i agree your paintjob, wheels, and bodywork all work well together and look awesome, but i have to agree with big boosting, i think a 99 wing would complete your look well

 

It has to do with the lighting when you photograph or view the paint with the naked eye.....


PS. looks GREAT!

 

Looks beautiful Alan!!! We will have to meet up sometime, what are you doing tonight? I will give you a call.

Mitch

 

Looks Awesome!

 

Why didn't you keep your Rotary Extreme 99 front end?

 

At the time, the body shop manager wanted all the parts for the car ASAP and Chuck said it was still going to be over a month so I just went with an OEM 99 spec bumper.

Turns out there wasn't that much of a rush, but I'm happy with the end result.

 

with a name like yanni, i wouldn't be talking smack to anyone...

piano...do u still have the re 99 front end? i'm looking for one...

 

I can't believe I'm gonna say this but I think I like the pics of your car with the stock front end and 99spec spoiler better. Maybe like you said you just need to wax the car etc. because I've always been in love with that first pic in your sig.

I dunno, but this is making me nervous about putting my 99spec bumper on

 

I think it's because of the front tag mount. I didn't want to get the 99 spec because of that.

 

Nice ride..

 

I like the wing-less look. I'm digging the front end and skirts. But if you repainted the entire car, why not go with a diff color? I'm not hating on the Montego Blue color, but when I respray my car, I'm going with a slightly different shade of red. Looks good anyways! Maybe I'll see this car in person some day.

 

Nice car! It looks better with no wing! And nice to see your car has some hp to back up its good looks

 

how come it looks like the lip doesn't fit well?...driver side corner

 

Very nice! The next time I see someone sporting an aftermarket hood with horrible hood gap I'm going to point them to your car. OEM quality!

 

can we have some side pics so I can more clearly see the side skirts. straight on from the side if you please. I have the same stuff except for those.

 

A credit to the MB community, that's for sure

 

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone.

Dubulup: I don't see what you're talking about with regard to lip fitment. The lip snaps right into the 99 spec bumper and then is secured with screws.

FD Rey: The thought of a different color entered my mind until I thought about the engine bay. I wasn't willing to have everything pulled out to repaint. When I go 20B, I'll have the entire car repainted probably some type of "electron" blue with flares like David Hayes's car has.

Stangkilr: I ended up letting my bumper go to someone else. Sorry.

Weaklink: I don't have any pictures directly from the sides. I'll be sure to get some more in a week or so after the Zaino.

Two of the couplers came loose on the dyno today. I think the body shop messed with the position of the FMIC slightly creating this problem. I've been wanting to get the IC piping redone anyways because of some awkward bends on the side leading to the elbow. I think these bends were causing excess restriction which helped the pipes blow off easier. I watched a video of the runs and saw the "L" shape push backwards for 2-3 seconds before the pipe pulled out from the coupler.

http://www.alantripp.com/pianoprodigydyno.wmv

 

very good point, if i were go get an FD id plan on a new paintjob since it would be a show/weekend car and there would be bodywork done too, so everything would look nice and clean, but it would look strange if the engine bay was a different shade/old and musty compared to the exterior paint.

 

have you fit chuck's bumper yet?

 

Not yet. I'll try it out when the weather warms a bit.

 

very nice engine work!

 

absolutly beautfiuL!! and that vid is awesome, welll except for the pipe blowing off, but still!! sounds amazing!

 

very nice car sir !!! you have good taste

 

It's nice to see what my car would look like if I had the money/time to get done to it what I'd like. 99Spec front end and Apexi Sides, already have the mudguards for the rear

I think it looks great wingless but am glad to hear you might switch those rims out. They're too "Classy" and busy, and the lack of a lip kills the look even further.

I bet any set of 5-spoke, 2-3" lip'd Alloy rims will REALLY set the car off. I want pics when that happens, because then it'll be a prime example of an ideal setup for my car someday...

 

Three MSDs? How do they work? I thought one was good enough.... Who did your electrical work?

Nice Set up