I finally stole my buddies cam and started wasting his batteries instantly since it was nice out today and my car is still shiny. Enjoy.
Oh, as for mods you'll notice:
-smoked out heads and tails
-blue tinted fogs
-lowwww with Sportlines and KYBs
-all brakes new with every part cleaned and painted (undercarriage as clean as exterior.. I *$&# you not)
-RSM front strut tower bar (rear as well, not in pics)
-RSM upper and lower engine mounts
-Cone filter temporarily half-assed to stock intake
-plastic front rad cover removed (vibrates and rattles with stiff engine mounts)
So whadd'ya think? I'm not nearly close to my final goal with this car yet, it's at a decent point in it's progress.
(Excuse the lack of quality.. f*^@%in' photo-chuck-it resizes my pretty, large photos into more bite-sized *&#@ blocks.)
Mwahahahaha. 56k user here, no sudden death
One critique, radiator cover. I have mounts, and only 1 plastic pin left... no rattling, at least on the passenger side.
Other than that, nice ride. Def clean. The cover will clean that up even more.
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yeah. just buy some plastic pins to put your radiator cover on. It won't vibrate if you push the pins in far enough.
I have mounts also and have no problem with rattling of the radiator cover
dude those headlights look sweet, i was thinking about smoking my lights, but i thought the light output would suck, but now seeing it i think i will do it, which leads to my question,
how is the light output with them smoked, and how many coats did u put on them, and also if u could post pictures with your ligts on that would be sweet.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2092536
Thanks for all feedback and such.
As for the rad cover, besides it rattling (pins were broken, save for two.. it actually DID rattle) I'm a mechanic and like easy access, haha. What the cover well, covers is completely cleaned up anyways. Will get it back on for winter driving though.
As for the smoked headlights, they are DARK, really. I first took them out of the car (duh) and cleaned them with dish soap (mild, no residue). Then I taped/masked the face of the lens off. Why? Because all around the depth of the headlight lens is painted flat black to take away from the 'plastic brick' look of stock PhI headlights. Only the lens face remained clear. From there, a couple steady, even coats of tint spray were applied. (Hint: get a bowl/bucket and fill it with warm to hot water and let the rattle can soak for a few minutes.. increases propellent pressue resulting in a better spray) To keep the glossy, I didnt have clearcoat (which you should apply after) but I did have a high gloss plastic renewer/polish liquid treatment. Ta-dah, doneski.
Light output? Blinding, actually, with Sylvannia SilverStar bulbs that is. Better light output over stock halogen, even with tinted headlights. This is definitly the way to go if you can't afford black-housed projector headlights.
What should be next on the list? I'm not sure yet what I really plan on doing.. ideas are helpful. Thanks guys.
looks awesome rankin! well lol i went home and got more batteries!! woot woot lol so if u need more pics taken let me kno!
wonder who's dime that is in the background
dam thats a sweet truck! hahaha...
Wow, I like those headlights too. I think that might be my next mod. They give that nice dark look like the black projectors, only they actually fit and have better light output
The muffler is the oval with included dual-wall tip all in stainless that Magnaflow offers. I modified the stock bracketry to hang it, hence the current positioning. I did paint the body of the muffler high-temp black to take away from the 'chromed out, gangsta' original look of it. In person it seems to look better then it looks in the low-quality pics. As of right now, I'm still adding to the car and such. Final finish and fitment will be my concern come spring.
So any ideas? Rims and tires are being considered, still trying to find something I really like. Carbon pieces are being considered.. I dunno yet?
looks really clean. nice work
