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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 11:14 AM
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I finally finished my car's transformation to my new "Black and Blue" theme with the addition of black door handles. The handles are follow up to my matte black Volk G2s and black Z emblems. What do you think?

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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 11:43 AM
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Nice
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 01:03 PM
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Looking good!
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 01:10 PM
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Looks good... Not crazy about the meshy stuff on the front bumper though. Love the license plate.
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 01:11 PM
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nice DB, i like the clear reflectors but with your look, may want to smoke them.. looks great!
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 01:23 PM
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a lot of guys have done that theme. nice job so far.
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ufoz8mycow
Looks good... Not crazy about the meshy stuff on the front bumper though. Love the license plate.
Thanks! The mesh actually looks better in person. And the license plate is one of my personal favorites.
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 350zchad
nice DB, i like the clear reflectors but with your look, may want to smoke them.. looks great!
Thanks! I've been thinking about changing the reflectors to smoke. We'll see.
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 02:31 PM
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Looks great!

Do you still have your 370?
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 02:35 PM
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Looks good!! I personally like the before a little more. Love that exhaust!!
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Old Feb 20, 2012 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Waizzz
Looks great!

Do you still have your 370?
Thanks! I like that it looks more aggressive now than before.

No I sold the 370Z last summer. Replaced it with this. There is just something about a turbo (or in this case a twin turbo) that's hard to resist.

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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 08:37 AM
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I hope my BMW hasn't driven everyone off this thread.
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 09:43 AM
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Blue is my fav color.

As for the Z, it looks good but now you have to get rid of all the "white" to match your black/blue theme.
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 11:00 AM
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The Volks blacked out remind me alot of the older stock wheels but just bigger diameter.
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by kelsey_kaye
The Volks blacked out remind me alot of the older stock wheels but just bigger diameter.
The black G2s do look sort of like the original track wheels, but wider and in black. Ironically I had a set of those original track wheels at one time.

Of course I've had six different sets of wheels for the car since I've owned it. I guess I'm a certified wheel *****.
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 11:42 AM
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can i buy your lmgt4s ? lol
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 12:40 PM
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Sorry, I just can't bring myself to part with the LMGT4s.
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 01:00 PM
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ill take the 135i please!
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 04:28 AM
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The135i is a nice car. And it's fun to drive too with the right suspension modifications. I've finally got it set up the way I like it.
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