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Weather looks good for Saturday morning! As it stands now I'll be driving my new (to me) M3 and will likely be parked near the EuroMpire tent...
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Great turnout on Saturday... much higher than we were anticipating. We also had a crazy high number of exotics... probably our highest ever. At the peak we had 10 Lambos, 6 Ferraris, 3 McLarens, 2 Audi R8s, 2 Skylines, 3 Maseratis, 3 Alfas, 2 Astons , and a Viper. That's what I remember anyway.
If this is any indication I'm super excited for the actual warm weather!
Pic of the main strip of the lot. We had most of the feeder isles full as well...
If this is any indication I'm super excited for the actual warm weather!
Pic of the main strip of the lot. We had most of the feeder isles full as well...
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I hear good things about the dude they call "Fender Jesus", think his name is Justin. A friend got his 9th Gen Accord rolled by him and it came out great. His shop is in Belmont - Queenspeed Motorsports.
www.facebook.com/QueenSpeed704/
www.facebook.com/QueenSpeed704/
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Along those lines... does anyone know a good place to get exhaust fab'd up around the Charlotte area? I already have the new muffler, just need someone to put some bends in 2.5" piping and weld on some flanges and hangers. There is a place, also in Belmont, that has great reviews but they look to be mostly just quick muffler welders, not sure yet if they could properly bend a whole cat-back system. I'm not looking for titanium or polished X, just no rust. Thanks for any suggestions!
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I hear good things about the dude they call "Fender Jesus", think his name is Justin. A friend got his 9th Gen Accord rolled by him and it came out great. His shop is in Belmont - Queenspeed Motorsports.
www.facebook.com/QueenSpeed704/
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Justin rolled my fenders. He's a good dude.
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It's that time of month again! And no, not time for Aunt Flo... but Caffeine and Horsepower time!!
Unfortunately, I will not be at this event as I have a race at GoPro Motorplex Saturday, but we are expecting another great turnout!
Unfortunately, I will not be at this event as I have a race at GoPro Motorplex Saturday, but we are expecting another great turnout!
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Looks like the rain should move out tonight so should be good to go in the AM!
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I went and there were some heavy hitters there for sure.
Got the HKS D1 aero on the lexus…
Got the HKS D1 aero on the lexus…
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Sexy. The IS has aged very well.
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Looking good Eric now get it painted and install the grill
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Love the IS and HKS kit!!
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Damn that looks good!
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Thanks Gentlemen!
Some more from earlier this evening...
Some more from earlier this evening...
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Looking good.
Seems like you might need new bumper clip panels for the rear bumper right at the wheel arches and we could probably tweak your ehaust hangers a little to pull the exhaust up centered into the opening.
Seems like you might need new bumper clip panels for the rear bumper right at the wheel arches and we could probably tweak your ehaust hangers a little to pull the exhaust up centered into the opening.
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Thanks Jason, yeah I need to do something to the rear bumper anyways because its squeeking. The fiberglass is rubbing against the metal and it makes a fingernails on a chalk board type noise when I go over road irregularities at low speeds.
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Little late on the post but tomorrow is the 3rd Saturday of the month... so that just means one thing!!
I'll be there with one of the M3s. At this point I have yet to get a call that the E90 is done so I'll likely have the E46 with me. Anyway, if you have a few hours to kill, swing on by!!
I'll be there with one of the M3s. At this point I have yet to get a call that the E90 is done so I'll likely have the E46 with me. Anyway, if you have a few hours to kill, swing on by!!
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Washing, waxing, treating the gaskets, vacuuming, oil changes, etc. I'm running behind on my spring maintenance. Going to start with the Fiero and work my way up to the bigger cars.
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Went to get my car inspected at the place i've been going to for 6 years and my parents 15+... they failed me on tint
Anyone know a spot? I'm sure one of those sketchy places on central would pass me, just thought i'd ask for suggestions first. I've got 30% on the sides and 20 in the rear
Anyone know a spot? I'm sure one of those sketchy places on central would pass me, just thought i'd ask for suggestions first. I've got 30% on the sides and 20 in the rear
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^^^^Thanks for the photo!
Cars and coffee was pretty incredible on Saturday. It's intrigues me that there is a big squadron of mclarens, lambos, and Ferraris around charlotte now.
Cars and coffee was pretty incredible on Saturday. It's intrigues me that there is a big squadron of mclarens, lambos, and Ferraris around charlotte now.
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I should have came. I'll go next month. I just didn't want to wake up at 6am. Lol. Been waking up early all week and wanted to sleep it a little bit.
And the squad of Lambos, Ferrari's, and McLarens is crazy. Like how many rich folks are in that area? Lol.
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They've always been around. Thing is that now they all hang out... so they roll in together at these shows, then they go off for the day to do a cruise or lunch or something together. I know a few of the guys from C&H and it's just that they're more organized now
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And speaking of Caffeine and Horsepower... June's show is this Saturday! Weather looks great and I'm hoping to have the Cobra with me assuming I get everything done this week...
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Cars and coffee Saturday! I will be there until 8:40 at which point I will have to roll out.
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Can't wait to see the reveal! Then we can all know what the Type S will actually have and not have people keep speculating what it is. Lol.
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It's across the highway from top golf. It was massive today. When I left at 8:40 there was a line forming all the way out to 485.
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Has anyone in this chat with a newer J series removed the un-monitored 3rd cat, by way of aftermarket j-pipe or similar, and had any issues at state inspection stations? Thanks
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What does 'newer' mean?
I had no issue up to 2018 (when I sold the car), but it was a 2007 vintage j-series. Anyhow, fwiw, never an issue; never even a question.
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