Well, here is some update pictures of the hatch. Things that are different it I decided to paint the HX wheels lip anodized red I threw some before, during, and after pictures in there. Also, I added a spoon muffler that highly fabricated but at least sounds and performs great. Also some spoon bling decals which I'm thinking about tossing. Also the car is back on oem shocks and springs as of today in preperation for a new suspension. I change my mind alot










I'm thinking about a front end conversion so thats why I'm not waisting money on a lip. I'm definatly swaping so all thats under the hood now is a COMPLETELY stock y7. Engine kicks *** with the new exedy organic clutch.

Pictures were taken at the Branch Avenue metro station in MD

They were taken with a Sony Cyber-Shot 3.2MP camera. Camera is excellent, photographer is new so that why the pictures arn't 100% perfect.

 

damn that red lip helps the car even look better

 

The wheel would look AWESOME if the "H" was painted red.

 

that looks hot

 

With the red painted up

very nice rims man

 

bleh...looks kinda cheesy and I agree on removing the spoon stickers

 

i think it would looked better dropped the rims r clean

 

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It was dropped when I took these pictures on complete coilovers. It was like 1.75 all the way around cause I didn't have a front camber kit and didn't want to kill the tires.

 

you should see it now with the oem suspension back in. It looks like a 4x4

 

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Definitely

 

red lip HX's look pretty good

 

 

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yea, but I will probably beat something if I see another spray can. I'm about done with the DIY painting phase. I'm ready to just start spending a little extra money for real quality stuff. I love the way stuff looks when you do it yourself but I hate when you notice one day that your job will not hold up. But until then, I love these

 

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yea, but I will probably beat something if I see another spray can. I'm about done with the DIY painting phase. I'm ready to just start spending a little extra money for real quality stuff. I love the way stuff looks when you do it yourself but I hate when you notice one day that your job will not hold up. But until then, I love these </TD></TR></TABLE>

looks good bro, but it seems if your spoon muff points down, that looks sort of wierd IMO...

clean car none the less

 

Looks really good.

 

paint the rear rims

 

The rims turned out great...good DIY job on that Got any close up pics of the rims? Did you use Duplicolor's metal cast paint for the lip? Reason I ask is because I've been thinking about doing the same to my rims. Also, could you describe the steps and materials you used in prepping and painting the lip? TIA

 

Sup bloooooood. Jp... looks pretty good.

 

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looks good bro, but it seems if your spoon muff points down, that looks sort of wierd IMO...

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your right, spoon muffler is kinda hurt right now and need to be redone. I'm trying to put off for a while and just get a complete system after the swap. I can't decide if the mods i have on the hatch is temporary or if the hatch itself it temporary.

 

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ha ha, I missed special posts like this Alright, you convinced me, I'll paint the rear ones too but till then, you can look at the ones above with all four done

 

not sure whether if i like the red lip better than the polished one. i say keep the 96-97 front end and slap a sir front lip on it! it's one of my fav's

 

omg that is nice, i wanna get hx rims with red lip. could a professional powdercoating place do it like that?

 

nice work on the hx's

 

i like the red lip drop it some

 

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Yea, once I finally get my new tein SS system and a front camber kit, I'll go a lot lower, but till then, stock kinda feels good for a change height sucks but smooth ride i kinda missed. BTW, if your selling a skunk 2 front camber kit for my car for under $180 shipped, IM me. I need one.

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Yes, that is my favorite lip. If anybody is selling one, IM me I'll take the 96-98 front end for a while.

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Yea, and I'm sure it would last longer