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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 01:41 PM
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well guys ive had my bgm 98 z about 2 months now and a couple weekends ago i did some appearance mods and i final got around to cleaning it up a little and post some pics of the new mods. hope you enjoy, open to comments, and yes i know it needs lowered, wheels and tinted.

-new mods:

-grille
-tinted turn signals (front and back)
-whister mod
-gloss black berger
-stainless berger inserts
-tinted tails
-painted lid base
-painted bumper support
-painted back of headlights

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Attached Thumbnails a couple new appearance mods-grille-left.jpg   a couple new appearance mods-grille-right.jpg   a couple new appearance mods-whistler-mod.jpg   a couple new appearance mods-berger-left.jpg   a couple new appearance mods-berger-right.jpg  

a couple new appearance mods-side-marker.jpg   a couple new appearance mods-underhood-painted.jpg  
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 01:47 PM
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What did you use to tint everything w/? VHT? Tint film?
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 01:57 PM
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i put a little black base coat in the clear when i painted the berger and then just scuffed the lights and shot them with the tinted clear coat
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 11:32 AM
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Looks good, nice work. Now I think new wheels should be in your near future..........
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Nice work, very clean...well except the lid.
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looks great!!
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 03:17 PM
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thanks guys its getting there but unfortionatly the stuff thats left to do is the expensive ****
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Why didn't ya paint the lid at the same time as the lower section?
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i didnt feel like messing with it at the time also om thinking of painting it green to match the car. im also thinking of painting the red bowtie off the berger panel green and reinstalling it with a chrome 5.7l emblem.
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any other opinions
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I like the color of your car alot.
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thanks it 1 of 323 for 98 thats bright green metalic
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That looks pretty good!
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always go to TOMzwheels he is a sponsor here and buy some wheels for cheap. and you need to get that thing tinted! btw it looks great! black wheels would look the best!
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Car looks sweet, In the future i woudl do wheels, possible hood, and some nice rolled exhaust tips!!
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yeah i want to get a sunoco hood and ss spoiler
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There are always more things to do to the car. I would suggest them but I would get repetitve. Its a nice color on a cool car that is a work in progress.
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Great mods man now throw ZR1 rims with 315 in rear and your set.
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thats a sleeper.. looks like an v6.. but is a m6 H/C/I, thats just awesome
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