Some lowered pics and my blacked out emblem
Apr 25, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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Some lowered pics and my blacked out emblem
my car is lowered on tokico shocks/tanabe gf210 springs and the emblem I did myself what do you think?
Apr 25, 2007 | 09:36 AM
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From: Indiana
you just spray painted the emblem black?
Apr 25, 2007 | 09:42 AM
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yeah I sanded and spray painted it, and i did not space them out the rims are all on a +12 offset and the front tire is a little streched thats why it looks like that.
Apr 25, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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very nice job on the emblem. There's minimal orange peel, and it's a nice match.
Apr 25, 2007 | 09:48 AM
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From: Indiana
did you take it off to spray paint it or just tape it off?
Apr 25, 2007 | 09:50 AM
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What grit did you use to sand ? clear coat? paint (home depot/pep boys)?
Apr 25, 2007 | 09:53 AM
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I took off the emblem and used I think a 300 grit. The paint was high temp engine paint (gloss) but then put two more coats of just gloss.
Jul 20, 2007 | 11:13 PM
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From: Colorado
how did you take the emblem off?
Jul 20, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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Oct 1, 2007 | 06:49 AM
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Oct 1, 2007 | 07:46 AM
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From: NJ
i like them wheels...they look good on black.
Oct 2, 2007 | 01:19 AM
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From: Hawaii
gj on the emblem and i love those rims, nice!!
Oct 2, 2007 | 02:16 AM
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Oct 2, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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From: Chicago
thanks for the comments guys
Oct 2, 2007 | 09:28 PM
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Oct 3, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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Looks great. Im in the process of painting my emblems black, but Im using a flat black rather than gloss.
Oct 3, 2007 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Shift_Z33
Looks great. Im in the process of painting my emblems black, but Im using a flat black rather than gloss.
Post good pics when you do
Oct 3, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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From: tucson.az
Looks good. Are you thinking about doing the door handles the same way?
Oct 3, 2007 | 06:44 PM
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From: West Coast/Pacific Rim
Drop and wheels look freakin great. I got the Tokico shocks, now just thinking about swapping the Tein for the Tanabe springs. hmmm..
Oct 3, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by failsafe306
Post good pics when you do
