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Old May 9, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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finally got my springs(eibach sportlines) installed last night, took about 2 hours to do by myself -

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next mod: smoke reverse light and mirror turn signal lights ... then when wife stops spending all my money im goin to get the grill...
Old May 10, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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Hey congrats on the Drop, Look's amazing!!! Lots of luck, Def keep an update on any new mods.
Old May 11, 2009 | 12:12 AM
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That's a nice clean ride. Good job. I love white.
Old May 11, 2009 | 12:14 AM
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wow! i didnt know they gave that big of a drop! looks nice man!
Old May 11, 2009 | 01:05 AM
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congrats,look great ,i just got my eibach sportline and i can wait to install them,i'm going in a trip to colorado next week,as soon as i get back i'll install them,i din't know was such a great drop/
Old May 11, 2009 | 05:26 PM
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Looks good... I dont suggest blacking out the reverse light and turn signals on a white car... The clear blends better, so if you black out the rear light you will have a Big black dot on your rear bumber... UNLESS of course thats what you are going for...
Old May 11, 2009 | 11:58 PM
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thanks for the feedback

i think im not gonna black out the reverse light thats a good point about the black dot but i blacked out the turn signal lights and it looks clean i'll get a pic up tonight so u can see what it looks like on white -
Old May 12, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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Nice... kinda wish i got a SW xB... The BSP is a b*tch to keep clean and every little scratch looks a million times worse... I am wondering what the side markers would look like with with some super bright white lights underneath the tinted lens...
Old May 12, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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looks like az. Where you at?
Old May 13, 2009 | 03:21 AM
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Old May 13, 2009 | 03:35 AM
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lookin good.
are thoes 17s or 18s?
Old May 13, 2009 | 04:12 AM
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Nice box! I wish I got white. Dark rims look clean on a white car. How you liking the ride of the Sportlines? I'm on NF210s right now but sometimes I want to go a little lower. I'm thinking of the TEIN H Techs or the sportlines. Honestly, do you have any scraping issues with driveways, dips, or speedbumps?
Old May 13, 2009 | 04:29 AM
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freakin sweet ride man, i just got my sportline springs installed along with hotchkis sway bars, and i love it. yours looks awsome, i tinted my turn signals but ended up going too dark with the tint so you cant see the blinker thru it, so i figured i would remedy the situation by getting super bright led's in there and that didnt help...i went way to dark, id like to see pics of yours if you dont mind. thanks a lot. tinted blinkers before the drop.
Old May 14, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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im runnin 18x8's and yes i rub on the fronts when i hit a dip in the road but it has to be a decent size dip - i dont scrape on anything not even driveways or speed bumps u just gotta go slow, real slow but that doesnt bother me just the person behind me haha. i'll get pics up tonight for sure of the tinted blinkers.

i have 3 coats on my brake lights so thought i'd do 3 on my turn signals and yeah thats to dark u cant see the blinker anymore but it looks better black so i can sacrifice the blinker. def. only put 1 if 2 coats on the blinkers any future people wanting to do this.
Old May 16, 2009 | 06:13 PM
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posted up my turn lights in different forum since its not suspension related

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=260209
Old May 22, 2009 | 07:14 AM
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^hey man nice ride....we are about to have near identical rides lol....ill post some pics in 10 days or so....keep it clean!!!!
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