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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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Well here's my 07 TC. Im gettin Tein S-techs installed on Apr. 12. Until then.... here's my mods:

18" gold Volk Racing LE37A
Project Mu shift ****
2 Pyle visor screens(mounted reverse)
Playstation 2
Megan Racing c-pillar bar
Greddy rear strut bar
Ultraviolet LEDs in headlights
reservoir covers






Old Mar 30, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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Nice wheels man. If it were me, I'd lose the rear strut bar for something a little more discrete.
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 05:45 PM
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or at least figure out a way to get that cover piece to fit. seeing down below the back seats is ugly IMO
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 05:49 PM
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^^^^^ yeah, im gonna put that piece back in when i get my springs installed
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 05:51 PM
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awesome dude. looks realllll clean (minus the exposed strut bar)
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:15 PM
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do those rear strut bars make a big difference when turning?
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:56 PM
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to me honestly the c pillar is a show piece rather than helping

and i guess the rear strut does something?
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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the c-pillar bar actually will actually help, the tC has alot of flex thanks to our roof.

and the strut bars, they may help, but i highly doubt he will EVER take it fast enough to where they will start to work. i would get them, but as a show mod.

and the wheels are beautiful man, just awesome.
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 09:48 PM
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ur ride is sikk!!! can people still sit in the back seat with the c-pillar bar??? i want to get it, but I still want people to be able to sit back there with it installed...
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 09:51 PM
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Looks nice! It'll definitely look better when you get your s-techs.
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 09:58 PM
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That's a cool lookin' hangar rod you got there. (j/k)

Car looks clean. Will look 100x better after it's lowered.
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by NB_tC06
ur ride is sikk!!! can people still sit in the back seat with the c-pillar bar??? i want to get it, but I still want people to be able to sit back there with it installed...
x2, i want to get it for that reason too. Also do you have any pics from the interior for the c-pillar bar? I want to see how you modified the covers.
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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your rims are niiiice, i would have got the TE-37's, but that's just me
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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Very cool tC! I must say , the wine color ( sorry, dont know the name ) never grew on me, but your rims made it work! Good choice on the colors
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 10:47 PM
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looking good!
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 11:20 PM
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Sweet. A front strut brace would have been 2x as beneficial as the rear, noticable every time you corner at higher then norman speed. The polished look looks great back there.


But ouch, why the automatic?
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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Nice ride.
Though a BBK kit would compliment the rims better IMO.
Old Mar 31, 2007 | 01:09 AM
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can people still sit in the back with the c-pillar bar there?
Old Mar 31, 2007 | 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by PRODIGY3000
Sweet. A front strut brace would have been 2x as beneficial as the rear, noticable every time you corner at higher then norman speed. The polished look looks great back there.


But ouch, why the automatic?
I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with you on that. The front struts are pretty close to the firewall so I don't imagine a whole lot of flexing going on up there. The rear however seems to twist a noticable amount during spirited manuvers.
Old Mar 31, 2007 | 02:59 PM
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I would like the c-pillar struts, that way I have an excuse not to give my friends a ride.



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