nice mods and it actually does look like an s2k from that view

 

I love it!

 

+1. when they first released the kit i heard nothing but GREAT things about the quality and fitment of the kit. i was probably gonna do this by the end of the year.... now i dunno. cuz there is no way in hell im paying the outrageous nismo prices....for any of their products SANS their 4.01FD, im sooooo getting that soon.


nice lookin ride tho! i had black spoon wheels on my old civic, and got so sick of people asking me why i had stock steel wheels on my car, that i dont think i will ever put black wheels on a car again. but thats just me cuz i hate hearing people whine about my car ;D

adding a bunch of carbon fiber will set off the whole car. DO IT.

 

Thanks for the compliments. My paint guy is definitely not one of those guys who does things just to get them done. He makes sure its done right and it definitely turned out to be a quality job. Solidsnake saw it today and saw how great the finish was.

With that being said, I wonder if nothing's been said b/c painters just paint right over the pre-primed surface and don't care about end quality. My guy sanded, filled, re-primered with 2 coats, painted, and even did a final buff for me after it was on the car. I emailed Ken at Shine, I'll see what he says. Maybe I expected too much when I heard fitment was so great and assumed finish was as well?

As for CF, not going to have any on the car. I like it on other colors b/c it sets contrast. If not done right on black, it just looks like primered body panels from far away. If done right though it can look sweet as well.

 

yah... specially when they get a lot of panels done in CF but different weave patterns.

im actually thinkin about going FLAT BLACK. not for a lil while, but eventually i think it would look tight, keeping the door handles silver and my mercury silver GTS perfectly match the doorhandles, so yah.

i just need to wax the crapola outta my car now is i can finally post pics. ive never posted pics and ive been a member for years ;x

 

oops double post.

 

i agree

 

how about some tire shine?

 

Car looks mean as hell. Love it.

 

Looks good as is, too much black and it will be corny. Id put some 06 lights and LED tails, and a nismo v2 spoiler, would finish it off and look perfect.

 

thanks. I agree with you 100%. Too much black is not my preference either and it can become cheesy. As for the suggestions on additions, I would agree all those would help it look even better, but thinking about putting the money towards performance mods now to back up the look.

 

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you need to call them.ask for ken.

 

Love the car and it looks great however, rota's suck my bawls... get rid of them... they bend like there is no tomarrow. I have a friend who has to replace his every year cuz they bend so much when you hit a pothole

 

To OP, very clean set up... love the black lids with the v.2... very aggressive. I noticed you are lowered on hotchkis springs, I'd get a camber kit on your suspension mod because if I remember most people who had hotchkis springs went lower than .6/.8 I believe they said they hit 1.0/1.2 so just to save you early wear and tear on the tires...

To engineNERD: I've talked to a couple of guys from SHINE, they are very busy, one reason the set up is taking long is because Makito, who owns SEVEN APPLE (Shine's painting partner) is moving into the same shop... so they are setting up their shop as well as his painting booths. So you're best bet would be to call instead of E-mail. You have to remember, they probably have hundreds of e-mails besides your asking about quotes on bumpers... so you fall into the mass of waiting e-mails. Ken, the owner, from what I've been told is pretty much the only one setting stuff up @ Shine... so cut him some slack.

Again, to the OP, beautiful set up, I wanted to do that setup, but unfortunately, I'm having personal probs that prevent me from modding my ride, if not for the probs, I would've have the same setup with CF lips on the front and sides (Boneout from Shine was supposed to sell his Shine V.2 kit to me) with a blitz lip wing... IMO the V.2 kit is pure sex

 

lovin black mang