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Old 10-15-2011 | 02:07 PM
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Headlight covers need to go...

Drop looks good..
Seems like people are pretty split on those headlight overlays. Everyone here that's seen them in person has had good things to say, they don't look as good in photos IMO. The GTR tails look nice on the OP I think. Yep, pretty happy w/ the drop, and the ride quailty seems to have improved (w/ the exception of being able to hit the bump stops now, lol)
 
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Old 11-11-2011 | 08:30 PM
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Vinyl wrapped my window trim today



 
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Old 11-11-2011 | 08:35 PM
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Looks like you need spacers and an alignment..
 
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Old 11-12-2011 | 08:22 AM
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Looks like you need spacers and an alignment..
May consider spacers (a little worried about some of the stories I hear, but most of those seem related to installation errors) and my alignment was done about 3 weeks ago and got it within factory specs.
 
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Old 04-15-2012 | 12:53 PM
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Got 17mm rear Ichibas, new exhaust and blacked out the silver on the wheels. I WILL be removing the headlight vinyl & painting the headlights when I get up the courage to bake parts of my car











 
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Old 04-15-2012 | 03:42 PM
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thats a nice drop! congrats!
 
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Old 04-15-2012 | 04:38 PM
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The blacked out wheels looks much better than black/silver. How did you do it? That looks professionally done. Fronts definitely could use spacers. That B&G drop is pretty low! Must be comparable to H&Rs.
 
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Old 04-15-2012 | 05:37 PM
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That looks a lot better! Once you remove the headlight covers and paint them, the cars gonna be money!
 
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Old 04-15-2012 | 06:19 PM
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The blacked out wheels looks much better than black/silver. How did you do it? That looks professionally done. Fronts definitely could use spacers. That B&G drop is pretty low! Must be comparable to H&Rs.
Thanks for the kind words. I vinyl wrapped the outside lip and the silver part of the spokes, the rest of the wheel was a gunmetal/graphite powder coat so I left that, it makes for a nice subtle contrast compared to a solid black. It's a pretty low drop, about 25.75" up to the front fender edge, and 26.25" on the rear, pretty similar to H&Rs. I'm kinda scared about adding front spacers since the fronts aren't rolled in like the rear fenders, worried about constantly rubbing on them (is that typically a problem on the fronts?).

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That looks a lot better! Once you remove the headlight covers and paint them, the cars gonna be money!
Thanks for the compliment. Also going to add the OEM chin spoiler, just got to get up the courage to bake those lights, lol.
 
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Old 04-16-2012 | 07:48 AM
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wow blacking out the rims was a good call, I like it alot. what is this "vinyl wrap" you are using and where can i get some? it looks nice and glossy. Is it easy to apply ?
 
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Old 04-16-2012 | 08:59 AM
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wow blacking out the rims was a good call, I like it alot. what is this "vinyl wrap" you are using and where can i get some? it looks nice and glossy. Is it easy to apply ?
Glad you like it
Here's a youtube clip on how it's installed, that's basically how I did it since I just blacked out the outer silver on the spokes and lip. There's a few other youtube clips if you want to do the whole wheel (which could get pretty tough to install).
Here's where I get my vinyl
http://autovinylsolutions.com/Gloss_Black
 
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Old 04-16-2012 | 12:42 PM
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Thank u for this useful info. Seems like a nice alternate to plasti dip . Does the stuff peel off if easy if u ever wanna take it off ?
 
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Old 04-16-2012 | 02:25 PM
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Thank u for this useful info. Seems like a nice alternate to plasti dip . Does the stuff peel off if easy if u ever wanna take it off ?
It's simple to remove the first few years, after that it can be a bit harder.
 
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Old 04-16-2012 | 08:37 PM
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yeah the all black looks sooooo much better!
 
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Old 04-16-2012 | 10:53 PM
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Need wider wheels or spacers! A flush look is a must!!!
 


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