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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:38 PM
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well im pretty much done with the car looks wise...i never intended it to be in shows or anything like that...and i never wanted it to be flashy....soooo here are a few pics from start to finish.......

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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:39 PM
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Pics no worky
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:46 PM
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what the car looked like day one....
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:47 PM
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rims came first....

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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:50 PM
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then the front...

and side badges got a make over.....
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 11:54 PM
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AND finally i tinted the windowsl, blacked out the side markers, chromed the back panel bird, ceta mod, and blacked out some LT1 lights i added.....









done
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 03:03 AM
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hmm i was thinking, pjaint the turning signals the same color as the body, then you dont have just a square... just a thought, ive thought about that on my rear markers
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 11:34 AM
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as in matching the sidemarkers to the paint of the car?....hmmm
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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yea... ive seen it on black trans am but not on pewter or any other color for that matter
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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looks good man.....love that last pic!
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 11:45 AM
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yea, ive felt the same way about the sidemarkers. That dark on a light car just makes it look like a big ugly square on the side of an otherwise clean car, its something you'd wanna hide, not emphasize in my opinion
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two pics i like....
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i just wanted to match the black scheme....it would have been a bit harder to match the markers to the paint of the car....and i still would have had a line around them because our lights are exactly flush with the car
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your car is very clean man i like it.
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thanks for all the comments fellas....
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nice. looks good
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lower it
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TSP true dual kit is coming in a few weeks....thought about lowering it, but have also seen the issues related between the two
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 01:43 PM
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Nice pics, it's come a long way. How many miles, paint looks good. Tint will look great IMO if you can get it without being hassled too much. I see the back window but not the sides, maybe I'm blind.

As for the duals, I have them and will be lowering when I get my ZR1s. I'll be doing the heater hose on the back and Koni SAs on the front for a SLIGHT lowering job. IMO they still hang too low, and my driveway sucks. Even stock height in the back and a slight rake up front would be good. Good luck.

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90k miles on car...less then 10k on motor and tranny...

my car scrapes if i come out straight of my driveway also...

and i did the rear window first i still have to add window motors and i dont want to tint before hand, because of the probabilty of scratching the tint in process
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