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Old 06-20-2007, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by taurran
Yeah right. I know you were thinking of grabbing a can of Duplicolor and going to work.
LOL-hey I dont work for Performance Factory now c'mon
Old 06-20-2007, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Alberto
LOL-hey I dont work for Performance Factory now c'mon
Yep, you'd probably just pay your shop $1000 to do that for you.
Old 06-20-2007, 11:00 AM
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showing your intercooler is ricey
Old 06-20-2007, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by doug
showing your intercooler is ricey
Body kits > showing FMIC on the rice scale
Old 06-20-2007, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Alberto
Body kits > showing FMIC on the rice scale
If that's rice call me Uncle Ben.
Old 06-20-2007, 11:09 AM
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I will at next years Z day Z
Old 06-20-2007, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Alberto
Body kits > showing FMIC on the rice scale
i agree
Old 06-20-2007, 11:14 AM
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LOL Doug
Old 06-21-2007, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Alberto
JIC FLT A2's lowered about 1.5" -2 degrees camber on all 4 corners, it corners like a beast-just ask anybody that drove with me on the dragon Unfortunately now with about 40K miles on this suspension it rubs on hard sharp turns, not on fast sweepers. Tires are BFG KDW2 255/285/35 19's, wheels are 19 X 9.5/10.5" +22 offset. Thanks
*Bows* Sick setup all around. Good job.
Old 06-21-2007, 07:42 PM
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Not worth the risk of getting a fix it ticket especially here in CA & having to remove the kit. It happened to Blublrr & it was a nightmare. Since then I have reinstalled my front plate in an effort to maintain a sleeper look.
Old 06-22-2007, 06:48 PM
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Here's mine

Old 06-22-2007, 08:02 PM
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You guys all disapoint me. Anyone can cut out a grill, but it takes some real skill to actually trim the intercooler and make it look like it belongs:





The rock damage isn't too bad if you spend a few minutes every so often straigtening. Usually if I'm waiting somewhere for something I'll take a quick second to fix the bad spots.
Old 06-22-2007, 08:51 PM
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how hard is it to cut the plastic and has anyone run into problems doing this. An earlier post said use a razor blade, what did everyone else use? i might try this tomorrow, but i dont want to fck it up.
Old 06-22-2007, 09:07 PM
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can you really tell if you have an intercooler if you leave the oem grill on? i've pulled behind some cars and passed them, and at least twice i've gotten "i didnt know u were turbo" as if they missed the intercooler shot..
Old 06-23-2007, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by boostintt
can you really tell if you have an intercooler if you leave the oem grill on? i've pulled behind some cars and passed them, and at least twice i've gotten "i didnt know u were turbo" as if they missed the intercooler shot..
with the Greddy polish IC .. even when i had mine behind the grill people already told me.. "yeah i looked and saw you had an intercooler"
Old 06-24-2007, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by andyisphat2004
how hard is it to cut the plastic and has anyone run into problems doing this. An earlier post said use a razor blade, what did everyone else use? i might try this tomorrow, but i dont want to fck it up.
I used a Dremmel
Old 06-24-2007, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by doug
with the Greddy polish IC .. even when i had mine behind the grill people already told me.. "yeah i looked and saw you had an intercooler"
The easiest way is to cut the bulk of it out wit tin snips or something of the such, then trim all the nubs down with an option of your choice: razor, dremel, cutoff wheel, hack saw blade, etc.
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notice the silver trim (weather molding @ pepboys), I used it to accentuate the super rice looking intercooler shot.

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Looks like it has a retainer or braces


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