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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 01:14 AM
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its sand from the desert. They thought they would play a trick on him and fill the damn box with sand
At least it's not Bay Bugs.
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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Got bored today and stuck em in:





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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 12:57 AM
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you know, those really look nice. they bring about another pleasent look to the RX-7's already timless exterior. thumbs up!
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 02:23 AM
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Love 'em. They just a little different that that just sets it apart from any other USDM 7 out there.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 04:07 AM
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how many hours of upside down ness did it take you to install it?
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 07:34 AM
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Very cool, I always liked the way those looked on the few cars I've seen them on.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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they look great, I've always wanted some of those.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 12:01 AM
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No self respecting Aussie drinks Fosters, we sell that **** to you yanks.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:01 AM
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then what do you drink? scotch?
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by aussiesmg
No self respecting Aussie drinks Fosters, we sell that **** to you yanks.
Is that like the germans, and blue nun?
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 03:10 AM
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lol. FYI #1 selling beer in Germany is Budweiser...
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Old May 6, 2009 | 12:22 AM
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Are those indicator assemblies (or at least the lenses) not brand new? How did you get them looking so good?
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Old May 6, 2009 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by rotordave_au
Are those indicator assemblies (or at least the lenses) not brand new? How did you get them looking so good?
I used Novus plastic polish. http://www.novuspolish.com/ Ebay has some cheap sets of the stuff.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 10:39 AM
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They did come up nice and clean thats for sure.
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Old May 6, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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Wow, I'll have to give that Novus a go. Which one did you use? 1, 2 or 3? Whats the difference?
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Old May 6, 2009 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by rotordave_au
Wow, I'll have to give that Novus a go. Which one did you use? 1, 2 or 3? Whats the difference?
The different numbers are for different grits. Start with one and move down in number. (I started with 2)
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