Pics of my new TL - NBP/Ebony - ASPEC body kit
09-30-2004, 09:10 AM
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Pics of my new TL - NBP/Ebony - ASPEC body kit
I still havent washed it since I drove it home from the dealer last night and accumulated all sorts of dirt and dust (oh how I miss having a black car 
) but figured I would get some preliminary pics, will wash it later and take some more.
I think this is a good pic and shows the body kit and deck lid spoiler really makes a difference.
Tint goes on in a week or so, 18 inch APSEC rims go on in spring - still deciding if I will keep it the new silver finish or chrome them.
) but figured I would get some preliminary pics, will wash it later and take some more.I think this is a good pic and shows the body kit and deck lid spoiler really makes a difference.
Tint goes on in a week or so, 18 inch APSEC rims go on in spring - still deciding if I will keep it the new silver finish or chrome them.
09-30-2004, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 1hottl
Nice car!!! Great color choice 
Would you like to join Team Nighthawk? If so, let me know.
Would you like to join Team Nighthawk? If so, let me know.Tint goes on next week and 18 inch ASPEC rims in spring, should look tight!
Thanks everyone the car is pretty damn sweet.
It rained today, damn I could use those rain visors, windows cant even be cracked open, water comes in..... but I dont like the look of the visors on the car
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09-30-2004, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 1hottl
Nice car!!! Great color choice Would you like to join Team Nighthawk? If so, let me know.
Would you like to join Team Nighthawk? If so, let me know.BTW your team nighthawk link doesnt work.
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Originally Posted by MrGQDieselNY
Yeah hook a brotha up!
Tint goes on next week and 18 inch ASPEC rims in spring, should look tight!
Thanks everyone the car is pretty damn sweet.
It rained today, damn I could use those rain visors, windows cant even be cracked open, water comes in..... but I dont like the look of the visors on the car
Tint goes on next week and 18 inch ASPEC rims in spring, should look tight!
Thanks everyone the car is pretty damn sweet.
It rained today, damn I could use those rain visors, windows cant even be cracked open, water comes in..... but I dont like the look of the visors on the car
09-30-2004, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 1hottl
What title would you like to hold? Perhaps Team Nighthawk Fitness Expert??
How about Team Nighthawk Diesel Fcuk lol j/k
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Originally Posted by utvol9903
Car looks great and I love the color choice. I have a NBP tl-s, only problem is you have to constantly wash it to keep the dust off.
This is my 3rd black car, and that is the tradeoff, have a color that looks like a 10+ plus when it is clean but has to be cleaned often or have another color that looks like an 8 when its clean.
Black cars are classy and makes even the cheapest car look decent.
I love them
10-01-2004, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by MrGQDieselNY
How about Team Nighthawk Diesel Fcuk lol j/k
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Congrats New York!! Have fun, be safe.
Enjoy the stares as you drive past everyone else. <---Priceless
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Is that baby zaino'd?!!?? Looks great!
With 3 ultra-thin coats of Zaino on my Anthracite, it's not nearly as glossy as that black...am i doing anything wrong?
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With 3 ultra-thin coats of Zaino on my Anthracite, it's not nearly as glossy as that black...am i doing anything wrong?
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10-02-2004, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by carcar
Is that baby zaino'd?!!?? Looks great!
With 3 ultra-thin coats of Zaino on my Anthracite, it's not nearly as glossy as that black...am i doing anything wrong?
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With 3 ultra-thin coats of Zaino on my Anthracite, it's not nearly as glossy as that black...am i doing anything wrong?
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I have no idea how it was prepped, that was the next morning after I drove my car home brand new from the dealer, I drove about 40 miles then took a photo in the morning without even washing it.
I did my 1st wash yesterday, I used my old "Kit" soap, chennille wash mit, then I dried it with the Absorber as I spraid Meguiers wax as you dry stuff. Then buffed the streeks off with a micro-fiber towel. I am ordering the Zaino kit and will wax it in a few weeks.
Here are some pics after the wash:
10-07-2004, 04:09 AM
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GQ, sweet car congrats!
i thought the first pix were nice, but the washed ones were killer. I think i've narrowed my color choice down to one now. thanks. enjoy the ride.
i'm still up in the air about 04 vs 05. but hopefully I'll make up my mind soon.
congrats!i thought the first pix were nice, but the washed ones were killer. I think i've narrowed my color choice down to one now. thanks. enjoy the ride.
i'm still up in the air about 04 vs 05. but hopefully I'll make up my mind soon.
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Thanks guys, yeah once you go black you never go back! lol - this is my 3rd black car in a row, man its a bitch to keep clean but when it is clean DAMN, every day I get people staring at my car, I went to the tint shop and 3 guys who had 3 non black non acura cars came over to look at it and were just like "wow". I went to my buddies detail shop yesterday, asked him his opinion on Zaino and some other products, he saw I got another black car and said "welcome to my personal hell" because he has a brand new black 350z (his 4th black car), and he confirmed, no matter how much a pain it is to keep clean, nothing touches a black car, its just amazing when its clean.
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Originally Posted by MrGQDieselNY
Thanks guys, yeah once you go black you never go back! lol - this is my 3rd black car in a row, man its a bitch to keep clean but when it is clean DAMN, every day I get people staring at my car, I went to the tint shop and 3 guys who had 3 non black non acura cars came over to look at it and were just like "wow". I went to my buddies detail shop yesterday, asked him his opinion on Zaino and some other products, he saw I got another black car and said "welcome to my personal hell" because he has a brand new black 350z (his 4th black car), and he confirmed, no matter how much a pain it is to keep clean, nothing touches a black car, its just amazing when its clean.
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Originally Posted by 1hottl
GQ...did the detailer have any advice???
He actually uses all sorts of stuff, told me different car companies have different paint and he uses different stuff or does stuff in different order in terms of what he applies 1st. He actually uses what I used to use since high school and that is gliptone, said he hasnt fond Zaino to be all that great and doesnt last as long, but still said its pretty popular. As far as the black paint, just prep it up nice for the winter, keep using the eagle one wax as you dry and Gliptone makes this other quick detailer he uses after the car is dry, I do not think they sell it in stores, he buys it in bulk.
My car is too new he said for a full detail, said there is no reason to use the 3M really fine compound, so he will skip that step on my car and maybe do some glaze (i forget what he told me ) and this other wax and some other stuff.
He huses a chamois to wash the car, and microfiber to dry it I think, also said Absorber is really good, but hes the 1st I have seen who uses chamois to wash the car with. California duster he likes too, but he also doesnt like usign any type of quick detailer unless you just washed the car. I know some guys will use a spray on quick detailer maybe 1-2 days after a wash and after using the California Duster, but that is just risky becuse you will be making tiny scratches from the quick detailer since the car has dirt on it and the California Duster doesnt get everything off.
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I was reviewing old posts and came across this, what in God's name is that wretched looking silver car and howd it get in this thread? whered my pics go? very strange...
