I’m done with college and my car has been returned to nearly show room perfection – two things to be happy about! I got my car back from the body shop this week.

After thousands of highway miles to and from school the front end of my car was showing its age. So I had a local body shop, Crystal Auto Body, here in Milwaukee repaint my entire front end and my rear bumper. My rear bumper had a small scar from some unknown punk who backed into me so I had that fixed too. Wow, they did a good job. I am SOOO happy to see it looking so good after all these years. For the time being there are no door dings, dents, or rock chips! Not bad for a three year old car with 64,000 miles. Well, I just wanted to share the beauty with everyone. Sorry I did not have her ready in time for the Chicago BBQ.

This is a picture of my hood!!! (And there is NO wax on it yet since it's new paint)


Here’s another hood shot
http://members.aol.com/josh303...0.jpg









Oh, and here’s the tech part – I installed a manual antenna switch today. I only listen to CD’s so the antenna will be down most of the time.

 

let me be the first to say, YOU my friend, make me want an R sooooooo bad.....

 

sexy car

what kind of digital camera are you using? where did you purchase the switch and how do you set that thing up?

 

that switch is clean, props on the idea

the car looks good too

 

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She's a looker huh?

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It's an olympus C-5050 5.0 MP

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My friend Jerry (WalkmanX) was the one who gave me the idea. This link will give you the details.
http://www.sandmracing.com/santennaswitch.html

 

Ooooohhhhh Ahhhhhh, looks so good!

Antenna switch is a great idea, that thing is super annoying now that my interior is stripped

 

Spray those fender liner down with degreaser to get that dirt and grime off and wipe them clean.

Then apply some of those tire shine compound to it. Not to much as it'll bling, but just enough so it would look nice.

Looks like you went rallying.

As for your tech...I was thinking about putting a switch in there too for my CD player. After serious contemplation, I came to the conclusion that since I rode around town with a gutted interior and no a/c - p/s, I don't need no stinkin radio! So a blockoff plate is coming.

 

damn, ur paint job, your car, its sweet, love your ride.

 

mamamia Josh...beautiful man...looks like fresh from the oven

 

paint job looks great!! What kind of radio do you have? The switch is a great idea, but mine automatically goes down when i switch to CD. I have an Alpine by the way.

 

Looks great Josh! Congrats on getting her back!

 

Car looks great!! Love the Volks..

 

josh,

your car looks awesome! i probably never mentioned this before, but i have to say that having seen your car a long time ago on your early website inspired me to get an itr. i too have a black one (but instead with nbp). you keep your car in tip-top shape and it does not go unnoticed!

congratulations on finishing school, and more importantly bringing your car back to bling status.

keep up the good work!

kepani-who still thinks the black ones are special

 

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Yeah, Special Olympics Whatever Black Pearl is nice, though. But, said it once, and I'll say it again.... CW y0!

 

is that volks gunmetal te37? Nice ride!!

 

very nice, i think i might go shine my R up some, Im gonna get my front end repainted soon.. damn highway

very very nice man

 

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your car looks awesome! i probably never mentioned this before, but i have to say that having seen your car a long time ago on your early website inspired me to get an itr. i too have a black one (but instead with nbp). you keep your car in tip-top shape and it does not go unnoticed!

congratulations on finishing school, and more importantly bringing your car back to bling status.

keep up the good work!

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Wow! Took those words right out of my mouth.

 

heysus christ.. your car is always blingin when you post it.

 

Love the wheels!!! Very nice R!!

 

Thanks for the good words guys. I need to thank YOU for keeping me sane while at school. I went to a school (good school) in the middle of the corn fields in Indiana. The only vehicles you could see in nearby towns were trucks with hydraulics and Junker neon’s and cavilers’ with chrome rims, neon lights, and rattling trunks with the worst DIY sub installs in the world. Being able to talk with you guys about car stuff helped me survive!

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Then apply some of those tire shine compound to it. Not to much as it'll bling, but just enough so it would look nice. </TD></TR></TABLE>

That should do the job. I'll give that a shot.

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I still have the stock head unit even though I have aftermarket speakers and amp. Once the stock one gets crappy on me I'll look into something new.

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Yeah, Special Olympics Whatever Black Pearl is nice, though. But, said it once, and I'll say it again.... CW y0! </TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL! We'll settle this at the next autocross.

 

Looking good as usual...

 

Hey Josh that's great news, just wanna tell you that I've been to your site many times about 1 1/2 years ago, I was there checking the reviews, stats and pictures and the site was a big influence on the purchase of my ITR

 

The kah looks great . How much for the paint job?

 

**** is ill man... mad props and that antenna switch is a nice idea!!

 

why u take a picture of your house???

edit: oh ****, that's your hood. omg, that **** is ****** clean!