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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by snack_attack
i have always loved your car when it was pink and before that but i like this color change the best.
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Tina car looks great as always.

Thank you both. ;D
Old Sep 17, 2009 | 03:51 PM
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how is the drive now that you have a functional source of power?
Old Sep 17, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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I love it, seriously. I have a blast driving it when I do (which is a rarity). CA's broke & the cops suck even more because of it. If I get popped. I'm screwed.

If I didn't have to worry about cops, I'd seriously just DD it.
Old Sep 17, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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that is great, glad you are happy with it.
Old Sep 17, 2009 | 11:58 PM
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Next thing is either getting rid of the car or building the tranny, haha.
Old Sep 18, 2009 | 02:37 AM
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haha quite the choice.
Old Sep 18, 2009 | 04:21 AM
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I'll more than likely have more shots of the tC after this weekend. Apparently my car's gonna be sitting in the pit in Fontana at the drag races this weekend. Why they want my car, I have no clue, but should make for some interesting shots, lol.
Old Sep 18, 2009 | 04:52 AM
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Girl, you better take all that in!!
And I hear ya on the darn popo's in CA. But if you really wanna DD it, shoot, take the trip to NV and find some long stretches of highway outside of Vegas.
Old Sep 18, 2009 | 04:53 AM
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Originally Posted by CarbonXe
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09 tC projectors are horrible.
Eh, to each their own. I like them and that's all that really matters.

But anyways, I should have them in soon enough. Probably next week.
Old Sep 18, 2009 | 04:59 AM
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^^Did you use the stock lenses or did you switch them out?
Old Sep 18, 2009 | 05:08 AM
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Eh, to each their own. I like them and that's all that really matters.

But anyways, I should have them in soon enough. Probably next week.
I'll give you props on doing the retrofit, but using the tC projectors is basically a waste. The output is terrible, the cutoff is a mess, their very narrow. You should have just used S2K/TSX projectors.
Old Sep 18, 2009 | 11:00 AM
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x2 on that, but still a retro is a retro, props for doing.
Old Sep 18, 2009 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by CarbonXe
I'll give you props on doing the retrofit, but using the tC projectors is basically a waste. The output is terrible, the cutoff is a mess, their very narrow. You should have just used S2K/TSX projectors.
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x2 on that, but still a retro is a retro, props for doing.

Thanks for the props guys, didn't want to sound rude at all. As for S2K/TSX, I couldn't afford it at the time. I asked around but still couldn't. But I did mess with the cutoff and did some painting inside the projector area itself to focus the output a lot better to produce more light. We'll just have to see how it turns out.
Old Sep 18, 2009 | 06:35 PM
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so you retrofitted 2009 projectors into your 2006 headlights?
Old Sep 18, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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You can get a pair of clear lens TSX projectors with OEM ballasts and Phillips D2S bulbs for only $350 on eBay. That's basically only about $150 for the projectors, considering Phillips D2S bulbs are usually $60-80 a piece, plus the price of the ballasts. Then you just need some cheap shrouds and that's basically it.
Old Sep 18, 2009 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by CarbonXe
You can get a pair of clear lens TSX projectors with OEM ballasts and Phillips D2S bulbs for only $350 on eBay. That's basically only about $150 for the projectors, considering Phillips D2S bulbs are usually $60-80 a piece, plus the price of the ballasts. Then you just need some cheap shrouds and that's basically it.
Yeah, can't afford that...too poor. Sounds like a good price from what I've heard though.

But anyways, anyone have some new SW pix?
Old Sep 27, 2009 | 01:26 AM
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Gonna give this a go one more time.

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Didn't feel like setting up the tripod because it's raining.
Old Sep 27, 2009 | 02:01 AM
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autox tomorrow?
Old Sep 27, 2009 | 02:06 AM
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Yep. Supposed to be raining in the morning, so it might get canceled. Prob won't have any pictures because I'm only going with one friend, and his WRX is in the same class as me, so we'll be racing at the same time. I should get some video though.
Old Sep 27, 2009 | 05:44 PM
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