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Old Apr 26, 2014 | 11:59 AM
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It's blue display but hey, I can't complain for it being free.
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Old Apr 26, 2014 | 03:22 PM
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no you cant! BTW I bought the mount made by someone on here, mounts to the mirror and installed a phone cord for stealth wiring!

You sure have made your car look great over the last couple years, keep it up!
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Old May 9, 2014 | 11:25 PM
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I definitely want to look into getting the stealth cord but for now it doesn't bother me too much.

Recently got a tint, got new speakers installed, and installed my cusco strut bar. I've got a lot of plans for the engine but for now I just want to finish up the exterior and get it repainted already since I've been lagging with it haha. I stopped by the local Z meet and got some pics of my car there as well.

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Old May 10, 2014 | 08:50 AM
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Decided not to go with the universal sides, I think the chargespeed would look better so I'm gonna pick those up soon hopefully. After I washed my car nice and good I noticed some cracking on the hatch so since I already have a dent, there's those cracks, and my spoiler needs to be painted I'm gonna just get it all done at once. My bodyshop lady wasn't in today but hopefully I can track her down next week and get some work done.

Also, I'm debating getting a tail light tint and a black roof overlay. I think it'd look really good if I tinted my windows and got the light/roof tint but I'm kind on the fence about it. Very few cars can pull it off.

Here's some pics of how she sits now.
Is this the center waterfall I sold you, all sanded down?
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Old May 12, 2014 | 12:55 PM
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Nah, that's my stock one. I've got it all sanded and ready to go, but since I plan on painting my car anyways I was just going to have them professionally re-do it so I haven't installed it yet.
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Old May 12, 2014 | 02:32 PM
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gotcha, glad it worked out for you... I definitely did not have the patience to finish it...
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Old Jun 11, 2014 | 05:31 PM
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Well...lookie what we have here...
I plan on getting it put on tomorow when my dad is home since my mom refuses to help me lol.

Wish I would have been able to get my car painted before the car show this saturday, but ah well. Now all that's left is to re-paint my Z and put everything on.
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Old Jun 12, 2014 | 07:53 PM
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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 06:50 PM
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Big day coming up! Car going to be painted this upcoming week, which means the dents/dings will be repaired, chargespeed sides will be put on, the spoiler will be painted and mounted, and a big majority of my build will be finished. Just need coils and new wheels.
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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 08:13 PM
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Nice, looking forward to seeing it out of the shop.
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Old Jul 25, 2014 | 06:39 PM
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Ooooh boy.
Went to the bodyshop to see what progress has been made in the two and a half weeks it's been there. And....nothing.

They said they're going to finish prepping it today and then it's going into paint later in the day today to sit and dry over the weekend. They say it's supposed to be done Tuesday but who knows.

When I got there I did notice some red flags. The bodyshop said they were having trouble installing my chargespeed sides....turns out they thought they replaced the OEM sides even though I specifically went outside with the owner and told here they mount onto the OEM sides when I first put my car in the shop. -_-

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Old Jul 25, 2014 | 09:24 PM
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What shop is this? So I know not to ever go there. lol I'm not so sure a one day prep-and-paint is what you want, especially if you're looking for durable show quality work.
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Old Jul 25, 2014 | 11:17 PM
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Yeaaaaah...I'm super sketched out about it and really tempted to go there Monday and pull the plug on it if nothing has been done on it.

Not really feeling too confident since last time she painted my bumper I had it on my car for two months and when i put painters tape on it for a few seconds (not even applying pressure to the spot) and then peeled it back up later that day it took the paint off like nothing! o_o Seriously concerning. She's saying all these things about how "Oh, they did this wrong, we'll fix it, they did this so that's why it's bad" but it's just like...why did you let this happen in the first place....

I know I'm trying my luck with this but I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and hope that she'll make it right this time.
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Old Jul 25, 2014 | 11:27 PM
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Again, what shop is this so we can actively avoid it.
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 02:29 PM
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Are they using wood screws to mount the chargespeed sides?
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 02:56 PM
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^^^ I see what you did there
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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 03:45 PM
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What else did they ruin?
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Old Jul 30, 2014 | 08:17 PM
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Well, like I said I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt and just be sure to thoroughly inspect it before I pick it up tomorrow...We shall see if they redeem themselves or if I'm gonna be finding a new shop.

Also, gonna be picking up a new set of wheels this weekend. We're going to the next level.
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Old Aug 1, 2014 | 08:35 PM
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Soooo other than the spoiler not being mounted on the car, the door handles not being installed, and the grille being painted the wrong color it wasn't a bad job. Overall happy with the quality of the finish, just wish she would have told me she wasn't gonna be done when she expected instead of trying to get me to take the car without the door handles on.

Anyways, the bodyshop is whatever. Once it's fixed it'll be fine. As for today.... Today was my birthday!!! So I got some goodies and lots of fun stuff! Actually got the nismo valve stem caps and varrstoen center caps because mine weren't that great but then I ended up getting my volks so now I don't need them.
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Old Aug 2, 2014 | 06:23 AM
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mmm dem volkz
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