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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 05:39 PM
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looks good man.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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You sir, have the nicest pulled stock front fenders i have EVER seen. EVER.

So good that it's over. Damn dood! Congrads.

Question, what is that light blue filler you're using for future reference? It looks like it levels well. I had good results with 3m brand glazing compound (the red stuff, air harden) but i had to work the the **** out of it and would not use it again in the future. I use long and short strand glass for re-shaping/filling dents and glaze with bondo. Bondo and "self leveling" do not work in the same sentence.

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Your car looks A-MAZ-ING! Top notch work!
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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Thank you,
That stuff is called Z grip made by Evercoat, it's another type of bondo. The key is not to let the bondo dry all the way before you start sanding it. You have to sand it while it is semi soft so it will be alot easier.

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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 08:20 PM
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looks soo clean!! lovin the rear pulled fenders!
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 12:34 PM
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Changing the color of my wheels

So I want to paint my wheels because they have a lot of chips on them and I was thinking of either painting them the same gray color or gold. I want to know what you guys think and I need other color suggestions as well.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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same grey, no gold.

If it were me I would sell the t2 lip on the forum, use the money to buy a Cf one, get a cf rear diffuser as well and you would be ballin.

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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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Yeah Im actually getting a CF rear diffuser, and a CF front lip would look nice.

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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 03:13 PM
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Dont do that^^^

Just let me have the car and I'll get the lip and diffuser LOL jk jk

Ed (fc_pro_am) was telling me about your FC man so I had to check it out and it looks fuggin sick!!! Cant wait to see the new painted wheels...gold would be dope as would bronze...I'm not a fan of black faced wheels anymore.... too played out.
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:02 PM
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Thanks man, yeah im gonna think about it a little before I paint my wheels.

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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 01:24 PM
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looking good Arno.

looks like you found a front lip
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 04:13 PM
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Thanks, Yeah man luckily I found a brand new one.

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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 10:12 PM
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this thing is roudy

makes me want to do body work again so i can do my car...
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 09:04 AM
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firstly, awesome car man!! not over the top, nice and simple, the way they should be. have you considered painting wheels bright green, keeping the lips polished?? would look good, i reckon.
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by gear_grinder
this thing is roudy

makes me want to do body work again so i can do my car...
Thank you, I suggest you do all the work yourself if you can, because this was a really fun project for me.


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firstly, awesome car man!! not over the top, nice and simple, the way they should be. have you considered painting wheels bright green, keeping the lips polished?? would look good, i reckon.
Thank you, I actually saw a picture of someones white FC here on the forum with bright green rims, I think they look really nice. I just have'nt decided on the color yet i'll keep that in mind though.

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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 02:48 AM
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sick FC bro. keep up the project man. glad to see that you're back in the rotary game and your FC's coming along. another white FC rollin' in the streets of LA.
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Old Apr 8, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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cf lip and rear diffuser would totally complete the look. i think you should paint your rims the same color, or bronze would look killer, gold and white is too overplayed imo, and i think bright colored painted rims make me think its a kids car trying to look like a drifter. i also think bright colored rims would kill the clean look you have and attract unwanted police attention.
great job on all the body work, great looking finished product.
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 12:14 AM
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This came out really good. nice job!
Maybe you can look into the exhaust next time?
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 10:42 AM
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cf lip and rear diffuser would totally complete the look. i think you should paint your rims the same color, or bronze would look killer, gold and white is too overplayed imo, and i think bright colored painted rims make me think its a kids car trying to look like a drifter. i also think bright colored rims would kill the clean look you have and attract unwanted police attention.
great job on all the body work, great looking finished product.
I already got the Shine CF rear diffuser on it I will post pics in the next day or so, but the reason why I got the stock T2 lip is because it flexes when I go up and down my driveway it scrapes a little, with a CF lip it would probably break, But we'll see I might do it in the future and raise the fornt a bit. Thanks for the compliment.


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This came out really good. nice job!
Maybe you can look into the exhaust next time?
Thank you. But whats wrong with my exhaust? I have an Apexi on it right now.

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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 05:06 PM
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how much did the TII swap run you?
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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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Around $3,500 installed. That was the complete engine transmission and a complete rear end.

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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 05:38 PM
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absolutely beautiful man, I love it
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Old Apr 23, 2010 | 04:12 AM
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where did you get your engine and rear end from?
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Old Apr 23, 2010 | 11:54 AM
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His name is Japan2LA on the forum.

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Old Apr 23, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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Very clean FC build man! I love how white looks on the FC!

As for painting your WORK's...I don't know. You will have to take your time and do some photobucket editing with color changes to get a good contrasting wheel color.


Maybe a silver but a dark siver...not gun metal but like a pewter maybe??

Anyway great job on the fenders and car in general!!
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Old Apr 25, 2010 | 07:46 PM
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by far one of the cleanest fc's i've ever seen!!!!! your car is my wall paper now for inspiration on what my car might be some day. great work!!
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