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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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I am going loco with the cake [again]... just bought four BF Goodrich g-Force T/A KDW NT tires to wrap the 20" RonJon Legend Type II wheels in!
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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I got my rear springs in





Fronts will come in 2 weeks.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 10:17 AM
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you put in just the backs?? haha, won't that make it look like a reverse drag car?
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 10:28 AM
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Im gettin there, Matt Ran out of time last night. I will put the fronts in over easter.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:06 AM
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Damn matt you got a lot to get done next weekend! I'd be hesitant to clear coat the film...I would try a test piece first. Plus if you wrap the film like I mentioned adding layers of clear coat may make it difficult to fit pieces back in place afterwards. I had a little trouble with one I did. I'll be doing a few pieces this week so I'll keep you posted on tips/tricks. You should bring the hid kit by when you get it and I'll look at the connectors and I'll try to give you some ideas on hooking them up.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 09:41 AM
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Out of curiousity, what are you doing with your old hood matt? I may be interested in taking it off your hands if you're just going to throw it out....it will save me a trip to the junkyard to pickup a scrap fender to practice doing body work on. Just thought I'd ask.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 08:38 PM
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Yeah once I get the kit I will bring it over, and then you can have my hood once i switch them... Any chance you could come over saturday and help us do the install?

And I looked at the video and it seems pretty easy if you just do it after you install it, and then it should last a little longer at least.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 10:57 PM
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I just got 12sq feet of carbon fiber vinyl, and my HID kit, hopefully the HID gets here by friday
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 06:46 PM
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I just picked up some Turtle's Chrome cleaner, amazing stuff..
I took some pictures after I did the first one and realized how much it was actually doing...

So before:

Before and one After:


After:





Oh, and my totally JDM yo new grill :
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:27 PM
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lose that dragon shit
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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i did it for shits n giggles til i can put my mugen back in
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 11:20 AM
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ROFLMAO Matt we gotta do a shoot this spring.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 03:13 PM
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WTB 03 acura tl type s lip kit and lowering springs for 03 type s
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 03:26 PM
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ROFLMAO Matt we gotta do a shoot this spring.
Haha, I can't wait!
As soon as I get the rest of my parts installed and a real good detail done, I will be ready. I've been finding a few sick spots to do some shots at, and I'm sure you know some yourself
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by WannabeG
Matt we gotta do a shoot this spring.
Don't forget about me
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Slepybear
I just got 12sq feet of carbon fiber vinyl, and my HID kit, hopefully the HID gets here by friday
Do you have enough to spare or sell to me of the CF vinyl? When were you gonna put it on, I could use the help.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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Do you have enough to spare or sell to me of the CF vinyl? When were you gonna put it on, I could use the help.
Well it cost me like $100 for all that I got, and I got a lot of plans for it, but if I end up with some extra I'm not opposed to selling you some, or maybe giving you a little so you can decide wether or not to buy your own



and travis, i'm not opposed to another acura, especially such a clean one
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 09:33 PM
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travis, i'm not opposed to another acura, especially such a clean one
Haha, thanks buddy! Lookin' forward to the shoot!
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 06:06 PM
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Lol my car is gonna feel left out hahaha ill get my buddy josh to come with his G lol
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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Interior LED Swap

So it's about that time I do an interior LED swap and replace the coffee color lights with some blue LEDs! I am planning on buying the kit from LEDautomotive.com. Here's the link to the kit: http://ledautomotive.com/category.php?id_category=19. I can either buy the LEDs that require me to solder a resistor and the LED into the stock bulb housing, or with no soldering required but these LEDs cost twice as much. I am probably going to go with the LEDs that require no soldering to make the install a lot easier. I know some of you have performed this swap [Kyle]. Where did you get your LEDs from? I would greatly appreciate it if you guys would help me perform this modification since I have no idea how to dissemble my dashboard.
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Slepybear
To-do list--
-Order HID- H1
-Install HID, and JDM bumper
-Install new headlights
-Install new headlight bulbs
-Install new hood shocks
-Install new hood
-Install Mugen Grill
-Flush and refill powersteering
-Clean engine bay
-wash, wax, polish if anyone has the materials for that
-seafoam
-clean exhaust
-buy carbon fiber sheet
-LED turn signals
-Cathode trunk lights
-Put on summer rims
-Carbon fiber pillars
-Carbon fiber wood trim
-Install new spark plugs
-Lock car in garage so no one can ever see, touch, or drive it again
Planing on doing all this tomorrow? What time are you coming over? Josh will be showing up and probably KK. Call me tonight to set things up.
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 08:02 AM
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We won't be doing it all today, but hopefully a lot of it. I will probably be coming over around 9
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 09:03 PM
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We won't be doing it all today, but hopefully a lot of it. I will probably be coming over around 9
Got alot done today Slapy. If that line on your powers steering pump would have have not been damag we coud have tried to do your fogs. I do like the new bumper more.
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 12:45 AM
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SO yea, jealous i couldnt come lol i am so ready to be done with school for this year. Only one month left...
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 03:35 AM
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My car looks completely different, can't wait to hook up the fogs.

I'll post pics of everything tomorrow, I'm so tired, I just finished working on it, and we started around 10am
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Slepybear
My car looks completely different, can't wait to hook up the fogs.

I'll post pics of everything tomorrow, I'm so tired, I just finished working on it, and we started around 10am
+1 Pics [Can't wait to see it in person]
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 07:57 AM
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Sorry I didn't make it yesterday matt, but I fell back asleep waiting for you to send me jorges address and then your phone call woke me up yesterday afternnon. What was wrong with the power steering hose? What do you have left? When are planning on finishing everything up?

Can't wait to see pics of everything, or to see it in person!
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 10:37 AM
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The power steering pressure hose (I think thats what it was called), had a crack and leak, and was dripping the power steering fluid out onto my alternator pulley, which was causing that god awful squeal. That thing was a bitch to get out, and Jorge, my man, took it on head-on... We helped but he just went for it, and got it done, so everything is fixed in that department now.

As for the foglights I still need someone to help me do the wiring.. I have been reading some of the write-ups, and it seems that the daytime bulbs are where most people are splicing their power from... Whenever I get to get this done, I will also need to cut out a small part of my bumper that is pushing up against the new bumper cover.

I'll put up pics in just a little bit of everything so far!
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 06:32 PM
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Alright, as promised, my pics...
This weekend we got through quite a few things--
-JDM bumper
-Hood shocks
-Spark PLugs
-Carbon Fiber (Interior and B-Pillars)
-Wash
-Headlights and bulbs
-And the power steering flush, refill, and install of a new hose (PITA)
-Probably more that I can't remember









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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 06:58 PM
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still not feeling the grill or the cf. but the jdm bumper is pure sex

my moto, real cf or gtfo. i have some fake printed cf on my hood latches and i regret getting the fake cf.

Last edited by Rajca; Mar 28, 2010 at 07:00 PM.
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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Im digging the CF interior. Were you gonna do the hood? Looks good man. Cant your 18s on!
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 07:51 PM
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i got a real CF hood and the mugen grill, but the hood was broken when they shipped it to me, so I am waiting for the new one before I put on the new grill.

And I think I am going to wait to put the 18's on til I get some new brakes and pads, these ones are too dusty
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 08:03 PM
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Well whens that?
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 08:08 PM
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I'm going to try to buy some new ones in the next couple days.. then install before the 10th hopefully
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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W00t.
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 11:33 PM
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Minnesota Cars & Cafe

I was wondering who was going to the Minnesota Cars & Cafe this coming Saturday, April 3rd. It is going to be located at the MotorPlex Minneapolis [8200 Audubon Road, Chanhassen, MN 55317]. Here's a link with more info.: http://www.mnsportcompacts.net/forum...ad.php?t=94678.
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 11:47 PM
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I'll shoot you a text Saturday morning. I should be there wandering around.
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Carmodifier
I was wondering who was going to the Minnesota Cars & Cafe this coming Saturday, April 3rd. It is going to be located at the MotorPlex Minneapolis [8200 Audubon Road, Chanhassen, MN 55317]. Here's a link with more info.: http://www.mnsportcompacts.net/forum...ad.php?t=94678.
Now THAT looks like my kind of event. I'll be there.
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 09:52 AM
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^^ If you're going Saturday, I'll definitely join you!


The new bumper looks good matt. Looks like you have a couple wrinkles in the carbon fiber pillars....if you need help working them out let me know. I'd also be willing to help you with the fogs too. If it were me though, I'd pull a dedicated power source for them. I'll be working on car again this weekend and probably most nights this week. It seems like I have too many things to do and no time to do them.
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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Me and my friend Brady were looking at my engine bay last night and then impulsively did this....
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