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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 05:13 AM
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 06:12 AM
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What brand is the hatch and hows the fitment? Still using factory shocks or aftermarket for the hatch or just non at all? Looks pretty clean.
Old Jan 12, 2011 | 06:29 AM
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I personally would keep the stock hatch and hood. Not easy finding them back when you want to go back to stock.
Old Jan 12, 2011 | 01:46 PM
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i would keep it too but they take up too much damn space lol
Old Jan 12, 2011 | 01:47 PM
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looks good btw
Old Jan 12, 2011 | 01:54 PM
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Edited.
Dont try to get around the rules.
Wrong section to try and sell ____ and you dont have 50 posts anyways.
Do it again and youll get an infraction.
Old Jan 12, 2011 | 05:34 PM
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I'm not sure what brand it is I bought it off here a few days ago and I'm not using any shocks right now but I'm going to but the low pressure ones from napa soon
Old Jan 12, 2011 | 05:35 PM
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And fitment is just as good as oem
Old Jan 12, 2011 | 05:42 PM
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^needs a CF garnish to finish the look IMO, but looks good.
Old Jan 12, 2011 | 05:59 PM
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I like it. Anymore contrast pics that show more of the side of the car? Like at an angle?
Old Jan 13, 2011 | 02:10 AM
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Yeah ill probably end up keeping the hatch and just get rid of the spoiler, and yea i was thinking about maybe getting that carbon fiber garnish piece but im going to get an ozmuin tbl in all red and see how that looks first.

And ya i can take a few more pics tomorrow and i'll post them up here.

The only problem i've ran into was that there are 2 ground wires (one down each side of the hatch) which were both bolted to the oem hatch, but because this one isn't metal i had to extend both the ground wires down to where the hatch bolts on right above the rear seats and attached the grounds there, my tbl and trunk lock is working but the license plate lights aren't working yet, gonna try and fix that tomorrow
Old Jan 13, 2011 | 04:16 AM
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Looks Clean
Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:02 AM
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^ Thanks.. and heres a few pics i took tonight



Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:06 AM
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Nice spoiler, is it carbon fiber?
Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:09 AM
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Yeah i've never seen a hatch like this one before, most of them don't come with any spoiler at all but that spoiler is actually part of the hatch it wasn't added after.
Old Jan 13, 2011 | 04:27 PM
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Nice. I really like it. Nice work!
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Originally Posted by Max0011
Yeah i've never seen a hatch like this one before, most of them don't come with any spoiler at all but that spoiler is actually part of the hatch it wasn't added after.
VIS has been making them for years...

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/r...8-p-87243.html
Old Jan 13, 2011 | 06:52 PM
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Yeah this one doesn't have a vis badge on it like my hood does, it just has 'toyota' stamped in on the inside of the hatch..any ideas on a brand?
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Originally Posted by 801tC
Nice. I really like it. Nice work!
Thanks
Old Jan 16, 2011 | 08:03 PM
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I like the way it looks overall, but it kind of looks cheap? Carbon fibre sounds like it should look really high tech. Maybe the pictures are not high res enough.



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