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Old 02-17-2006 | 09:03 AM
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NBP/RJ Kit/Smoked Headlights/Rockblocker/Grilles & Emblems

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Please comment! Still in the works! Yes I know it's in a desperate need of a drop!














Old 02-17-2006 | 09:16 AM
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Very nice! Lights and grill look pretty cool.

How'd you paint the grill and the "A" emblems?
Old 02-17-2006 | 09:17 AM
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HOT!!!!! drop or not, looks awesome
Old 02-17-2006 | 09:36 AM
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HOT!!!!! drop or not, looks awesome
Very True! also where/how did you get the emblems black?
Old 02-17-2006 | 09:40 AM
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It looks like he had the grill painted to match the car. You can have that done at any body shop.
Old 02-17-2006 | 10:08 AM
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so they just sprayed the emblems on the car??


BTW Very Nice Car, looks like a lot of people are going to be inspired
Old 02-17-2006 | 10:09 AM
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The old Aspec look from the 2g
Old 02-17-2006 | 10:17 AM
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she looks beautiful! don't forget to tint haha
Old 02-17-2006 | 10:31 AM
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Very nice. I like the sinister look it has now.
Old 02-17-2006 | 10:31 AM
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Did you cook the headlights similiar to what pplapw did?

https://acurazine.com/forums/ramblings-12/outkast-album-year-2003-a-130132/

How are the turn signal lights now?
Old 02-17-2006 | 11:47 AM
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damn that looks pretty hot...one of the reason im beginning to like the 3rd gen TL...still like the 2nd gen a lil better...but ur changing my mind about it..
Old 02-17-2006 | 11:56 AM
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looks hot. Not really feeling the blacked out emblems though. Can anyone photoshop it so that the A emblem on the grill is silver, instead of being black w/ the rest of the grill?
Old 02-17-2006 | 12:27 PM
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Old 02-17-2006 | 12:53 PM
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GLOSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Very nice. Really good OEM fit and finish on the install. However the front is too dark. You need some visual sparks on the front end. I think you should have kept the A and wing matted for good textural contrast. Regardless, what are you gonna do next? Drop & wheels?
Old 02-17-2006 | 01:11 PM
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looks hot !!! nice all black scheme but should have ledt somethin silver like the front A sign? or somethin kinda looks boring? just me OPINION
but its lookin really nice
Old 02-17-2006 | 03:52 PM
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Very nice! Needs tints. was the grill & emblems painted or done over black pearl plated like the instead of gold, knowwutimean ? and was that a diy on the mesh grill or u bought it or wut? looks great
Old 02-17-2006 | 04:02 PM
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Looks great
Old 02-17-2006 | 04:08 PM
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Great looking ride!
Like the blacked-out look. Sorry to see the damage prior to that, but it does look like lots of good has come out of it.
Old 02-17-2006 | 04:15 PM
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I know it says boston, but where you in MA.
Old 02-17-2006 | 04:23 PM
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that looks great! definetly like a batmobile, now time for some wheels
Old 02-17-2006 | 04:23 PM
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Nicely done TLster04. I haven't been up around that area of beantown for over 3 years now, but that looks like the new buildings across the stree from MCP. Are you a student there?
Old 02-17-2006 | 04:23 PM
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Hot Damn!
Old 02-17-2006 | 04:42 PM
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phantom car! looks better with ther cleared headlights!
Old 02-17-2006 | 11:18 PM
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wow...AMAZING!!!!!!!! Seems like your the first person in MA to have the RJ KIT on the TL=)
Old 02-18-2006 | 06:43 PM
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Bat mobile !





Old 02-18-2006 | 09:23 PM
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I like very much!!! All you need is a nice 2inch drop and some 19 inch wheels to go with the RJ kit.
Old 02-20-2006 | 10:30 AM
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The pictures really dont do much justice, but the all black front is pretty agressive looking. I didnt want anything that stuck out. At night, all you see are the two headlights. No chrome; no silver! The production version of the batmobile concept car ! For suspension im doing the Tein Super Streets coils, and the wheels are still to be determined. What do people think about 19's in the front and 20's in the back? Or should I do the same size all around? I am lookin into something black with a deep chrome lip. Thats right, the only bling ill have will be on the shoes ! If anyone wants to photoshop a picture, I will try to take a picture of the car with the side view and post it. In the meantime, here are two more pics!


Old 02-20-2006 | 10:52 AM
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I think it looks hot!!! great job!
Old 02-20-2006 | 10:56 AM
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Super got car.... i love the grill and the cleared lights.. maybe one day i won't be a bitch and do it myself... one thing that stuck out to me... i hope you didn't leave your car parked there....those are the type of cars next to you that i avoid at all costs.... i can just see some old lady coming up and using your car as a door stop.... lol....
Old 02-20-2006 | 11:24 AM
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WOW!!! What a transformation!!!!
I remember seeing the accident pics and story a few months ago and now it looks AWESOME!!!!!
SINISTER!!!!
Old 02-20-2006 | 01:54 PM
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another thing to note...the headlight housing is painted with OEM paint (NBP). You cant really tell in the pictures but it definitely gives off a beautiful shine and at night the lighting looks much brighter than having it flat black. Nothing to be proud of, but I've had a lot of cars flashin their lights because they think im highs are on !
Old 02-20-2006 | 01:56 PM
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They are good neighbors that I know very well. It is permit parking only, and each car has its own spot. So hey, if there is a ding, I will always know who to blame, god forbid!

Originally Posted by drdamian

Super got car.... i love the grill and the cleared lights.. maybe one day i won't be a bitch and do it myself... one thing that stuck out to me... i hope you didn't leave your car parked there....those are the type of cars next to you that i avoid at all costs.... i can just see some old lady coming up and using your car as a door stop.... lol.... [/QUOTE]
Old 02-20-2006 | 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by scrb09
Very True! also where/how did you get the emblems black?
They took the emblems off and sanded them down to roughen up the chrome. And then it was painted normally with oem paint. Its not something you can just sand at home with different grades of sand paper. European Collision Works in Revere sanded the brains out of it. One thing I did not want to do was put clearcoat on. I think the emblems and the grill would have flowed too much with the car. The flat black makes the emblem and grill stick out a little. Again the pictures dont do any justice!
Old 02-21-2006 | 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by drdamian

Super got car.... i love the grill and the cleared lights.. maybe one day i won't be a bitch and do it myself... one thing that stuck out to me... i hope you didn't leave your car parked there....those are the type of cars next to you that i avoid at all costs.... i can just see some old lady coming up and using your car as a door stop.... lol.... [/QUOTE]


I had a group of 12 or 13 kids hovering over my car. I was in my room and heard them talking to each other. I woke up and went to my bedroom window and saw them down there. I closed my curtains and took some pics from a crack in the window. The neighbor hood is scary. But i am having a mini survelance camera (an old one my father has laying around from one of his hotel) installed on the window sill this weekend, since my bedroom window looks straight down at my car. Also, there is are survelance camera outside on the buildings that are constantly rotating. Rough neighborhood. Just had a blue civic broken into on my street (Turquoise Way), two of my boys right across the street had their cars broken into (McGreevey Steet and Turquoise Way), and my boy from back home bought his car up to the city and parked on Parker and someone ripped the back lip off! This is why I have a permit!
Old 02-21-2006 | 12:11 AM
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YES finnally someone added the bodykit with taste (no silver mesh)

car looks great man, save up for the rims n drop.. you'll love the car even more! peacee
Old 02-21-2006 | 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by tlster04
I had a group of 12 or 13 kids hovering over my car. I was in my room and heard them talking to each other. I woke up and went to my bedroom window and saw them down there. I closed my curtains and took some pics from a crack in the window. The neighbor hood is scary. But i am having a mini survelance camera (an old one my father has laying around from one of his hotel) installed on the window sill this weekend, since my bedroom window looks straight down at my car. Also, there is are survelance camera outside on the buildings that are constantly rotating. Rough neighborhood. Just had a blue civic broken into on my street (Turquoise Way), two of my boys right across the street had their cars broken into (McGreevey Steet and Turquoise Way), and my boy from back home bought his car up to the city and parked on Parker and someone ripped the back lip off! This is why I have a permit!
Gotta love Roxbury
Old 02-21-2006 | 05:03 AM
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WOW...!!! your car looks great..!!! love it... great job...

just got couple of questions of the RJ bodykit you have. what is the RJ kit made out of? is it the same material as the OEM bumper or do they use the cheap-weak material you see on those ghetto bodykits which breaks and cracks very easly.

did you order the kit painted or did you do it at a shop?
Old 02-21-2006 | 08:47 AM
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These would top off the car lovely, and we got one set of 20" rears, 19" fronts in stock, they are getting painted now. Here is a preview of the same wheels (different offset) on my CL (and they are lighter than the OEM 17" wheels):





Old 02-21-2006 | 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Jin22GT
WOW...!!! your car looks great..!!! love it... great job...

just got couple of questions of the RJ bodykit you have. what is the RJ kit made out of? is it the same material as the OEM bumper or do they use the cheap-weak material you see on those ghetto bodykits which breaks and cracks very easly.

did you order the kit painted or did you do it at a shop?

Kit is made from High quality Polyurethane, not cheap fiberglass. Only kits that are bing picked up are avaialbe prepainted due to the possibility of damaged paint surface in transit.
Old 02-21-2006 | 10:53 AM
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put those 1pc Devotions on your car and black and it will look sick man.


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