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Old May 2, 2012 | 02:25 AM
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Originally Posted by kgleasonnn
215 35 18, its got a little tiny bit of "baby stretch and poke" lmao, im about to buy 25mm spacers for the rear so i will have an offset of 10 in the rear.

lol, I call my 215 on on an 8" a baby stretch
Old May 17, 2012 | 09:11 PM
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pictures from our local car show, springfest.
After the show i installed my new clear vrd fogs from meng.






Old May 19, 2012 | 09:03 PM
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just have to say it looks really good. im loving the stance with the spacers now. good job. waiting to see the new fogs lol.

even think about spacing the front out more? i think it look pretty good.
Old May 20, 2012 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by killatc171
just have to say it looks really good. im loving the stance with the spacers now. good job. waiting to see the new fogs lol.

even think about spacing the front out more? i think it look pretty good.

yes i am going to be spacing out the fronts thinking of running 15mm there.
Old May 21, 2012 | 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by kgleasonnn
yes i am going to be spacing out the fronts thinking of running 15mm there.
nice. should look good. i need to space out my rears more cause my rears are flared a little to much due to the guy not doing a great job -_-.. i was trying to run a little camber as possible lol. so i need to space out to make rear look better lol.
Old May 21, 2012 | 02:34 AM
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^Sometimes in the end it's probably better to DIY. I'm likely going to take a dremel to the rear fender arches. The metal is doubled, and has a few spot welds, haven't exactly figured all I want to do yet. It's kind of rolled right now but nothing near what I was expecting.

KG, the car will look nice with the APTs, doing good so far.
Old May 21, 2012 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by dropzone
^Sometimes in the end it's probably better to DIY. I'm likely going to take a dremel to the rear fender arches. The metal is doubled, and has a few spot welds, haven't exactly figured all I want to do yet. It's kind of rolled right now but nothing near what I was expecting.

KG, the car will look nice with the APTs, doing good so far.
yea exactly man. the guy flared them to much so i mean the flare is clean and doesnt look bad just now im tucking in the rear behind the flare -_- lol. so spacing out more to fix it lol. but i gotta hammer out the rest of the fender to finish it. cause its not complete.

but agreed the car will look great with the apts.
Old May 27, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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looking good so far. keep it up
Old May 29, 2012 | 07:55 PM
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Good progress, i can digg it!
Old May 29, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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Good Start!...Nicer than what most girls do w/ their tC's!...I suggest you invest in a Better Quality coilovers though like B&G Rs2, BC, TEIN Basis(different from Basics), or even D2 brand.
Old Jul 2, 2012 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by TeeCizzle
Good Start!...Nicer than what most girls do w/ their tC's!...I suggest you invest in a Better Quality coilovers though like B&G Rs2, BC, TEIN Basis(different from Basics), or even D2 brand.

Thank you so much, the only reason I bought the coilovers I have is just because i wanted to get low fast on the wheels i had, because imo the wheels dont look good at all with any sort of wheel gap or anything, and didnt have enough money for really good ones. However, that will be another purchase in the future
Old Jul 2, 2012 | 03:15 PM
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Okay here are some more recent pictures!




I then decided to invest in an OEM front lip.







Old Jul 2, 2012 | 03:19 PM
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Then after someone backing into my car, I had to get a new front bumper and got the hood and bumper repainted along with the lip.








And then I had some vinyl eyelid overlays ordered but when I got to start putting them on they started messing up and became un-useable so I paint matched the eyelids and taped everything off and just painted them on.


While my car was in the shop I went ahead and got my spoiler removed also, not a very good pic since its crooked, but i'm very pleased with the outcome.

Old Jul 4, 2012 | 11:42 PM
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Loving the stance!
Old Sep 19, 2012 | 02:39 AM
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Also my car was in the Import Alliance video from the Summer Meet :D


I will also being going to the Import Alliance Maryland meet this weekend anyone else coming?
Old Sep 23, 2012 | 05:38 PM
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your car is looking better and better everytime i see it lol. i miss my tc lol
Old Sep 24, 2012 | 02:21 PM
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Thank you! I will be posting up some more pictures that i took this weekend, here in a minute.
Old Sep 24, 2012 | 02:41 PM
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here is some more pictures from over the weekend in Maryland.





Old Oct 23, 2012 | 12:31 AM
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Some more pictures from yesterday afternoon.
Really want some feedback and ideas.
Looking to meet other scion people!



Old Oct 23, 2012 | 11:16 AM
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I vote for a roof spoiler/lip spoiler combo.

I'd like to meet more scion people here too. Technically I'm in a group called scion faction, but they only meet up in NN, which makes it hard for me to get there. They're getting sponsored by pearson toyota now. I believe they have a meet this friday.



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