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Old 05-28-2014, 10:16 PM
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LOVE your WDP! I hope mine will look at least half as good as yours man
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Old 05-29-2014, 08:11 AM
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Your TL looks Absolutely stunning
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^^^^^ That would be "absolutely" with a capital "A"...............
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I know another thing that Chip is with a "Capital A"!
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Awesome?
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the pic of the wheel unmounted next to the car is insane! they are so deep it's unreal, i absolutely love them.
your car is really well thought out and put together props to you chip....
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Awesome?




Well played, my friend!
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Old 06-01-2014, 12:44 PM
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Lol, thanks Steven.
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Here are some shots from when a Mr. Rockstar143 and a Mr. Ebelp were with me for a friends wedding. Awesome shots guys, thanks!!

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My personal favorite.

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Old 06-16-2014, 09:22 PM
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I'm so mad about those specks everywhere...I'm sorry, man.
Thanks for the shout though!
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Old 06-16-2014, 10:39 PM
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You brought THEM to the wedding?
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Old 06-16-2014, 10:45 PM
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cant go wrong with John/Jeremy shooting a sexy car....


Jeremy, the specks are from the filter am guessing....experienced the same when I was trying to take some shots of the moon...was getting a reflection and it was ruining the pix....
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I have to look closer, but I think it was from the image sensor. I hadn't cleaned it in a while.
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very well could be dude....

i know in my case, the moon was 'reflecting' from the lens onto the filter....I cleaned the sensor and still had the issue....issue was resolved when I removed the filter...

here is after the filter was removed....
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dont have the before, deleted it
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Hmmm...I'm assuming you mean like the UV filter/lens protector? I guess I'll take another look!

Thanks.
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Hmmm...I don't think so, but who knows. Maybe I sneezed on it...
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more like you used cumtowel to clean the lens
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Looking good Chip . You should get the tls trims to go with the wheels.
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Old 06-18-2014, 06:15 AM
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^that's actually not a bad idea, although I hear that it's nearly impossible to find the rear one.
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rolling shots are always the best!
looks great!
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Old 06-18-2014, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
^that's actually not a bad idea, although I hear that it's nearly impossible to find the rear one.
LOL dont even talk about the rear I've been searching for this for years and never gotten it still. I made a thread regarding this and "SOMEONE" I aint gonna say who ... high jack my thread. I pm this guy and he said someone pm him regarding this piece.. he got the piece and I got shit.
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LOL...if it's the person I recently heard about Turtle...don't feel too badly because I believe it was broken in shipping and he can't find another. Karma like a mo'fugger.
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
LOL...if it's the person I recently heard about Turtle...don't feel too badly because I believe it was broken in shipping and he can't find another. Karma like a mo'fugger.
I did get one that was shipped and it cracked in half during shipping!
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Fk...it was you then.
Sorry to hear that, man...

I'd just call it a day and have someone professionally paint it, or have it chromed!
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Yikes....cracked in half?
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Ok I'm lost. What are these rare "TL-S trims" you speak of to go with the wheels?
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Chip, it's the chrome "V", front grill and rear trim...it's like a dark chrome that came on the Type S.

Have John spend the night again...swipe his. :thief:
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Old 06-22-2014, 03:13 PM
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Lol, thanks J. Not that I don't like the chrome accents of the Type-S, but I actually really like the look of the base grill and rear trim.
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^^^

I like the base trims as well...but the type S trims to match the wheels is not a bad idea though....
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Bringing this back from the dead, but figured I'd give a little update. As some of you know and most of you do not, I actually sold my TL about a month ago. A pretty awesome opportunity presented itself in a perfect storm of events and I wound up buying Jeremy's (Rockstar143) 2004 AP2 Honda S2000. I flew down on a Friday with a friend and we took turns driving it back to NJ early Saturday morning. Completed the trip in one day leaving at 4:45am and arriving to my house at 10:30pm. It was a long ass drive and definitely not something I'd like to do again anytime soon, but it was well worth the trip. Got to hang out with Jeremy again and check out his new house and was able to buy Austin a belated B-day beer since the last time I was down there he was only 20 so he couldn't go out and party with us. But enough about all that, onto some pics!

S2K1 by gccgoalie33, on Flickr

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Old 10-19-2014, 10:19 AM
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Man, I need to catch up on things around here, didn't even know J was selling. Congrats to you though Chip, sweet car for you!
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Thanks KJ! Well he didn't really advertise on here that he was selling. It was kind of a spur of the moment thing, a price was discussed where we were both happy and we made the deal happen.
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Old 10-19-2014, 11:12 AM
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Nice pick up man. Love this car.
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Old 10-19-2014, 12:14 PM
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Thanks man!
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Now that J's old S2000 is yours and we are both in NJ, this presents an opportunity for a photo shoot! Congrats and the S2000 looks amazing!! We all know J did an amazing job with that car, sad to have seen it go, however happy it's still part of the community.
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