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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 06:54 AM
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not japan...
Old Mar 29, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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chris do u still have the bling bling front grill?
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yeah...why?
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 02:26 PM
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wtf...I thought that fad had died away already like spiners...lol
Old Mar 29, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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wtf...I thought that fad had died away already like spiners...lol
my point... Remove your chrome grill son

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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 03:06 PM
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not gonna lie dude chrome grill is killing your setup.it screams "HEY I WANT ATTENTION!!!!!!" imo you should relocate your license plate and anodize your grills black. that would be really clean looking
Old Mar 29, 2010 | 03:22 PM
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gotta agree i'd prefer to rock the stock grills rather then the chrome ones...
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hey Chris i dig that mishimoto intercooler and i like how it comes black from the factory...

Right now my car has whatever intercooler that comes with dezod's kit. I dont want to cut my crash bar and i know that mishimoto have that other smaller intercooler i thikn the same size that dezod supplies with their kit now the question is if i just switch intercoolers and they be the same size i dont have to retune right as air-flow should be pretty much the same.. am i correct ?
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Originally Posted by masterp
not gonna lie dude chrome grill is killing your setup.it screams "HEY I WANT ATTENTION!!!!!!" imo you should relocate your license plate and anodize your grills black. that would be really clean looking
That's what I want to do, hopefully looks nice
Old Mar 29, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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hey Chris i dig that mishimoto intercooler and i like how it comes black from the factory...

Right now my car has whatever intercooler that comes with dezod's kit. I dont want to cut my crash bar and i know that mishimoto have that other smaller intercooler i thikn the same size that dezod supplies with their kit now the question is if i just switch intercoolers and they be the same size i dont have to retune right as air-flow should be pretty much the same.. am i correct ?
yev you shouldnt have an issue as long as you stick with roughly the same size, brackets (or however the intercooler is being held up) may need to be adjusted but really shouldnt be a big deal.
Old Mar 29, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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the car came like that from the stealership beleave it or not, i dont really care either way if i have a grill in or not, just doesnt really matter to me..lol
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Originally Posted by crush02342002
the car came like that from the stealership beleave it or not, i dont really care either way if i have a grill in or not, just doesnt really matter to me..lol

were just trying to help you.. Looks like ur car belongs on some 24s on air ride.
Old Mar 29, 2010 | 07:50 PM
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didnt mean to come off as a butthole, it just doesnt matter to me. I prolly will leave the bottom out cause now nowone can really tell that anything is amis and will help somewhat in getting more air on the intercooler.

I get what you guys are saying and yeah would prolly look better.
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I was tempted to cut some holes in the bumper around where the lic plate sits so if i get rid of this system i can atleast hide the holes with the lic plate.
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Yea man it would look sharp. make a template on a plotter, (local sticker shop) and then lay them were you like. And cut slow and take time! Will look nice!
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 08:00 PM
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Yea man it would look sharp. make a template on a plotter, (local sticker shop) and then lay them were you like. And cut slow and take time! Will look nice!
could...sounds like work though...lol
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u bought the car brand new right chris ?

man i need some wheels 17x8.5 so i can run 255 tires on all 4 !
do we have some wheel wizards here who can tell what do i need to run that much of a tire without rubbing.
Old Mar 30, 2010 | 02:48 PM
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yep, it was the only bcp left at the dealership.
Old Mar 30, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by crush02342002
yep, it was the only bcp left at the dealership.
That is so crazy... So was mine!!!! I had actually picked out a SW and added the ground effects kit, pedestal spoiler, and trd quick shifter but my idiot salesperson didn't put a sold sign in it after all my stuff got added on and another sales person sold it the day i was going in to pick it up. Sooooo lets just say when i got there to see some chick driving off in my car i was seriously ____ed. I had the biggest black moment ever.
Old Mar 31, 2010 | 01:51 AM
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hey thers nothing wrong pimp'n the bcp, my last car was a bcp (well it was called just black cherry but was the same color).

had fun getting the downpipe to fit...lol...this crappy welder i have has only two settings hi and low..or what i like to call "burn a hole or hardly work" but i got it.



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