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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 04:10 PM
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Before and After, what 3 months can do!

Posted some of these pictures about 3 months ago, when I first got it:
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This is what it looks like now. Disclaimer: I'm quite possibly the worst photographer in the world. Would love to have someone in the Nova area take some semi-pro pics for me some time.









I changed the front bumper to a Turbo/4S bumper, added Misha GT2M wing, added oem sideskirts, changed wheels to 19in iForged Monacos, got rid of the pumpkins, and some other little things. Most importantly, had Raja (LIL RAJA) give it a serious paint correction/detailing.

And yes, I know... Needs to be lower!!! (Bilstein PSS10s or KWv3s are next on the ever-growing list).

Enjoy!
 
Old Nov 1, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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yup lower that baby and she will be just fine...
 
Old Nov 1, 2008 | 05:09 PM
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Thanks Danny. the car looks awesome. Give my 08 run for it's money....

Love how the car has transformed.
 
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much better... the lowering job will most def set it off right.
 
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Wow the iForged wheels made that car look 100x bettter
 
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looks good, you know what you have to do next
 
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yeah, the moding bug never ends. whats next in line?
 
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Thanks for the comments, guys. This car has definitely been a blast to own and work on so far (except for taking apart the stock decklid/wing, HUGE pain in the ****!). Next up is definitely going to be coilovers and I'm contemplating changing the blade of the wing to the GTM style. After that comes the swaybars, interior carbon pieces, navigation, and so on and so on.... you guys know how modding/money goes
 
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Originally Posted by VTBigYellow
Thanks for the comments, guys. This car has definitely been a blast to own and work on so far (except for taking apart the stock decklid/wing, HUGE pain in the ****!).
I bought a spare decklid, stripped it and had it painted. I just bolted the painted Misha wing in and swapped the fan, snorkel and harness. Much easier if you plan to swap it back to stock if you sell the car or wing.

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Originally Posted by The Dark Knight
I bought a spare decklid, stripped it and had it painted. I just bolted the painted Misha wing in and swapped the fan, snorkel and harness. Much easier if you plan to swap it back to stock if you sell the car or wing.

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Yea, I wish I would have done the same. I don't even want to think about putting that thing back to stock.
 
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So far, so good. As other have said a drop will make a Hugh difference in looks and handling/performance (check out JIC coilovers during your evaluation). A few small things you can do i the mean time...

Silver bulbs - remove the "egg yolk" look

Painted calipers (Red)

Blacked out tail lights (would look cool but this is somewhat extreme...you may or may not want to go there)

Hard to tell if that is an Easy Pass on the lower front windshield, if so - the "painted black" Easy Pass mod...

Silver hood crest

....the list could go on forever

Good luck!
 
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Originally Posted by FLY996
So far, so good. As other have said a drop will make a Hugh difference in looks and handling/performance (check out JIC coilovers during your evaluation). A few small things you can do i the mean time...

Silver bulbs - remove the "egg yolk" look

Painted calipers (Red)

Blacked out tail lights (would look cool but this is somewhat extreme...you may or may not want to go there)

Hard to tell if that is an Easy Pass on the lower front windshield, if so - the "painted black" Easy Pass mod...

Silver hood crest

....the list could go on forever

Good luck!
Yea, the more stuff I do, the longer the list seems to grow! I've actually got the silver bulbs, just need to put them in. Also, the mirror is actually a valentine v1 mirror, no easy-pass here. And I've been contemplating painting the calipers, but I think I'll go with the all black look for now.

As for the silver hood crest, I think it would look good, but the crest on my keys, key fob, steering wheel, shifter, etc. are all gold and I'd want to get them all to match too; I'm kinda strange like that!
 
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major stuff is pretty much all there... aside from the drop. After that, its slowly gonna nickel and dime you. Good looking car, good job! Oh... again, nice wheels!
 
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Looks amazing!!!!
 
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