rockstar143's '04 NBP progress thread (part deux continues after 6 year hiatus)
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Thank you!
I had actually pulled the fuse for the DRL module for a week, but I missed the yellow!
The first shots have the lights off...but I can take a few tonight with the lights off from a better angle. Let me ride my bike and get the hitch off. Also, will try and have my GF step on brake to see the red light completely up.
I had actually pulled the fuse for the DRL module for a week, but I missed the yellow!
The first shots have the lights off...but I can take a few tonight with the lights off from a better angle. Let me ride my bike and get the hitch off. Also, will try and have my GF step on brake to see the red light completely up.
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Thanks man...appreciate it!
Gonna try and do the darkening of the turn signal area from the outside this weekend. I'll keep you all posted. lol.
Gonna try and do the darkening of the turn signal area from the outside this weekend. I'll keep you all posted. lol.
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Wow, gettin nothing but love...
thanks again fellas, if you're on this site, you KNOW the passion we all have for our cars. This is like someone telling me my kid (since I don't have any yet) is really smart and good looking. lol.
Have a great weekend!
J.
thanks again fellas, if you're on this site, you KNOW the passion we all have for our cars. This is like someone telling me my kid (since I don't have any yet) is really smart and good looking. lol.
Have a great weekend!
J.
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So quick update...
Tried smoking rear tails turn signal area...NOT! Ugly
Tried smoking whole rear tail...NOT! Ugly
Goof off and porter cable and I'm back to the way they showed up on my doorstep and now that I got those attempts out of my system. I just love it...leaving it just the way it is.
Also, installed front camber kit...and slight vibration is gone. TOE is out and yesterday the guy at tire kingdom was swamped and today didn't have the attachment for my style wheels...after driving down 30 miles from SUnrise after work...whatever...no sense in getting mad at something out of my control. I got the ebay specials for $75 shipped...they do the trick! Super happy and won't look back...drives a lot more smoothly.
J.
Tried smoking rear tails turn signal area...NOT! Ugly
Tried smoking whole rear tail...NOT! Ugly
Goof off and porter cable and I'm back to the way they showed up on my doorstep and now that I got those attempts out of my system. I just love it...leaving it just the way it is.
Also, installed front camber kit...and slight vibration is gone. TOE is out and yesterday the guy at tire kingdom was swamped and today didn't have the attachment for my style wheels...after driving down 30 miles from SUnrise after work...whatever...no sense in getting mad at something out of my control. I got the ebay specials for $75 shipped...they do the trick! Super happy and won't look back...drives a lot more smoothly.
J.
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I think part of the way to have a classy ride, is to know when you did something UGLY and no matter how much effort you put into it, you remove it...lol.
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^^^ lol well said....but am a little different....coz many things grow on me
when i tinted my tail lights differently i didnt like em at first but i kept them on for 2 weeks and they grew on me.....so i had them on for a year and i saw bluebatmobile selling the same style....lol....later when i went thro a car wash one of the tints came off and i loved how the stock red-ies looked so i took em off and sold them
when i tinted my tail lights differently i didnt like em at first but i kept them on for 2 weeks and they grew on me.....so i had them on for a year and i saw bluebatmobile selling the same style....lol....later when i went thro a car wash one of the tints came off and i loved how the stock red-ies looked so i took em off and sold them
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I'm so indecisive with my car, it's not even funny man...my gf thinks I'm crazy. Clears for now, who knows...maybe type s in the future, or back to reds! lol
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Everything about the car looks great man, except one thing... that godawful wing spoiler. I think a lip spoiler would look wayy better and even give a sportier look. The wing just looks out of place. 
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I know...I'm hard headed...and I love it! lol...
What can I do...I like the wing spoiler, and I'm not willing to fill holes and paint if I decided to remove it!
Anyway, still not 100% but I've had a couple of big expenses come up recently...and I may be putting these wheels up for sale. Not hard pressed to sell, but def. as I get older I am getting my priorities straight. If I do, there'll be a thread in the BM, Craigslist and eventually Ebay.
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What can I do...I like the wing spoiler, and I'm not willing to fill holes and paint if I decided to remove it!
Anyway, still not 100% but I've had a couple of big expenses come up recently...and I may be putting these wheels up for sale. Not hard pressed to sell, but def. as I get older I am getting my priorities straight. If I do, there'll be a thread in the BM, Craigslist and eventually Ebay.
J.
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you dont have to fill holes and all of that.....just find a TL who wants a wing spoiler....thats what i did....drove down 200 miles to someone who switched TL trunks with me.....and i instantly replaced the spoiler with a lip
well i also switched bumpers (got rear type S ASPEC) for my rear also switched rear and front camber kit....and i thought i got a great deal.....worth the drive....
so find ur TL
ohhhh and try to avoid the financial difficulty without selling the rims....they look good on ur ride and is more of a 1 of a kind rim
well i also switched bumpers (got rear type S ASPEC) for my rear also switched rear and front camber kit....and i thought i got a great deal.....worth the drive....
so find ur TL
ohhhh and try to avoid the financial difficulty without selling the rims....they look good on ur ride and is more of a 1 of a kind rim
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Thanks for the compliments guys...
Well, honestly, I didn't know that about the holes being covered by the other tail...the only time I hate the wing is when I wash the car and I can't get all the water out from around it. lol.
About the wheels, I will sleep on it. I honestly really liked the look of the aspecs too, so we will see. Putting a couple grand back in the bank right now would probably be a good move though regardless. My girl will thank me for it later, if you know what I mean
Well, honestly, I didn't know that about the holes being covered by the other tail...the only time I hate the wing is when I wash the car and I can't get all the water out from around it. lol.
About the wheels, I will sleep on it. I honestly really liked the look of the aspecs too, so we will see. Putting a couple grand back in the bank right now would probably be a good move though regardless. My girl will thank me for it later, if you know what I mean
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Yeah...no matter what set I have on the car I'm shooting for a st of 20mm spacers for the back...the works with the +35 up front and the + 45 rear with the spacers would sit super flush...
I figured out why thee a specs need it...i used an upper balljoint camberkit that bridport the to out...in the rear I used a 2 control arm kit the brought the bottom in
I figured out why thee a specs need it...i used an upper balljoint camberkit that bridport the to out...in the rear I used a 2 control arm kit the brought the bottom in
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Thanks man, I've gotten a LOT more positive response than expected! You guys are the bomb!
Just for sh*ts and giggles, I may try and take my wing off...just to see...plus, then I can properly clean and polish under it! I will likely put the wing back on though....lol.
Just for sh*ts and giggles, I may try and take my wing off...just to see...plus, then I can properly clean and polish under it! I will likely put the wing back on though....lol.
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Spacers...or no spacers, I'm so undecided! I think I'm going to order a set of 20MM spacers regardless because I need to bring the rears back out a bit. I can tell when I hit a bump there's a slight wiggle because the stance has the fronts sitting wider than the rear. I probably should have gone with the top arm camber kit for the rear to have brought the top out instead of the bottom in, but since it's all aligned now anyway, and I can keep the spacer for my next car I think I'll go that route.
Either way, that'll bring the rear Aspec back to wider AND it'll allow me to put the +35's up front and +45's in the rear with the spacer to have a great lookin stance. With my ADD having 2 wheel options is great...at least until I decide whether or not I'll be selling.
Either way, that'll bring the rear Aspec back to wider AND it'll allow me to put the +35's up front and +45's in the rear with the spacer to have a great lookin stance. With my ADD having 2 wheel options is great...at least until I decide whether or not I'll be selling.
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Ok...ordered...went with Ichiba 20MM...leave it to me being in Vegas on a few drinks to pull the trigger to spend $140 bucks on 2 pieces of metal to give me a "nicer" stance. I hope I love it...most of the stuff I buy would easily resell if I changed my mind, which is part of the decision making process.
Congrats on getting the spacers! I'l eventually get a set of 15mm spacers for my A-Specs.
Add me to the list of the people wanting you to ditch the wing spoiler. Maybe Santa will be generous.
And can you just make a damn progress thread instead of whoring this thread out?
Add me to the list of the people wanting you to ditch the wing spoiler. Maybe Santa will be generous.
And can you just make a damn progress thread instead of whoring this thread out?
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Ok...you got me...I may ask to change this to a progress thread instead of just a thread about my rims. lol...
and yeah, I'm SO looking forward to getting the spacers..and initially, they will probalby go on my rear aspecs anyway...
About the wing spoiler, I will probably just figure out how to remove it to clean under it, and see how it looks...but it will likely be put back on the car!
and yeah, I'm SO looking forward to getting the spacers..and initially, they will probalby go on my rear aspecs anyway...
About the wing spoiler, I will probably just figure out how to remove it to clean under it, and see how it looks...but it will likely be put back on the car!
