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Old 12-17-2003, 10:41 AM
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Default Black EG gone. Got a Red EG now :) updated pix inside. 56kers take a nap.

Well finally got a chance to clean her up a lil and swap my blades on with the a new set of Kumos. I know she is plain right now but give me a few more months










That's all folks... for now. Comments welcome.



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wOw, looks really clean !

Great Job !

Only suggestion I have is to remove the pin stripe !

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AREA 51 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wOw, looks really clean !

Great Job !

Only suggestion I have is to remove the pin stripe !

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thanks. about the pinstrip, I tried taking a section off the other day and its not that easy. Any suggestions?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AREA 51 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Only suggestion I have is to remove the pin stripe !

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agreed. that park looks familiar...boghini correct? car looks like it's in really good shape
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what kind of suspension you got, also what size tires you got on those 15's...

looks good by the way...........
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AlphaQup &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

thanks. about the pinstrip, I tried taking a section off the other day and its not that easy. Any suggestions? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Very Very little paint thinner then a nice wax after !

only thing i can think of right now ....

Good Luck !



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super clean car and engine bay
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by egsleepercivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what kind of suspension you got, also what size tires you got on those 15's...

looks good by the way...........</TD></TR></TABLE>

Tokico Illuminas w/ GC coilovers. As for tire size, they are 205/50's Kumho Ecstas.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by whoDAT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
that park looks familiar...boghini correct? </TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm not sure what its called but, it's on William st. near downtown SJ
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try using a hair dryer to take off the pinstripe
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I say keep the pinstripes.

Hatch looks like it's in great shape
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redline201 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">try using a hair dryer to take off the pinstripe </TD></TR></TABLE>
what he said^
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i had that pinstrip on my 96 coupe and i used adhesive remover while removing it, only problem is that its kind of noticeable from close but not from far, but thats basically b/c of how long it was on there for and the change of color to the paint around the pinstrip itself.
hope this helps!
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Default Re: Black EG gone. Got a Red EG now :) updated pix inside. 56kers take a nap. (Nihonjin)

i used a hair dryer to help remove pinstripes..

took the longest time.. then paint thinner on the residue...

then wax it up..

took about 3 days in total, but well worth it
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I wouldnt use paint thinner.
Use a heat gun or a hair dryer and then get the gooy stuff of with goo-gone.
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I used simple green and a Food Lion MVP card to get my pinstripe off. Just be sure to wax afterwards. I'd also get rid of the fender trim, but that's just my opinion. Nice looking hatch you got there.
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lookin good
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Default Re: Black EG gone. Got a Red EG now :) updated pix inside. 56kers take a nap. (AlphaQup)

Nice, ive always liked the EG si hatches. I also like the red
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looks goood, love red eg's
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AlphaQup &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks for the compliments and the help fellas. I think for now, I'm just gonna keep the pinstrips. It's gonna be too time consuming and it doesn't really look that bad since the car is still very clean.

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clean car is that original paint? looks good

and removing pinstripe, do it in a hot summer day
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AlphaQup &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

thanks. about the pinstrip, I tried taking a section off the other day and its not that easy. Any suggestions? </TD></TR></TABLE>

you can get this thing called an Eraser wheel and it goes a drill or dremel and you run it on the pin strip and it comes off. my buddy worked at a boddy shop and he was bitch boy and he got to do things like this. he wont do it for me though
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Default Re: Black EG gone. Got a Red EG now :) updated pix inside. 56kers take a nap. (AREA 51)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AREA 51 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Very Very little paint thinner then a nice wax after !

only thing i can think of right now ....

Good Luck !



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get a hair dryer, put it on hot/hi and warm up the area. peel the pin stripe back and clean the adhesive with bug and tar remover. then wax.
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looking good man.
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Default Re: Black EG gone. Got a Red EG now :) updated pix inside. 56kers take a nap. (AlphaQup)

Aw, that's cute, reminds me of my car when I first got it 4 years ago.

Now I rarely wash it and it has a few dents here and there.


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