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Old 08-17-2021, 02:07 PM
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Yeah, the surround for the bottom of the top, the side emblems, mirrors, windshield surround, rear strip, and front strip are brushed while the exhaust tips and emblems are chrome. In my mind, I was going to get rid of all the chrome but leave the brushed but now I don’t know.
Chrome sucks, ditch it. Leave the brushed, looks cool. JMO.
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Black out chrome
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Old 08-31-2021, 10:22 AM
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Finally got my grille but it was missing the emblem holder so all mesh for now.



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Hyundai Sonata? Hard to tell.
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Hyundai Sonata? Hard to tell.
Hyundai Optima!
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lol, it legit looks like the front end of the newest sonata.
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Well, he could've opted for an M3/4 with this look instead



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Well, he could've opted for an M3/4 with this look instead



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🤣🤣🤣 maybe we can start that trend for Audi
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Old 09-05-2021, 08:51 AM
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I love what you picked.
It's gonna be a bad bitch once your warranty expires.
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Grabbed a few more horsepower, 93 stage one currently.




Swapped the grill for a different style with emblems and used the RS bumper cover to hide the crash bar.
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Oh, this should be going on this weekend


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I really like all the satin silver accents, they work really well with the dark blue paint.
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I really like all the satin silver accents, they work really well with the dark blue paint.
Thanks and I do as well. I ordered a carbon trunk lip and want to do brushed black trim, carbon mirrors, carbon lip and diffuser along with some black housing headlights but keep thinking it may not look good and I should keep the brushed.

May end up paint the spoiler body color, assuming I like it.
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IMO keep the satin silver, it's awesome looking and different from all the other blackout everything cars on the road today. The silver and blue complement each other so well.
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Looks almost like my grill.


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I can't wait to drive this thing.
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I can't wait to drive this thing.
Same. I bet she's a fun, wild ride topless.
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Finally got the intercooler in, pretty easy install and I'm so glad I did black because it sits off center and would annoy me to no end

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Cannot get the crash bar cover to line up with the aftermarket grille cut outs.




Oh, that RockStar did drive it
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Old 05-10-2022, 10:12 AM
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That is a big ass intercooler lol.
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That is a big ass intercooler lol.
Massive and damn the targeted ads are good



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Were you having heat soak issues or what prompted the upgrade?
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Were you having heat soak issues or what prompted the upgrade?
I wasn’t personally but it’s pretty common from what I’ve read and stage 2 requires one so why not 😂
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a good deal and some good ole fashioned curiosity
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034 just released their Hybrid turbo Stage 3, crazy numbers but don't know if I'm going that far down he rabbit hole.



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Crazy to think the B9 platform puts out those kind of numbers with stock internals
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Crazy to think the B9 platform puts out those kind of numbers with stock internals
makes no sense ha
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Crazy to think the B9 platform puts out those kind of numbers with stock internals
The question is how long can it put out those numbers with stock internals?
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@SamDoe1 Probably at least until the door lock actuators and window motors start failing so frequently you end up trading it in.
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@SamDoe1 Probably at least until the door lock actuators and window motors start failing so frequently you end up trading it in.
When you put it that way, I'm IN!
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@SamDoe1 Probably at least until the door lock actuators and window motors start failing so frequently you end up trading it in.
In that case, send it!
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Got a great deal on these 20x10 AG's from our very own Rockstar. I was a bit concerned with the aggressive offsets so I went with a slightly stretched 265 vs a 275 and the minor rubbing has gone away. I did notice that my current lowering springs looked a bit saggy in the rear so I bought some adjustable H&R's. They are almost like coil overs but work with the factory electronic dampners but I'm torn on if I want to mess with installing and adjusting none stop.








The other thing that has always bothered me with this car is the lack of bass the B&O system has so I added this slim kicker box, sub, Kicker Key 500.1 and a bass knob run to the in dash cubby.





This was before I cleaned up wires but the amp tucked in this little trunk pocket.


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Love it man! I'm with the B9 crew as well. Lol.
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