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Old 03-16-2009, 03:44 PM
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Hi all, I've been a member for 2yrs now but never intro. myself. So here goes...
I'm located in Sun Valley, Socal. My ride is a white 95 NA with quite a few mods but mostly suspensions and cosmetics. Looking forward to turbo my car soon but still deciding whether I want to go diy or get a complete kit.
So, pls be gentle with me.
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Old 03-16-2009, 03:52 PM
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Well welcome finally to the forum lol
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Welcome aboard man.

How about some pics of your car. I get the feeling I'm going to like it.
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ok but pics not that great
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nice ride, what rear bumper is that?
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^^^Thanks, the rear bumper is Racing Beat.
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i should have known that...

and thats the V2 trunk from grinder?
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No, it's not Autokonexion, it's made by AxisPowerRacing.
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Very nice man! Adding a turbo is definitely a must!

So did your AAC headlights pop in without a problem or give you hell like mine did?
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Installation went smooth but the problem I have after is the light pattern is not good, doesn't really light up the road but instead it would light up every freeway signs. So night driving became something that I would try to avoid.
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Nice car.

Can you comment on the windscreen?

BTW, I like how the RB rear bumper looks on your car. For some reason, it looks better than mine.
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Sure, after the wind screen was mounted I felt less amount of wind blows back from the rear. So I think it helps a lot but that just me.
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Originally Posted by whitena
Sure, after the wind screen was mounted I felt less amount of wind blows back from the rear. So I think it helps a lot but that just me.
I'm sure of that but I mean: where did you buy it, was it easy to install, is it permanently placed or do you take it off?

A windscreen has always been unfinished business with me. I've already bought 2 and I've never used either.
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I is jealous.
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I'm not sure if it's lexan or plexiglass I used. I just used a large piece of card board and cut it to a shape of the open space first and then just traced it on the lexan or plexiglass and cut it out and smooth out the edges and drill a hole by each corner and then just zip tied each corner to the roll bar. Hope this helps.
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Welcome.

Nice ride, I like the trunklid, although if I had one I'd paint it the color of my car. I guess it works pretty well with your black/white theme though.

How did you mount your seats? Recaros are sex.
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I bought the seats already mounted to the rails.
The original owner of the seats used stock rails with Recaro side mounts.
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Originally Posted by whitena
I'm not sure if it's lexan or plexiglass I used. I just used a large piece of card board and cut it to a shape of the open space first and then just traced it on the lexan or plexiglass and cut it out and smooth out the edges and drill a hole by each corner and then just zip tied each corner to the roll bar. Hope this helps.
Sure does.

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Who makes those rims?
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Work, Meister S1 to be exact.
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