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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 11:13 AM
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I guess it's time to jump on the bandwagon. I bought the car used, one owner with 37K miles on it back in January 2007. I had it stored til late March, then drove it through the remainder of 2007 figuring out what needed to be changed.

Once the helacious winter of 2008 was over, I knew what I wanted and began to make the neccessary changes. I've only been throwing parts at the car for about 10 months, so it has a long way to go but I figured this will be a good enough start.











Mod list is in signature if anybody is interested, thanks for looking! I'll be updating this regularly.

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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 11:24 AM
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not bad man. love the color, one of the best imo. good choice in rims too. a lip and sideskirts till top it off nicely. good job so far!
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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Looking Good!
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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Updates soon.
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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Lookin' good, Shawn!
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Old May 19, 2009 | 05:42 PM
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Added some new pics. Collecting parts, I'll be updating in big chunks.
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Old May 19, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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Sweet! You going to Import Wars this Saturday? I shall be there.
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Old May 19, 2009 | 06:14 PM
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Sweet! You going to Import Wars this Saturday? I shall be there.
Going to an American LeMans race, I'll be at Epping a couple times this year though...
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:26 PM
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Wilwoods installed yesterday, pictures tomorrow. More stuff on the way.
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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looks good, i got recaro speeds in my 04 mag metallic as well!
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 10:52 PM
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 02:07 PM
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Couple more pictures. Don't mind the wheezer D-series, its time there is limited.






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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 03:29 PM
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very nice...wuts the wheel specs?
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 03:33 PM
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16x7 +43 RPF1s
+10mm spacer front (understeer correction)
+5mm spacer rear
205/50R-16 Direzza Z1 Star Specs (they run big)
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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Nice car man i really like the stance, ur hating on ur break setup, looks really good props!
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 07:58 AM
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New toys ordered, updates soon.
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 12:21 PM
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very nice...wuts the wheel specs?
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Way too dang small.
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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I'll definately need wider with the motor I'm picking up this weekend.
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 12:06 PM
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I'll definately need wider with the motor I'm picking up this weekend.
It's about time.
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 10:12 PM
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I figured I would stop whoring the pic thread. So you do have a lot in your hands with that swap. I am gonna do a k24 if possible and I am staying four lug. Now my question is where did you get the wildwood brake kit from, it looks nice and very useful! And I am down to help you out if you need an extra person. I shall invite you down once I go under the knife.
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 05:35 AM
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nice build so far bro...in for pics of K-swap...
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 07:33 AM
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I am gonna K swap, he is gonna go J...
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 11:05 AM
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Looking good and clean
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 01:38 PM
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Great looking car, man. Do you have the "off the shelf" Ground Controls or did you order different specs?
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 05:17 PM
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New picture.



I also ordered new wheels and tires for next season. Still RPF1's, but they're silver 16x8 +38 and will be rolling on 225/50-16 Bridgestone Potenza RE11's.

This thread is going to be very busy leading up to April as I am completely finishing the car sans powertrain. This includes retrofits, seats, steering wheel, rear disc brakes and a couple other trivial things.

I'm ordering KPro next...

I've scrapped the J-series project, I don't have the resources or patience to be on this forever so I'm doing a GT28RS60 D17A2 built to the moon instead.

Keep posted for updates.
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