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Shift2xlr8 August-12th-2007 07:13 PM


Originally Posted by JoshP5 (Post 388668)
Shift, those are some nice shots.

Thanks, my buddy Chad (owner of a silver P5) took them with his $800 camera. It helps that he took Photo Journalism in college but again, thanks!

Chris

_Kansei_ August-12th-2007 10:52 PM

Yesterday I saw the AutoEXE spoiler in person for the first time.. and fell in love!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1162/...4d983fd1df.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1359/...a28a98c17e.jpg

Sucks that to mount the rear brake light in my back window I'd have to get it re-tinted :'(

J-Protege August-13th-2007 12:02 AM

Ordered me up a front lip and a strut brace from a busted up mp3. Finally, been trying to find an OEM brace forever.

Jackelope August-13th-2007 08:30 AM

I autox'd it yesterday :) - got 2nd in DSP (prelim results)

_Kansei_ August-14th-2007 03:41 PM

oh hay there... looky what I found!

http://corksport.com/store/category/...sion_misc.html

urethane front lower control arm and rear trailing link bushings from corksport.. where'd those come from?? I guess not everyone has forgotten about our cars after all :P

I'll probably pick up the lower control arm bushings (though I'll have to get them pressed in to the lower control arms by a shop.. I know of a place that would probably do it no charge though :) ) because I know mine are worn to crap.. for the rear stuff.. if it was a full set of bushings for all 6 links, then maybe.. but it's just for the trailing arms >_<

front:
http://corksport.com/store/image/1wv...ushing_Kit.jpg

rear:
http://corksport.com/store/image/1wv...ushing_Kit.jpg

the company that makes them is "Pedders"

njaremka August-14th-2007 03:51 PM

nice find.... interesting.....

KrayzieFox August-14th-2007 03:57 PM

I attempted to tint the moonroof today and failed miserably :(

Now I gotta pay for another precut from Xtremecity..

chiefmg August-14th-2007 04:11 PM

Got a new battery (original lasted 4 years). Tried installing my AWR header but it is too close to the lower radiator hose. I tried for a couple of days to see if anyone else had a similar problem on several forums but it doesn't seem like it. So for now I put my Wagner shorty back on, thinking things through on how I want to proceed. This week is busy with getting kid's school physicals so it might not happen until next week.

JoshP5 August-14th-2007 04:49 PM


Originally Posted by njaremka (Post 388876)
nice find.... interesting.....

Indeed, but too stiff for my bones.

amsgator August-14th-2007 05:31 PM

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blacked out and hit up w/ plastx. it helped a lil but the passenger side is still a lil cloudy. hard to tell in pics

JoshP5 August-14th-2007 08:00 PM

Looks good, man. Did you sand, prime, and paint? Any fogging?

amsgator August-14th-2007 08:10 PM

i sanded primed and painted. no fogging yet other than lense oxidation.

in the drivers side pic you can see a spec of silver on the bottom almost in the corner... a tiny piece came off, i guess i hit the plastic with it when i stuck it back in. i didnt notice it til it was already back on the car or else i would have fixed it :(

JoshP5 August-14th-2007 11:56 PM

Whatever, dude--you can't even see it. My car has all kinds of little shit like that. I always appeal to my practical side to overlook those minor blemishes. My mantra: fuckit, it's not a show car.

It looks good. :)

J-Protege August-15th-2007 05:15 AM

Those do look real nice. Makes you wonder why the US never got the black headlights like we did.

Everyone seems to prefer them, obviously no market research done on that one, haha.

Oh, and for what I did today; apparently blew a strut.
Rear passenger side is clunking every time I go over a bump or take a corner. Checked the endlinks, they seem fine. Sound is very distinctly only coming from the one corner.

Liquid_Ag August-15th-2007 08:04 AM

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