's

 

BigPZ, I just skimmed through this whole thread and love your car.

Are you selling your Type-s rims?

 

No...I want to look somewhat presentable during the winter months...I'm gonna wrap the waffles with a set of winter Contis and raise the car a bit so my Aspec is not all snow plow like...

 

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BigPZ's last post on his progress page was 21 days ago. so why does it say "Updated 11/22/2011 "

mods not doin their jobs

 

So I decided to wash and detail my car this weekend for one last time before I get it ready for winter. Once the car was clean, I did a quick photo shoot before I raised my car up for the winter months, and mounted my new snow tires.

Here are the pics...

















After I had my fun it was time to unwrap my recently purchased snows. I got a great deal on a set of 235/45/17 Continental ContiWinterContact TS 810, and I recently had them mounted on my stock Type-S wheels.





I then spent some time cleaning the road grime from the threads on my coilovers. This prevented possible adjustment damage and made the adjustment itself easier. Then I raised the car back to near stock height - giving me LOTS of snow clearance. I tightened everything back up, put the car on the ground, and am ready for snow.

The car feels kind of odd to drive now...definitely feels lighter than before when I was pulling those wide rear wheels, but the sight lines are now different out the windshield - higher obviously. This took a bit of getting used to. What I cant get used to is the way the car looks now...seems SO HIGH!!

 

LOL!!

It was in progress!!

 

Car is lookin awesome...a lotta time and money you have in that beast! Lookin real clean and classy!

 

4th picture ftw.

Winter time ftl. I'm so glad I don't live up north

 

Still looks good-even with the OEM Type S wheels....

 

heheh so high?

probably lower than mine is still haha

ride looks good!

supposed to get real chilly tonight

 

Ya...I'm not exactly at stock height, but I'm not used to the look just yet...Winter sucks for yet another reason...my car is safe in the garage, but the wife's car is caked in ice right now...

 

Even at almost 4x4 your car still looks good. Im not looking forward to putting my car in winter mode.
I don't know if you adjusted your headlights when you lowered it, but if you did, don't forget to re adjust them now that its raised back up.

 

damn i dunno if i should raise my car up again

i hope you got an alignment once you raised it

 

A thing of beauty dude. All of your hard work and determination shows

 

looks like a good winter setup to me.. height and all

 

^ I never thought to do it when I dropped the car so no need to adjust them now...I will def look into it in the spring time tho

Last thing I wanted to do was have my Aspec lip act as a plow...yesterday I had the day off work and got an alignment done and had my car rust sprayed at Krown

Thanks guys!!

 

Car looks nice . I like the type s rims better then the summer rims.

 

It's all a matter of opinion...personally I don't even really like how the 19s look in pictures, but in person they look great and I get compliments on them regularly

 

How difficult is it to wrap the middle bar section of the grill?

Also did you use anything to prep the surface such as adhesion promoter?

My 3M 1080 Carbon Fiber vinyl is coming soon hahah

 

sweet ride!

im about to buy a 04-08 TL as a daily driver (so i tell myself) and seeing your build makes me just want to start the mod shopping.....after selling my IS250 and waiting for spring to come to buy a ISF,

nice work!!

 

Nice even in Winter mode . Yeah, stock wheels sure do make the car feel/drive light. I had to readjust to braking when I threw mines on and raised my car up for Winter .

 

your car is amazing ! great looking !! continue !!

 

Haha...mine was going to remain stock and serve as my daily as well, then I found Azine...a blessing and a curse all in one

Ya it's weird how different the car feels under braking...especially with the extra give of the softer tires...

 

It was not fun...actually quite frustrating, especially the first time around...what you do is start with the round center part, leaving the backing on the vinyl adhered on either side of it. Then do one side (bar) at a time. I began by filling in the indent, and pressed it into place with a silicone spatula, then moved up and down respectively away from it - repeat on the other side. All I did in prep was clean each piece thoroughly with rubbing alcohol. If you run into trouble with your project feel free to PM me...Good Luck

 

Great job, I love everything that you've done! Thanks for all the photos, they have helped me decide to install the Type-S rockerpanels instead of the A-spec version.

 

You mean the side skirts?

He DOES have A-Spec sideskirts LOL