ralph9983

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thats a step in the right direction! what did u decide to go with?

Voltagedriver

I'm getting Tein springs till i like a coilover that's out, full TB Performance suspension, also in the works of ordering TMW shifter/bushings and debating baout wheels. Im looking for something really light weight like gramlights, but they have to be pretty. I show too. Debating on TRD intake or just doing mods to the stock one to increase airflow because im not a fan of CAI and SRs need heat wrap and a heat shield to be effective. Exhaust I haven't decided, I need to be CARB legal and my Civic had a test pipe, w/o a nice garage its a pain to swap exhaust ____ out for one day to pass emissions and then swap back. So far though that's my plan. Considering CF but if I do I want OEM style. Also when PTuning comes out w/ those battery treys I'm game. I want to make my tC under 3k w/o gutting the interior.

TC-Maverick

CF doors and fenders

ralph9983

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very nice.. i love my s techs! and the cusco bar makes a world of diff too! and im waiting on that tb rsb too cant wait to put that on and see how she handles!

ralph9983

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oh yea and the tsudo exhaust is awesome if your looking for sutton that looks and sounds amazing!

Voltagedriver

I'm hoping skunk2 makes 1 for the tc2 the megapower r on my civic was so sexy and I know what u mean. My civic had full body reinforcement, sways coilovers tie bars ect

fun173

Painted the exhaust manifold cover yellow. Also swapped my antenna with my moms RDX. It looks better short but the tC antenna makes her car look messed up lol.

Aztcrs801

looks great! i did mine red to match the strut tower bar. i also suggest painting the battery tie down too to add to it

ralph9983

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The yellow manifold cover is on my list of things to do come spring time!!! What kinda paint did you use?? And what kinda prep did you do to the manifold?

fun173

Thanks. I will think about doing the battery tie down. I'm not sure if it will look good or if it will be too much. Could you post a pic?

Do it. It looks very cool and is super easy to do. I used this paint: .

For prep I basically did exactly what scion202 did. Here are the steps.

I took it off, cleaned the grime off with Windex.

Sand the outside with 320 Grit sand paper until it was smooth and I got every area on the front. (Don't sand the back unless you plan on painting the back also which I would not recommend because I don't know how hot it gets on that side and because no one can see the backside.)

Rinse off the metal shavings from the sanding with acetone. (I poured the acetone onto a folded paper towel and rubbed it around till it was clean.

Rinse the acetone off with water.

I then hung it to a tree using hangers and the sprayed it. give 5-10 minutes between coats. I put four coats on but some more in different places i did not get well because of the angle it was hanging at.

The can says dry to the touch in 1 hour and wait 3 to handle it. For the first coats I let it dry for about 3 hours then for the touch up ones I let it dry for like 5 minutes and popped it back on the car and ran it for a bit.

fun173

What do you all think of this? I always thought electric blue would match our cars well so I decided to see what it would look like.

TC-Maverick

nice if ur going for flashy race car look like.... this

biglilsteve

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Is that one of those unicorn RX-7's?

TC-Maverick

Not sure what u mean by unicorn.. mythical? Rare? Unattainable?

Its the Asparadrink Rx7

KidJustin

lip maybe...

gas tank, no

TCnightrider

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I like the look with out the gas tank blue.

fun173

Here it is with no blue gas tank:

TCnightrider

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Looks a lot better

donsun

From far away it would look like you just put painter's tape on it to protect the TRD body kit IMO

KidJustin

haha! didn't think of that..

ready for AutoX all day! haha