Sam's Silver On White tC. New Pics Pg. 15!
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Sam's Silver On White tC. New Pics Pg. 15!
Hey guys, I'm Sam.
I've been around for about two years now. This tC is my first car and it's changed pretty dramatically within the year and a half I've had it. I'm now 18, and I got the car when I was 16. Anyway, I'm sure you don't give a ____ about that, so here's some pictures. I'll explain along the way.
I picked the car up used from a Jeep dealership for around ~$11,000. I thought it was so cool looking. Holy crap, isn't it beautiful?!
Right. Gorgeous.
Was I on drugs? I'm not sure. So first things first, got rid of the black door ding things, the black vinyl crap around the bottom that made it look like a molded bodykit, and those god awful M3 mirrors.
After that, I picked up an amazing sound system that I still have.
2 12" Alpine Type-R's and a Hifonics Zeus ZX1010 amp. This thing is a beast. It's literally perfect. The picture is more recent, but it hasn't changed much:
Eventually it occurred to me that the only thing even remotely nice on this car was the TRD intake/exhaust/front strut bar. I was slowly getting into the clean/agressive scene as I began to start looking at websites like StanceWorks/Fatlace/WFC.
I wanted to get rid of all the black stuff (lip kit, wing, front mask, everything) on my car, and it was a good place to start when some kid from my school decided to try and go around me in his big ___ SUV while I was backing into a parking space. That was a blessing in disguise, because I got a new front bumper, headlight, fender and intake for free.
After that it was on. I decided to use some of the money I had saved up to get the wing removed and holes filled, bumper repainted, and sideskirts filled. The guy that had the car before me was obviously an idiot. There was about 7 holes in each sideskirt from the lipkit, ~25 holes under the wing, and the bumper had been spraypainted to make the lipkit seem molded. Cool right?
I then purchased some Sprint Springs (2.5" drop all around),APT's with 2500k bulbs, 6000k HID's, and new grilles. It got much, MUCH cleaner.
This is how it sat:
Eventually ditched the CF hood.
Picked up some custom Clazzio Seat Covers and stickerbombed the diversion panel because I got bored:
Last picture on the Swift Springs:
Then I got some ____ing baller Racelands and jumped on the sticker bandwagon, yo:
Did one last photoshoot before I got my new wheel setup. These three are some of my favorite shots of my car:
Somewhere between this picture and the next one I got bluebat eyelids. I'm sure you all care. Anyway...
I finally had enough cash to get some more agressive wheels right before I head off to college. I thought there haven't been too many silver on white tC's around. As a matter of fact, there aren't too many silver on white cars around period, so I went for it. The specs of the wheels are 18x9.5 et38 Rota Grids wrapped in 215/40/18 Nankang NS-II's.
The test fit:
The tires:
Mounted & Balanced. Pretty decent stretch.
How the tC sits now, and how it'll most likely sit for a while until I decide to get an OEM lip and some Anzo tails:
So there you have it. There's the journey of my tC. You can say it's transformed more than most other ones I suppose. Thanks for looking, SL.
As always, inb4 omg rota, rota sux, you suck cause your wheels are fake, etc. etc.
(Oh, and buy my old wheels. Link in my sig. Cool.)
I've been around for about two years now. This tC is my first car and it's changed pretty dramatically within the year and a half I've had it. I'm now 18, and I got the car when I was 16. Anyway, I'm sure you don't give a ____ about that, so here's some pictures. I'll explain along the way.
I picked the car up used from a Jeep dealership for around ~$11,000. I thought it was so cool looking. Holy crap, isn't it beautiful?!
Right. Gorgeous.
Was I on drugs? I'm not sure. So first things first, got rid of the black door ding things, the black vinyl crap around the bottom that made it look like a molded bodykit, and those god awful M3 mirrors.
After that, I picked up an amazing sound system that I still have.
2 12" Alpine Type-R's and a Hifonics Zeus ZX1010 amp. This thing is a beast. It's literally perfect. The picture is more recent, but it hasn't changed much:
Eventually it occurred to me that the only thing even remotely nice on this car was the TRD intake/exhaust/front strut bar. I was slowly getting into the clean/agressive scene as I began to start looking at websites like StanceWorks/Fatlace/WFC.
I wanted to get rid of all the black stuff (lip kit, wing, front mask, everything) on my car, and it was a good place to start when some kid from my school decided to try and go around me in his big ___ SUV while I was backing into a parking space. That was a blessing in disguise, because I got a new front bumper, headlight, fender and intake for free.
After that it was on. I decided to use some of the money I had saved up to get the wing removed and holes filled, bumper repainted, and sideskirts filled. The guy that had the car before me was obviously an idiot. There was about 7 holes in each sideskirt from the lipkit, ~25 holes under the wing, and the bumper had been spraypainted to make the lipkit seem molded. Cool right?
I then purchased some Sprint Springs (2.5" drop all around),APT's with 2500k bulbs, 6000k HID's, and new grilles. It got much, MUCH cleaner.
This is how it sat:
Eventually ditched the CF hood.
Picked up some custom Clazzio Seat Covers and stickerbombed the diversion panel because I got bored:
Last picture on the Swift Springs:
Then I got some ____ing baller Racelands and jumped on the sticker bandwagon, yo:
Did one last photoshoot before I got my new wheel setup. These three are some of my favorite shots of my car:
Somewhere between this picture and the next one I got bluebat eyelids. I'm sure you all care. Anyway...
I finally had enough cash to get some more agressive wheels right before I head off to college. I thought there haven't been too many silver on white tC's around. As a matter of fact, there aren't too many silver on white cars around period, so I went for it. The specs of the wheels are 18x9.5 et38 Rota Grids wrapped in 215/40/18 Nankang NS-II's.
The test fit:
The tires:
Mounted & Balanced. Pretty decent stretch.
How the tC sits now, and how it'll most likely sit for a while until I decide to get an OEM lip and some Anzo tails:
So there you have it. There's the journey of my tC. You can say it's transformed more than most other ones I suppose. Thanks for looking, SL.
As always, inb4 omg rota, rota sux, you suck cause your wheels are fake, etc. etc.
(Oh, and buy my old wheels. Link in my sig. Cool.)
Last edited by Uyles; Jun 4, 2011 at 08:14 AM.
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Wow first picture i saw i was ready to flame you.
But wow. Amazing end product props!
However im not digging the white wheels maybe a different color would be better but thats me!
But wow. Amazing end product props!
However im not digging the white wheels maybe a different color would be better but thats me!
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And everyone else, thanks for the compliments! I'm happy with the turnout.
