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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 01:11 PM
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Decided to match the exterior color. (Clover green I guess)

The Fabric shop ran out of black tweed and I didn't wanna do "Type R" red because my car is an automatic. I didn't think making my interior aggressive would match my At tranny that can be beat by a shopping cart. But whatever...

Total cost was about $25 bucks.

(pic is from my camera phone aren't the greatest..i know.)
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 01:47 PM
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looks great.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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Thanx
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 02:01 PM
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So you did it yourself? It looks nice either way.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 02:32 PM
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Yeah..it was easier than I thought....took me total work hours maybe like 3-4
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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Nice!
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:14 PM
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nice! Any shots of the car?
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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i think green is better then red any way .
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 10:49 PM
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looks good man
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 04:47 PM
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nice job.. i was considering doin this t0 my ej8 when i had it but never got around to it
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 05:12 PM
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I dig that! Nice work.
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by brandonEM1
nice! Any shots of the car?
The Car Is A P.O.S. right now..gotta fix alotta things that are "riced out"
RED Drums / Calipers
Primered hood
Side Marker holes...tooo big
Needs body work and paint
Got the rims 4 free on Craigslist...here is a shot of the rims I painted...some1 started to paint'em black...and left it so I stripped and repainted.....But only body shots I got right now
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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panel looks good
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 07:15 PM
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looks good. such an easy thing to do, no reason not to
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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Doesn't look like a pos to me. I would just get rid of the red calipers and ebay rotors.
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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diggin it. glad its not just black or red.
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 10:04 PM
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Im glad they didn't have them 2 colors. I didn't even think of the green until I actually saw it. The dude even showed me black suade...but I hate the way it gets matted down...like they did when I had my ep3 seats.

Anyway not to many people rockin the green inserts...or exterior really.
Thanks for all the good comments. I appreciate it

My next thing is the headliner...I saw the checkered flag DIY thread and it looks easy enuff. Just don't know what I'd do yet doe.
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 10:06 PM
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Regardin calipers...

On my to do list....but I gotta do my rear camber 1st...they be gangsta leanin.

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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 10:12 PM
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looks good!
but how did you get free rims from craigslist?
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Unseen Racer
looks good!
but how did you get free rims from craigslist?
Actually I'd have to credit my bro....he was on one of those week zone things when you check craigslist like every 5 minutes for a week ( I know I'm not the only one)

On the FREE section and sum guys was given them away cuz he got new rims and tried spraying these black....half a rim atleast.
So the dude wanted to get rid of em and my bro calls me and says "Yo, you want some free acura rims?"........one man's trash is another man DIY rim paint job.
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 09:23 AM
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Looks good i need to do mine to but cant decide what i want to do. lol
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 09:50 AM
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where did u buy the green tweed from? i have a 4 dr gsr that is green.
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 10:28 AM
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what kind of glue you use? i tried using some 3m fabric glue but it didnt work wel enough. it started to fall off.
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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nice job!!
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 11:55 AM
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the green actually looks nice.
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