This is no longer anything new, but I thought I would post some before and after pics anyway. The only thing different I did pay $20.00 to have them professionally clearcoated.
BEFORE
AFTER
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Wow, that loks really good man. They almost dont look like altezzas no more.
Eternalone wrote:Wow, that loks really good man. They almost dont look like altezzas no more.
sarcasm? lol... those are stock 00-02 tails man!
wade-HUGE improvement man! very nicely done.
get than trunk lid down a hair and ur golden!
UFlip06 said it best: Just look underneath the engine and if you see big hairy balls it's a 2.4 Twin Cam, if they're shaved it's an Ecotec and if you see nothing it's a 2200!
Looks good Wade..
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I like it, but now it's very hard to tell it was a Z24....kidding
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Joe Schulte wrote:I like it, but now it's very hard to tell it was a Z24....kidding .
really...i was thinkin the same thing...
but def. looks better than the before pic
that looks really good way better than the plain euros
looks good! im glad you did the brake light also!!
Professional clear coating really does wonders for the nightshades.
Lookin' good.
It is not letting me edit my first post now. So hear is a better pic.
WHITECAVY
Thanks I like your car too.
Joe Schulte and Ozzie
How are the local ricers gonna know now it is a Z24
The stickers have actually been gone for about a year and were only on the car for like 6 months. Now the license plate and trunk lock look out of place. That tip has got to go. From the back it looks like such a pussy. You would never know it was supercharged.
Streaker
I had to do the third brake light. I know what you are saying. It just would not look right if I had not done it.
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wade the car looks good, where did you grab the night shades from. also you going to do this to the wife's cavi
Alexis wrote:Professional clear coating really does wonders for the nightshades. Lookin' good.
Agreed It was after I saw yours had been done that I decided to do it.
I almost forgot I need to thank some folks.
ZYAAA Thanks for the motivation and information.
Alexis Thanks for the idea to professoinally clear them.
KEN ?.? Thanks for the sale, quick shipping, and great packaging of the stock 00-02 tailights.
A+Performance Thanks for great customer service, sale, quick shipping, and great packaging of the VHT Nightshade.
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Spork2021 wrote:wade the car looks good, where did you grab the night shades from. also you going to do this to the wife's cavi
I would like to. I am not sure yet though. She is still trying to adjust to the change and see if she likes it. We do not want both cars to have identical mods. But in cases like this it might be for the better to do the same mod.
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1cleanz wrote:that looks really good way better than the plain euros
they are stock 00-02 tails, NOT the altezza clear tails.
wade, please tell me you BURNT them and pissed on the ashes? lmao
UFlip06 said it best: Just look underneath the engine and if you see big hairy balls it's a 2.4 Twin Cam, if they're shaved it's an Ecotec and if you see nothing it's a 2200!
Wade Jarvis wrote:
I would like to. I am not sure yet though. She is still trying to adjust to the change and see if she likes it. We do not want both cars to have identical mods. But in cases like this it might be for the better to do the same mod.
You can have the same mod and still have it look different. If she has the same tails (sorry, unfamiliar with her car), leave the reverse light untinted.
I chucked them as hard as I could in the nearest dumpster.
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Alexis wrote:Wade Jarvis wrote:
I would like to. I am not sure yet though. She is still trying to adjust to the change and see if she likes it. We do not want both cars to have identical mods. But in cases like this it might be for the better to do the same mod.
You can have the same mod and still have it look different. If she has the same tails (sorry, unfamiliar with her car), leave the reverse light untinted.
I was actually going to try that but I was not sure what the best way to mask it off was so it would have the perfect half moon shape. Here is a pic of the rear of her car now. There are a few other pics in my profile.
CodeRedZ24
I know it needs aligned. I have actually tried 3 times before. My car was in a fender bender before I bought it. That may be as good as it gets. I am planning on taking another stab at it before I give up though. Hell even my wifes does not line up quite right any more. I can thank a punk ass theif who tried but did not suceed at opening the trunk with a crowbar. I had only owned the car for 12 hrs when it was broken into.
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Try doing this:
That photo shows painters tape laid across one another to form a sheet that has one sticky side. The half moons are the shape traced onto the sheet. Cut those out and place over the area that you don't want sprayed.
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wade i can help you mask her tails sometime as well as help you line up your trunk, i found the best way to do that is have somebody lay in the trunk and one person on the outside.
looks really good man, much better. paint your trunk lock flat black and get a tinted plate cover. it works
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actually when i painted my tails for the inners, i put them in a vice with a light under the tail light, taped it up with painters tape like crazy. then used a razor blade and cut out the half circle and removed everything else around it and left it so the back up lights were the only thing still colored.
looks great, you guys coming back to the v6z24 bash this year?
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