Pictures of MY FD3 Getting a Widebody Put ON!!!
05-18-07, 08:49 PM
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I'm thinking i might do the kit as well but I want to know if the fiberglass is durable enough for a weekend car? I don't want a trailor queen I want a real car that I can still take street racing saturday night. any info from anyone would be great pm me if you want
05-19-07, 01:39 AM
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i would like to see this thing in solid white.....white hides sharp edges.....think it looks nice......you can see stock body 7's or slightly modded ones but you will never see these out and about.......i would do it if i had the change and would be running the hell out of it......i use everything i buy.... 
??http://pictures.topspeed.com/cars/ca...a_carbonow.jpg
http://pictures.topspeed.com/cars/ca...carbono_2w.jpg
http://pictures.topspeed.com/cars/ca...carbono_3w.jpg
to bad the kit is so much money
05-19-07, 03:18 AM
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05-27-07, 02:14 AM
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I drive mine every week. No fun to have a trailer queen. So far its holding up fine with just over 1,000 miles of California freeway and Berkeley and San Francisco driving. Had to install a wide convex Razo mirror for my rearview mirror that now covers the back and right side of the car as the mirrors that Veilside ships with this are for Japan. Great if your seats on the right side of the car. Not so good for US model left hand drive. The Razo mirror solves the problem nicely so I can maneuver through traffic without worrying if someone is in a blind spot to the right of me when I change lanes. I am going to take it out to the race track in a couple of months just to see how it really handles at speed.
heya dstrbdsht , my car will be out in a week, but fk there are a few things im really not happy with.
1) the side mirrors are fking ridiculous, they look like they took the glass out of some 2nd hand bathroom mirror , cut it out and glued it on.. + its not even electrical!
I took my original side mirrors to a plastic moulder and shaped it near the shape of the veilside ones and they came out 10000x better (ill post pics tomorrow)
2) fking gas tank door! OMG! ppl on the street can open my gas tank door and put sugar in my engine if they wished lol, and the clip that holds the gas tank door... (no comment) ..
I solved this by installing a sparco key entry gas door (post pics tomorrow)
3) rear hatch .. i had 20+ people including my panel shop owner tell me the original rear hatch matches better with the overall flow of the car , again post pics with the origian hatch tomorrow
05-27-07, 01:32 PM
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yyng, that's funny spending 10k on a body kit and not using the mirrors or hatch? I love the kit but that seems a little odd. I was wondering how they would do the side mirrors and the fuel tank door. Can you even adjust the side mirrors at all even though they don't use any electronics? Someone said since the kit is for rhd fd's the mirrors don't work too well. Atleast if you could position the angle, who changes it anyway after it's set correctly once unless you have another driver. Could a manual swivel be installed?
As for the fuel tank door, I take it none of the door release mechanism works with it and it's just a simple non-locking hinge? Atleast you can get a locking cap like what you did. As for the hatch, are you saying just for the looks the stock hatch is better? Or is there a quality/fitment issue with the Veilside one?
As for the fuel tank door, I take it none of the door release mechanism works with it and it's just a simple non-locking hinge? Atleast you can get a locking cap like what you did. As for the hatch, are you saying just for the looks the stock hatch is better? Or is there a quality/fitment issue with the Veilside one?
05-28-07, 04:03 AM
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heya dstrbdsht , my car will be out in a week, but fk there are a few things im really not happy with.
1) the side mirrors are fking ridiculous, they look like they took the glass out of some 2nd hand bathroom mirror , cut it out and glued it on.. + its not even electrical!
I took my original side mirrors to a plastic moulder and shaped it near the shape of the veilside ones and they came out 10000x better (ill post pics tomorrow)
2) fking gas tank door! OMG! ppl on the street can open my gas tank door and put sugar in my engine if they wished lol, and the clip that holds the gas tank door... (no comment) ..
I solved this by installing a sparco key entry gas door (post pics tomorrow)
3) rear hatch .. i had 20+ people including my panel shop owner tell me the original rear hatch matches better with the overall flow of the car , again post pics with the origian hatch tomorrow
1) the side mirrors are fking ridiculous, they look like they took the glass out of some 2nd hand bathroom mirror , cut it out and glued it on.. + its not even electrical!
I took my original side mirrors to a plastic moulder and shaped it near the shape of the veilside ones and they came out 10000x better (ill post pics tomorrow)
2) fking gas tank door! OMG! ppl on the street can open my gas tank door and put sugar in my engine if they wished lol, and the clip that holds the gas tank door... (no comment) ..
I solved this by installing a sparco key entry gas door (post pics tomorrow)
3) rear hatch .. i had 20+ people including my panel shop owner tell me the original rear hatch matches better with the overall flow of the car , again post pics with the origian hatch tomorrow
2. I am going to move the gas tank door to the top of the fender on mine and re-route the filler so I don't have to carry a hose around to get gas in it.
3. I like the VS rear hatch.
05-28-07, 02:12 PM
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That is correct. I carry a piece of 5/8" hose about 12 inches long with the top to one of those 1 or 2 gallon gas cans you find in the gas stations around here pushed into the hose so it makes a small funnel that fits the gas nozzle. Works perfect. Thats why I haven't been in a hurry to change the gas filler design. The door Veilside supplies with the kit, although cheaply done, works fine for me. I don't worry about someone trying to dump something in the tank because I do not leave the car out of my sight long enough for that to happen. I drive this car when I want to drive, not when I want to go to a bar, movie, or go shopping.
05-28-07, 08:26 PM
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yyng, that's funny spending 10k on a body kit and not using the mirrors or hatch? I love the kit but that seems a little odd. I was wondering how they would do the side mirrors and the fuel tank door. Can you even adjust the side mirrors at all even though they don't use any electronics? Someone said since the kit is for rhd fd's the mirrors don't work too well. Atleast if you could position the angle, who changes it anyway after it's set correctly once unless you have another driver. Could a manual swivel be installed?
As for the fuel tank door, I take it none of the door release mechanism works with it and it's just a simple non-locking hinge? Atleast you can get a locking cap like what you did. As for the hatch, are you saying just for the looks the stock hatch is better? Or is there a quality/fitment issue with the Veilside one?
As for the fuel tank door, I take it none of the door release mechanism works with it and it's just a simple non-locking hinge? Atleast you can get a locking cap like what you did. As for the hatch, are you saying just for the looks the stock hatch is better? Or is there a quality/fitment issue with the Veilside one?
i posted the pics on my original thread by xeroes
05-28-07, 08:57 PM
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07-03-07, 02:27 PM
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the car looks amazing!! What do you think about the taillights though? Are you happy with how they look? I cant quite place it but theres just something about the taillights... regardless the car looks great - congrats!!
07-03-07, 04:49 PM
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woow, just saw the fortune kit with 18's .... the kit totally dwarfs them. I love this kit, famous for being in the fast and the furious but its also famous for is hefty price tag!... want to see this real life project complete... don't forget to post the pics!
07-08-07, 08:41 PM
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wow very nice car, btw i like the wheel choice, and very nice car 
btw the guy who had the gold fd, i saw it in the movie lawlz, yeah well guys, u guys got very nice/clean cars, so like keep them that way lawlz
btw the guy who had the gold fd, i saw it in the movie lawlz, yeah well guys, u guys got very nice/clean cars, so like keep them that way lawlz
08-17-07, 10:01 PM
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08-18-07, 04:03 PM
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08-21-07, 12:41 PM
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