I would agree, one thing you could try and do is adjust the strut tower bar, or dremmel it like i did.

 

looks great- I'm sure you'll be able to adjust that hood to get that gap reduced. congrats on getting it done

 

I'm feeling it but those wheels just don't flow with the new color.

 

Love the color man! totally sick!

 

Looks good man, very original...Not my first choice in wheels, but I'm sure it will look 100% lower.

 

Powdercoated grill came in. Not overly impressed. Kind wish I woulda went cheapo. The finish is very nice and they had fast shipping though... NO clue how to mount this.

 

I might powdercoat them next year or pick a used set of Gramlights with the Ti lip, but I'm done with big purchases for the car for right now...

 

w00t! After removing several parts, measuring clearance with ***** of clay, and spending 2 hours cutting out the glued in splash tray with a Dremel, I find out it was the HOOD PROP that was holding it up!!

Still needs side to side adjustment and I plan to shim the top lip of the bumper that the bolts go through to close it up even more. 10,000x better though!

Still need some tips on mounting the grills...

 

Ahhh!!!!! Dude that's sick! It looks sooooo much better!!!! That clay ball trick was a good idea. Looks good man!

 

Wow that color came out amazing. I wasn't sure at first but yeah that turned out hot.

 

Cool paint job but it still looks mostly purple to me. The front bumper is a love it or hate type thing and I can't say I'm in love with it. Overall though, the car is executed nicely and looks like it was done right. Glad you got your car back, now go out and enjoy that thing.

 

The gap definitely looks better on either side, now its just the middle that needs to be closed up a bit

 

Hi Phreak, car looks amazing and bet your glad to get it back!

I did a grill for someone the other day and used Zip Tie Cradle Mounts http://www.google.com/products?hl=en...ed=0CDIQrQQwAg

Make sure you wipe the inside of the bumper with disk brake cleaner to remove as much crap and grease / oil and then stick the mount on (they normally come with a sticky tab on them.

The place the grill centrally over the hole, and gently bend the sides, so it holds on its own, then do the same along the top and bottom edge. Once it looks all fine make the edges more perminant and fold the corners, then put the zip ties through the mounts and tighten. May be best to start putting the zipties on on the edges and work back to the centre...

Hope that makes a bit of sense!! I should have done a howto with pics!!

 

Congrats bro...Its looking better and better

 

lol i used liquid nail on mine. It was easy just measured how much to cover the hole then gave extra 2-3 inches top to bottom. Then bent them in to flaps.

 

u thinking about getting 06+ headlights? or maybe whiting out the amber strip on your current ones? Orange does not compliment silver with shades or purple and pink at all...just a thought.

 

Up some photos of car in direct high noon sunlight.

 

hoods too busy for me man but the paint looks sharp

 

phreak it turned out very nice man!

 

lol j/k