well yesterday I finally found time to get some stuff done to my car... I installed my tails, sidemarkers, philips 85122's,decklid spoiler, and last but not least my cold cold air intake.. which surprisingly turned out to be a pain in the ass .. but I got it worked out... my advice would be buy your intake new.. that way you have instructions and the complete kit... DIY video wasnt too helpful.. anyway let me know what yall think.. idk about the tails I think ill tint them or something they seem to stick out, maybe im just not used to them yet. I have H&R sports on the way that I ordered 3 weeks ago.. National backorder .. and I bought an aspec lip kit from ACK last week.. still no reply from him money sent.. where are ya ack? haha.. anyway here ya go...


.... dont pay attention to the hooptie in the background ..dad's rebuilding an old lady's motor.. and dont pay attention to my tag either

 

oh I had my intake painted to match my car.. im sure im not the first person to do this but I thought it looked better than the silver looking finish that came on the intake to begin with..

 

Nice upgrades. Remove the badges and it will look cleaner IMO

 

+1

Can't wait to see everything finished =)

 

I tried ....... and the emblems pulled off some clear coat ... so I had to stick them back on. Sucks, i really liked the way it looked.

that last pic was an attempt to show the type-s sidemarkers...btw

thanks man... I've been blowing ACk's PM inbox up... and I've called excelerate at least three times.. pretty good guys, last time we talked Chris, I think it was told me the springs should be in any day now

 

Looks pretty good. Not a big fan of the rims, but then again I don't like any 5 spoke rim. Keep up the great work

 

Very sharp color.

I'm not a chrome guy personally but we are all different, good work!

 

Nice work, but im definately not a fan of those wheels. Some simple gunmetal A-spec's would do, but that's just me.

 

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http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu135/imabeast31/005-1.jpg[/img]..not even from a distance
or the side haha shitty old pics... I knew id get it about my rims .. i think they'll look better when its dropped and the kit is on thanks though man

thanks alot man... any wheel suggestion?

it took me a long time to even work up the nerve to buy a set of wheels.. I wanted them to resemble the stockies nothing to crazy.. a simple 5 spoke rim... why dont you like 5 spoke ?

pic i tried to upload a second ago

 

Nice progress Beast!

Hey, in the lower right hand corner of each post is a Multi-Quote button (the middle icon). This allows you to reply to multiple people in one posting.

 

Haha thanks SB... Got me again on the multi-qoute i see .. Ill get it right eventually

 

No worries dude...it's all good.

 

I think you should see what yours look like when you drop her down a bit, who knows....they might work really well.

 

Very clean engine bay.

 

thanks man... nothing I hate more than a dirty engine bay

 

@imabeast....you're a fucking beast!
how long have you had the car, and look at all these mods!

you have more aesthetic mods than I do.
the wheels look great from afar! they look similar to stock except for the concavity( or is it convex???) which is what takes away from them up close.
all in all very nice car!

play on player.

 

i think convex-fakelipconcave Justin

i would like the wheels if they were flat faced and not chrome. look like ssr gt1's for the most part

 

clean ride man!! i really like the tails

 

Nice ride...the tails look really good. How do you like the 85122's?

I personally cringe when I see TL's with big chrome wheels, but if you like em, rock em.

 

thanks justin.. here lately ive been adding a little hp too.. with the j pipe and all.. so whenever you wanna race im ready man haha.. but I have to fix a leaking valve cover gasket first dripping oil down onto my exhaust making it smoke like a biatch.. embarrassing. and I cant find a DIY anywhere ..

actually I was hoping to get some flat faced wheels about like that.. but I settled, no patience what so ever. But ive been thinking about a wheel change anyway, depending on how it looks with the drop

thanks bro.. so no tint?

thanks, and the 85122's are like night and day compared to the factory HID's worth every penny. Something i should have done a long time ago. And your right about the wheel thing different folks different strokes i think is the saying lol... Its crazy because I cringe at some of the lightweight racing type wheels i see sometimes too.. but some have grown on me so who knows...

 

i think it looks much better than stock... at the end of the day its your car and you have to look at it and drive it everyday so if you aren't happy with them then get them tinted

 

well OP i'm sure you are glad buying those over the ones i posted. those are ssr which are $$$$

 

damnn lots of upgrades, props to you on doing all the upgrades yourself

 

it wasnt about the cash I wasnt on a budget or anything I also wanted 20's because at the time I wasnt interested in a drop and I wanted there to be the least amount of inner fender well showing as possible.. and most of all I just wanted it to look good. But thanks for the pic man.. ill keep these in mind for future reference

thanks man.. the forum is a big help too

 

Nice. What is the brand of your cold intake?

 

its aem

 

@eduthesamurai ^this... nothin different but the paint.. and thanks man

 

It's just a personal preference. I don't really think they look good on any car, so nothing against you. Everything else is looking sharp though.

 

nice car bro and wheels are nice all you need to do it lower it a bit and it will set those wheels off imo .

 

Nice car, dude! I think you should rock these wheels. I was thinking about getting these for my car, but they're 20s.


Vossen VVS-CV3

 

Honestly? I would prefer the stock rims

 

Love it. Especially the color.

 

Ride is looking good, clean and crisp.. all you need is some drop and good to go.

 

Very nice and clean. Im with alot of the guys, not feeling the wheels.

Car is coming along nicely.

 

damn, those vossen wheels would be fucking beastly

 

completely understand dude.. no offense taken.. any opinion is a good opinion if you ask me

thanks man.. springs will be in friday ill post pics when i get them on.

wow.. I actually like those. have you found you a new ride yet btw?

I love the stock rims.. like I said I had no real plans of changing them.. but wasnt interested in lowering it and I wanted something to fill most of the wheel gap 20's.. and these were 5 spoke like the stockies.. and they had the black in them which was perfect since at the time I was going with a darker theme for the car

thanks man... its hard to keep clean though.. at times I wish I had a lighter color

springs friday... and lip kit sometime this week too.. ACK shipped this monday

thanks bro.. you guys are breaking my heart haha

I thought so too Justin.. I seen another member with ABP and white wheels had me considering it....

 

oh just to add to my list of recent mods... nothin major but I got a mid-muffler delete today.. love the sound

 

lucky! i bet that new jpipe made it sound even sexier

 

That's my fave wheel from them thus far, but it'll have to be on my S5 one of these days lol.

And yeah, I've found some really nice Type-Ss online but they're nowhere in GA. I'll have to ask one of the members from the state I've narrowed it down to to go to the dealership to look it over for me.

 

YEssir... I watched the guys do it and he was lookin at my jpipe.. he said thats an expensive pipe there huh? I was like na not really haha... It only cost 30 bucks to have it done

it sucks you wrecked your car.. but if your getting a type-s then your coming out on top.. im jealous I want a type-s so bad