Is it done yet? Who did you buy the INGS replica from?

 

It's not done yet, the shop has been busy, and I'm trying to wait until I know all the snow is done in Indiana before I get it installed.

The INGS was purchased from xMy350x on here. I wouldn't say it was necessarily his fault for the quality of the INGS. And I definitely didn't have to pay much for it. So all in all, It's ok(pending an actual fitment test). Bubbles, the replica king, said that the INGS molds for the replicas are just **** anymore...and until they make new ones, not to buy any replica INGS stuff.

 

Hey bud you mind posting a picture of your diffuser in here?

 

Did your bodyshop charge you extra for the preping the INGS replica?

 

yes, quite a bit extra...but still less than the real INGS costs

 

...but you still haven't heard anything about the fitment of the front/rear bumpers and those addit costs?

 

The side skirts were not too bad to fit apparantly. The rear bumper isn't HORRIBLE, but is by far, the most time consuming for them. Still not positive on total cost for fitment, but they are doing a good job. ETA is Monday after work...

Also....I GOT PRESENTS TODAY!!!!!!!!!

sorry for the crappy camera phone pic...but it's just a teaser til I get the whole thing together....hopefully that happens monday!

Say hello to my good friends Volk, Toyo, and Swift

 

Someones getting Closer

 

i know, the pics are blurry...i suck! here's some more teaser shots tho...

Do you all think that a 1/2" drop is gonna be enough to fix that gap?! I'm gonna run the SWIFT springs...but am starting to wonder if it'll be enough...

 

damn, that looks really good so far. get coilovers ftw

 

i'm just gonna run lowering springs(for now). I don't track my car, so coilovers would be overkill at this point, plus they cost a pretty penny to buy. We'll see though, adjustability would be nice.

 

Hmm. They definatly do stuff different than me. Where's the cf hood?

 

what do you mean they do stuff different than you?

The hood is being prepped as well....didn't snap any pics of it....

 

Coming along VERY nicely Austin. Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

Thanks Jim, Hopefully i'll get those pics of the hood on monday...and then pics of the whole car tuesday...just in time for the forum contest going on

 

Rear bumper doesn't look too bad in terms of fitment. What kind of work did the have to do in order for that fit so well. I don't see too many huge gaps around the tail lights which always seemed to be an issue. There seems to be a bigger than stock gap between the hatch and bumper, again not to bad though. Looks great man. As for the drop, what size rear tires did you go with? I run hotchkis with 285/35/19 rear and had to cut my fenders cause the tire rubbed going over bumps. I'm pretty sure the drop on rear for hotchkis is .7"-.8"

 

I found it odd that they trim the pieces out and put them on the car before painting. I've never seen anybody do that. I always paint bumper covers off the car. It's easier to get all the spots, you don't have to tape up the car, no possibility of any overspray, etc. Odd. There shouldn't be anything wrong with it, just never done or seen it done that way.

 

They are going to paint them off of the car for sure...they were just installing to test fit the bumper. Since it's a replica, they had to do some work on it to get all the lines to match up.

 

You know, I'm not exactly sure what all they had to do...I just show up to sneak peaks at it now and again They have a plan to try and minimize that hatch gap a little more, but other than that, it is what it is. I think it looks pretty good, especially for a replica.

They aren't going to cut my fenders....yet. We test fit the rims, and we're just gonna try running them to see if they will work. When they don't , I'll take it back in and have them cut away...although, i'm running the 285/30 instead of 285/35 and I'll be on swifts springs which sit .1 higher roughly...with little to no sagging i've heard. Time will tell!

 

very excited to see the final picture