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Old January-4th-2004, 11:04 PM
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Talking New-Color Question :)

Hey everyone,
Kinda sorta, well obviously, new girl here! And I greet ya'll with quick little question about making my car a little prettier than it already is. Okay...white lie, it's in need of a face lift and thats why I bought it.
Anyway... I am in the process of making my car "shine" and the color theme I am desprately wanting is PINK! Can we say girlie? My Car is a blue color... and I thought pink would be a cute clash.... but... I'm having the worst luck finding accesories to satisfy my desire.
So was hoping someone had a hint or two of where to click my mousie to, or some other idea? My last resort is to go yellow...

Oh yes... before I forget... I've got a 98' ES

Thank you and nice to meet you.
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Old January-5th-2004, 12:09 PM
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What kind of accessories are you looking for? For the outside or inside or both???
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Old January-5th-2004, 01:14 PM
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Okay I'm starting this over again because I didn't like my answer
I'm going to be doing pratically everything to this car.
From a new exhuast to a bodykit, new lights, gauges... the works.

I plan to have neons for underneath and inside the car and am working on finding some colored gauges other than in violet or green/blue etc. I want everything to match and I'm a freak that won't be happy until does. And before I start on a color scheme I want to make sure I have the market for the colors I want. I can and will improvise to get exactly what I want. Just not sure how much trouble I want to put into it just yet!

Does this clerify it better? LOL

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Old January-5th-2004, 04:19 PM
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Ok, lets fo this then. There are only two bodykits available in the US. They are made by Erebuni, and should find info about them on www.erebunicorp.com . However, you can also find other kits or just front bumper from overseas. However, it will cost you a lot to get them to the US, and they require modifications to the key safety feature of our cars - front rebar. Without it in place, 5 mph fender bender will end up a disaster. You also have to consider the materials. Fiberglass is cheap, but will crack heavily in a small accident. Urethane or polyurethane is more expensive, but a lot stronger. As for spoilers, you can install almost any universal one you can find. There are no M3 style mirrors available for our cars, and no altezzas either. You can clear corners, tail, and headlights from www.corksport.com (P.S. not cheap). OK, now engine. If you have an SE, then you have a 1.8L engine, for which there some mods, but very little. You can also find engine mods on Corksport's website. Also Ebay is good place to find things cheap. For the interior you can find either reverse glow, or multicolor ones on Ebay or www.procarparts.com . NOPI is also a good place to find parts. Corksport sells the only cat-back ever sold for our cars, but its really expensive, and it will be much cheaper to custom make one at the shop. Also, there is a company in Canada that is making a few more goods for our cars, www.essentialspeed.com . As for everything else, like neons, audio, and seats, you would have to look for universal stuff and play around. I hope this helps.
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Old January-5th-2004, 06:07 PM
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Yes, You have helped tremendously! I guess I'll have to get myself a pair of coveralls and make myself a bed at the hobby shop, as far as the exhuast goes.
But I will explore your links and see what I can pull from it!
I know as far as the body kits go the one that seems to be common isn't to badly priced. I'm not going to waste my time with dealing oversea's. Much to impatient for that. I want to have everything on and in my car by September so I need to get crackin!

Thanks bunches
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Old January-5th-2004, 06:41 PM
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Well, I was gonna answer too, but, Turbonium got there first.
Damn.
Hopefully I can be some help in the futur to you!
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