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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 12:57 PM
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A+ ride bro, def jealous!

great story behind it too, glad u saved it from the junk yard

wish i could find one for me
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 03:51 PM
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What part of texas you at? Did you come out to Import Reactor?

Thanks for the compliments. Only reason I think I got this far. Way too many times i was like, screw this, selling this piece of junk. Definately a bit more special to me since its the first time i've done this, and did pretty much ALL the work myself. Only thing I didn't really get to do so far was the alignment.

It'll be "done" once I get paint, wheels, coilovers...a radio that works
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 06:37 PM
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looking good so far! my favouritr Fd wide bodykit by far!
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 08:10 PM
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omg i just read thru this whole thing!!! props for everything you've done! cant wait to see it complete!!
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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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I too just read this whole thread. Let me say, letting people sign your car with a paint pen before you paint it is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Beautiful girls too (I'll take the one on the left). Great job on bringing back an FD. I'm drinking one for you tonight brother.

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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 11:11 PM
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That too cool Oppa, I'd be way too tempted to leave it as it is.

Kit and body work looks great too and I'm not one who usually goes for that kind of thing.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 01:46 AM
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Originally Posted by smog-guy707
omg i just read thru this whole thing!!! props for everything you've done! cant wait to see it complete!!
Thanks! It definately was really freaking frustrating at times. Everytime i thought it was fixed...hear something else breaking. But its nice to know every bolt of the car and say that I did EVERYTHING....even though I didn't know how. Tons of people asked me where I learned this stuff... I really didn't. they think I'm lying but seriously had no idea what I was doing. The power of the internet.


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I too just read this whole thread. Let me say, letting people sign your car with a paint pen before you paint it is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Beautiful girls too (I'll take the one on the left). Great job on bringing back an FD. I'm drinking one for you tonight brother.

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Lol, already had a few beers myself. Even though my car was the only "under construction" at the show (there were some freakin nice cars there) Jenny Chu chose mine (personally think its the best trophy they had, they're always be a 1st 2nd 3rd and so forth but when does Miss Asia USA 2005 choose your car come up) It was a big hit at the show. I guess cause a ton of people got to leave "their mark" on it. And its a lot more fun then all the guys who worked so hard to detail their car and getting **** bout people touching it.

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That too cool Oppa, I'd be way too tempted to leave it as it is.

Kit and body work looks great too and I'm not one who usually goes for that kind of thing.
Tons of people just want me to put clear coat over it and keep it. I let Tia Tanaka and Jenny Chu sign the interior so it'd be more permanent...but I'll see what happens. I don't want to touch the car for at least a month. Tired of sanding. Think the kit came out really well molding everything in though. Looks a lot more...OEM?

Here's a couple more shots.








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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 01:47 AM
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 07:35 PM
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TX lol.....

I saw a pic of a FD with primer on it with names written all over it. I thought to myself who's car could this be and sure enough it was yours lol. Good stuff though can't wait to see it at the meet
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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by oppa637


Tia Tanaka and Jenny Chu...if you don't know who they are..google when not at work
Isn't Tia Tanaka a **** star? That doesn't look like Tia Tanaka!
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 10:15 AM
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She is~ lol..or was? only does girl on girl now I believe. At first, I didn't recognize her either but her tattoo is a dead give away. Think she just lost a lot of weight.
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 12:18 PM
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Hey D!! car looks great !!. Now you can help me with my rear fenders!!! LOL .. Well its about that time,, r u ready for the SaltLife???? Should be a good season, fired the engines last week. There ready to run off shore Let me know... Your hair almost matched your interior,hope the Bizz is coming along... ... Mando.......... Also D ! I have my compresser and sander . Let me know if you need it, may help cut down on sanding time.

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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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If that's really the pornstar Tia Tanaka... Damn.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 12:32 AM
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Hey D!! car looks great !!. Now you can help me with my rear fenders!!! LOL .. Well its about that time,, r u ready for the SaltLife???? Should be a good season, fired the engines last week. There ready to run off shore Let me know... Your hair almost matched your interior,hope the Bizz is coming along... ... Mando.......... Also D ! I have my compresser and sander . Let me know if you need it, may help cut down on sanding time.
FACCCCCKKKKKKKK... Coulda use the sander like..3 weeks ago. Lets get some fish..or just drink beer :P I'm down for whenever


Originally Posted by SayNoToPistons
If that's really the pornstar Tia Tanaka... Damn.

Haha, yea...thats really her. Here's a couple more eye candy shots... Maybe it'll help convince.








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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 12:49 PM
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Why can't i see a SINGLE picture on this whole post... everything thats posted by u (oppa637) doesn't show.. it says, Photobucket...bandwidth exceeded.
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 03:39 PM
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i cant see em any more?!?!?!?!
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 04:00 PM
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It is because he doesnt have a Premium account and has a limited bandwith per month, the more pictures he posts the more that bandwith is used, once he reaches the limit it will not show the pictures anymore untill the next cycle of his account.

I have a premium account, it is only like 20 bucks a year and you can have unlimited bandwith.

I think i used over 10 gigs one month before when i was doing the how to port thread.
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 05:30 PM
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lol, sorry? i guess i could upload them to flickr instead. Or the bandwidth will be reset on the 26th or something.
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by oppa637
lol, sorry? i guess i could upload them to flickr instead. Or the bandwidth will be reset on the 26th or something.
why dont you attach the photos like this.... they will always be there. and you dont need a photobucket acct.

Progress in Houston-mini-picture-125.jpg
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 02:45 PM
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The time it takes to up load to the site is alot longer then using something like photobucket. Also the Rx7club has limits to size of files, if you just buy the year add on for photobucket you will not have a problem.

I bet Flickr has the same bandwith limit, but i am not 100% sure on that one, I will look.
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 02:54 PM
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Flickr Bandwidth Rules

When you have a free Flickr account, up to 100MB worth bandwidth of photos each calendar month.

While the 100MB bandwidth limit for photos is firm, we do allow a little leeway for video in case you encounter transcoding errors, sound sync weirdness, etc. You will be able to delete and upload a new video. Please note, that if we determine you’re abusing your free video upload privileges, we may block your ability to share video.

Your upload limits are reset to zero at midnight in Pacific Time Zone (Flickr headquarters time) on the first of each calendar month. You can't recover any of your monthly allowance by deleting photos. If you have a free account, you'll see your limit on the upload page.

If you find yourself hitting your limit, try a pro account. Or, you can shoot your photos at a lower resolution or resize them to be more "web-friendly" (like 300KB instead of 5MB).


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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 07:19 PM
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lol, sounds too complicated. bandwidth will be reset 26th so just wait till then?
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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Think they work again?
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 11:28 PM
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yup, i see them
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Old Apr 29, 2010 | 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by oppa637
FACCCCCKKKKKKKK... Coulda use the sander like..3 weeks ago. Lets get some fish..or just drink beer :P I'm down for whenever





Haha, yea...thats really her. Here's a couple more eye candy shots... Maybe it'll help convince.








Ive seen the sharpie lambo. But this is hot. LOL hey dude lets go fishing.
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