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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 10:48 PM
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EDIT I DECIDED TO PAINT!!!!

they need to be wetsanded thats y they look white in some spots its bc of the flash.....






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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 10:49 PM
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get a new bumper
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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aww man

id just have to do the same to the new one
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 10:54 PM
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black with red lip BTW that intercooler and piping looks nasty on ur car
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 10:57 PM
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nasty as in ... cool... or nasty as in.. shitty looking.... haha im guessing the latter
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 10:58 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EH2_519 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">get a new bumper </TD></TR></TABLE> to that....


worry about wheels later....
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 11:00 PM
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you guys gotta understand.... its impossible for me right now to place my intercooler in a fashion that i can get a new bumper... yes i would love to but i cat right now.. id have to get a new intercooler and its not something i wanna do right now...
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 11:08 PM
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anyone else wanna comment on my bumper? perhaps maybe the scracch on it?
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 11:20 PM
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as for the bumper...looks like a fat girl wearing a g-string

as for the rims i say paint em! grays a little boring.
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 11:23 PM
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For the bumper: Who gives a ****, he is boosting! I think later down the road a more neat IC piping and FMIC would be nice but for now function &gt; fashion.

For the wheels: Keep polishing Alice!
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 11:37 PM
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yea man.. a 12 second car doesnt care what it looks like... the only reason id wanna change the front bumper and intercooler setup is bc id love to see the looks on some peoples faces when they cant see **** and get dominated all over...
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 12:01 AM
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nie?
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 12:14 AM
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Is that a Hello Kitty air freshiner? haha


Def paint those rims...leave the IC/bumper cover the way it is.
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 12:16 AM
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yea the hello kitty is str8 jdm... smells like bubblegum!
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 12:27 AM
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i say paint them

12 sec car huh? you need to update your sig then

just playing, but if you make that sort of time then who cares what your front looks like because most people will be looking at your tailights
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 07:51 AM
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for reals.....

and i havent actually hit 12s but its a 13.2 on 7psi and the car was tuned for 12psi..
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 08:08 AM
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Personally about the wheels...i think polished would look a hell of a lot better than painted...thats just me. Ive never seen these wheels polished but i bet they look sick as hell....and as for the bumper **** that ****.... If its a 12 second car who cares man...these **** are just complaining cause their car doesnt do 12s... Post some pics when the wheels are done
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 08:15 AM
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boosting!!
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 08:30 AM
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I think the bumper is hot

Function over fashion

I vote to paint them!
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 08:43 AM
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i got the same wheels on my EG...mine are painted black
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 08:45 AM
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with the polishing... the only problems ive come across is getting the stock pitting out of the metal of the wheels.. takes forever to sand it all down to a polishable surface... and the ones i have done.. theyre just starting to pit again....so i think im just gonna paint them
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 10:09 AM
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If you need someone to paint your wheels give me a holler......
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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ROTAS!!!!!!
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 10:13 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EH2_519 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">get a new bumper </TD></TR></TABLE>

I'd have to agree, that looks like ***.
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 11:45 AM
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you can use that aircraft paint remover stuff.....start sanding after that.......it takes alotta time...but i did that **** to my SI wheels. then mothers polish will do the trick
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