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Old Mar 25, 2013 | 08:05 PM
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I didn't like the wheels when i saw first pic. I changed my mind after i saw post #27. They look pretty good!
and it looks x100 better without pinstripe and it will look x10000000 better after A-spec!
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Old Mar 25, 2013 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by anthracitecl
I didn't like the wheels when i saw first pic. I changed my mind after i saw post #27. They look pretty good!
and it looks x100 better without pinstripe and it will look x10000000 better after A-spec!
Thanks man! Means a lot!
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Old Mar 25, 2013 | 09:18 PM
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wheels will prolly look really good with aspec
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 12:03 AM
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looks way better without the pinstripe, good work.


why the fuk do dealers put them on cars anyway? never seen a pin stripe that looked good.
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by joey06tl
looks way better without the pinstripe, good work.


why the fuk do dealers put them on cars anyway? never seen a pin stripe that looked good.
no idea, this is the first car ive owned with pinstripes haha, removing them was easier than expected
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 01:36 PM
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yea they are easy to take off at least...


i had a black car years ago that had a pink one, needless to say, it went bye bye with a heat gun and some compound.
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 02:27 PM
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the 3m eraser worked wonders
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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 07:29 PM
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Minor "Update"

So i went and got my car washed at a local place, they hand wash and usualy do a fanstastic job. Well today they left some light scratches in my paint and i decided to redo the whole car Here are the steps i took-

1-Meguiar's Rubbing Compound
2-Meguiar's Polishing Compound
3-Turtle Wax Super Hard Shell Wax
4-Meguiar's Ultimate Quik Detailer

It took forever and didnt get ALL the little scratches out (im sure if i didnt do it by hand it would of turned out a bit better) but im VERY pleased. If you have the time and your paint isn't shining like it used to, do this process to bring back some life to your paint. Took a couple pics but it was to dark to take any more, ill bring it out tomorrow and snap some better ones. Oh and shaved the "TL" off my trunk today too, turned out good!

Dont mind my license plate -


Really brought out the blue in the NBP paint-


More pics tomorrow
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Old Mar 29, 2013 | 10:08 PM
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Old Mar 30, 2013 | 11:40 AM
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Ok here is the final results, took me around 6 hours. These damn camera phone pics DO NOT do the car any justice. It looks brand new



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Old Mar 31, 2013 | 10:40 PM
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Very nice-need some better pics though....
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Old Apr 1, 2013 | 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Steven Bell
Very nice-need some better pics though....
need to invest in a real camera
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 08:00 PM
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took the plunge..i went to my exhaust shop and got the rear mufflers removed.

Current Set up as of today-
-Stock Pre Cats
-Stock J-pipe
-Resonator removed
-Stock mid muffler
-Straight piped rear mufflers w/ factory tips

so pretty much just the factory cats w/ the mid muffler. drones some around 2k-2.5k but no rasp. sounds pretty good

Heres a short video

http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/ni...c959c.mp4.html

hope the link works!
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 09:29 PM
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Sounds good......the rev, not all the chatter......LOL!
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 11:00 PM
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I think it sounds great.
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Old Apr 16, 2013 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Steven Bell
Sounds good......the rev, not all the chatter......LOL!
yeah i cooked out for a bunch of buddies and we were a bit tipsy id say lol
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Old Apr 16, 2013 | 04:55 PM
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Do another video-make them ALL sit inside the car..........with the windows rolled up. Then have them rev the TL!
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