Some lowered pics and my blacked out emblem
04-25-2007, 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?
04-25-2007, 09:36 AM
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you just spray painted the emblem black?
04-25-2007, 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.
04-25-2007, 09:44 AM
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very nice job on the emblem. There's minimal orange peel, and it's a nice match.
04-25-2007, 09:48 AM
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did you take it off to spray paint it or just tape it off?
04-25-2007, 09:50 AM
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What grit did you use to sand ? clear coat? paint (home depot/pep boys)?
04-25-2007, 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.
07-20-2007, 11:13 PM
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how did you take the emblem off?
07-20-2007, 11:29 PM
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10-01-2007, 06:49 AM
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10-01-2007, 07:46 AM
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i like them wheels...they look good on black.
10-02-2007, 01:19 AM
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gj on the emblem and i love those rims, nice!!
10-02-2007, 02:16 AM
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10-02-2007, 08:59 PM
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thanks for the comments guys
10-02-2007, 09:28 PM
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10-03-2007, 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.
10-03-2007, 06:17 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.
Post good pics when you do
10-03-2007, 06:36 PM
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Looks good. Are you thinking about doing the door handles the same way?
10-03-2007, 06:44 PM
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Drop and wheels look freakin great. I got the Tokico shocks, now just thinking about swapping the Tein for the Tanabe springs. hmmm..
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Post good pics when you do
04-25-2007, 09:33 AM
Some lowered pics and my blacked out emblem
