critical.in.ga

Thanks! And they are only 20" wheels damn you guys are old school lol. Definitley not using foam to stiffen the car just for sound quality purposes in the trunk area. I want the wheels to fill the wheel wells and which it did with the factory 18s the car bottomed out allll the time... steppin up to 20s gave me just enough clearance so it wouldnt smack the pavement which is why I rushed to buy them... ur right tho I wish I would have waited and done it right the first time. Def a learning experience

01BlueSS1995

That still doesnt fall in this paint and body work.. sounds more like appearance and detailing. You have the lines on the lids right, but im just not a fan. I agree with the comments about tinting the whole light with a light shade. That might look nice and help to tone down the front end.

critical.in.ga

Do you have any idea how much it will affect the brightness of the lights? I live out in sticks and when its dark... its dark, so its nice havin some good n bright HID's on the front end.

critical.in.ga

Or maybe I could do something similar with the tint how I did it on the tails and tape off some circles where the bulbs are?

01BlueSS1995

I live in the sticks too. lol i would try to tape some circles off and see how it works. But i dont know how much a very light tint would affect a bright set of HIDS
If you are gonna keep or redo the lids i would try and get the shape/lines you want using plasti dip so you can peel off and start again.

FirebirdTransAm

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I wouldn't tape off circles. A light tint won't affect light output very much, shouldnt be a problem.

critical.in.ga

Sweet.. and I guess if it were to be a problem I can always take it off. Do any of you guys know a good place to buy aftermarket headlights? I'd prefer to start with a fresh set of projectors and then go from there. My driver side wasn't sealed very good from whoever made em and it has been full of water several times.. im sure the connections inside are corroded all to hell.

LSxWittles

I actually like your Imp alot! Looks good! But I do like the stock wheels on the car better than the "ebay specials". Black with a polished lip would just be utterly sexy IMO. As for the eyelids, they might look better if they didn't stop about 3/4 thru the headlight. Other than that looks good

FirebirdTransAm

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ebay fo sho

critical.in.ga

Thanks and you know what, I actually sat there staring at two different sets forever trying to figure out which to buy. The ones that are on my car and the other set was black with a polished lip lol.

LSxWittles

Lol black with a polished lip FTW! Btw what suspension do you have?? Am on the fence about getting an LS4 platform as a DD or something else and if I go LS4 rout I want it to have a stance similar to yours

IROCSS

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https://ls1tech.com/forums/ls4-perfo...-clean-up.html

Scroll down last few pics, black on black rims with silver lip

http://www.carid.com/chevy-impala-accessories/

A lot of aftermarket stuff for your car, stuff to give you some ideas

critical.in.ga

At first I wasn't sure if I made the right decision buying the car as my DD but it has been three years and I love it more today than the day I bought it. The greatest part (especially for a dd) is that I can get 30+mpg on the highway and has enough power to lay down a serious *** rippin.. I like. They don't make any suspension parts to get the car this low btw, unless you were to go with air ride. I used 2" drop springs, and even though everyone advises against it I chopped 2 coils off the front and 1 off the rear. I ended up having to redo the front because the spring rate wasn't high enough after shortening them and I was bottoming out my struts over crap roads. A stiffer spring got it where it needed to be.

critical.in.ga

That impala is clean! The wheels look nice on it too.. I think something black with a chrome lip would look good, im not a huge fan of the polished lip jus cuz I dont think it would flow with my car as well since I've got the chrome grill and trim around the windows.

critical.in.ga

Here's a few pics to get a better idea as far as the stance goes with the factory wheels.

The day I bought it:



After the drop:





Factory springs vs lowering springs lol

LSxWittles

Damn those springs are SHORT compared to stock! Lol. I've got a while before deciding on a new DD so I will keep an LS4 in mind. Need to sell my sixxer tho. Either way I still love the stance of your Imp!

critical.in.ga

Thanks man. They are quite a bit shorter lol, but the stockers do compress down quite a bit where as the aftermarket ones dont really get too much shorter once the weight of the car is on them. I just wish there was a way to keep the factory ride and slammed at the same time!