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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 03:31 PM
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Got all my gt-spec braces on the way for christmas
Which ones did you get? I've got the front/rear ltb's and the rear lateral brace. I've owned 2 of the ladder braces, but it's just way too low...
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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Hopefully you'll get a chance to handle the CF hood at the same time as the oem hood. I'm interested to know how they compare in weight. The fiberglass Stillen hood was actually considerably heavier than the oem aluminum hood. since most CF hoods are just a CF layer on top of a fiberglass skeleton, I wonder if there will be any real weight savings?
Yes, please way them for comparison for us so we can put that argument to an end
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by redlude97
Yes, please way them for comparison for us so we can put that argument to an end
I can definately do a weight comparison but actually weighing them might be hard .... I personally doubt that there will be any weight savings, it's all for the styling ...
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 05:06 PM
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Did a quick bumper height comparison between the greddy and kuruma ...



As you can see, 2 extra inches of non-scrapage coming my way !!!!
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 09:26 PM
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Wow...hey it's actually great that you did that. I've been wondering about the exact difference forever. Now if only someone would compare the Kenstyle front to the KurumaZ or Greddy.
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 02:58 AM
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JMI hands down. he painted multiple cover cars. and did my buddy sean edwards integra from march issue of HCI. incredible work and great guy
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Old Jan 31, 2008 | 11:02 AM
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wow, looks great colin, can't wait to see the final outcome, and see it in person.
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Updates ....









Now I'm just waiting for the tax return before taking it up to JMI
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Oh and also, the stock hood weighs 25lbs and the CF seibon TS weighs 20 pounds for a grand saving of 5lbs.

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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by cersoft
Oh and also, the stock hood weighs 25lbs and the CF seibon TS weighs 20 pounds for a grand saving of 5lbs.

Colin
yeah, but it looks pretty...
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by AlvinHuyN
WERD! Dave Winslow is the man to talk to at Bellevue Auto Rebuild!
Wait, is that the lanky freak with the lazy eye? I hate to say it guys, but after using the touted Bellevue Auto Rebuild after I got rear-ended a year ago, I wouldn't **** on their building if it were on fire. Maybe it was them dealing with state farm? Bottom line, my rear bumper looks like an orange peel, and when they supposedly "re-sealed" the gas filler, it looks like a two year old smeared play-doh around the filler with his finger. And this is after having a State Farm guy come out and inspect the job they did and sending it back. Two times there, almost 5 weeks with a rental, them making me pay for the rental the second time (state farm BLOWS!), Winslow saying "yeah, it'll be done today" a bunch of days in a row. . .pssssh. . .place makes me sick.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Drewer
Wait, is that the lanky freak with the lazy eye? I hate to say it guys, but after using the touted Bellevue Auto Rebuild after I got rear-ended a year ago, I wouldn't **** on their building if it were on fire. Maybe it was them dealing with state farm? Bottom line, my rear bumper looks like an orange peel, and when they supposedly "re-sealed" the gas filler, it looks like a two year old smeared play-doh around the filler with his finger. And this is after having a State Farm guy come out and inspect the job they did and sending it back. Two times there, almost 5 weeks with a rental, them making me pay for the rental the second time (state farm BLOWS!), Winslow saying "yeah, it'll be done today" a bunch of days in a row. . .pssssh. . .place makes me sick.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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colin, try taking it to bel-kirk in kirkland on the corner of 116th and 124th. They painted the body kit on my old car. Did a great job.
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Originally Posted by SlowZster
colin, try taking it to bel-kirk in kirkland on the corner of 116th and 124th. They painted the body kit on my old car. Did a great job.
Thanks for the info, my buddie took his SUV there to get it fixed and I don't remember him saying anything bad.

However, I've decided on JMI and I am doing a paint graduation on the vents from Carbon to Pearl White and am confident that JMI is the perfect place to take it to as they have a ton of experience working with import show cars.

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Originally Posted by cersoft
Thanks for the info, my buddie took his SUV there to get it fixed and I don't remember him saying anything bad.

However, I've decided on JMI and I am doing a paint graduation on the vents from Carbon to Pearl White and am confident that JMI is the perfect place to take it to as they have a ton of experience working with import show cars.

Colin
cool, i want to see it when its done.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowZster
cool, i want to see it when its done.
I'll be at Golden Gardens for sure, any possibly some meets in march ...

Then it's time to save for rims
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What's that gunk on the oem bumper? Did you have some INGS inserts or a front lip?
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by zSupreme7
What's that gunk on the oem bumper? Did you have some INGS inserts or a front lip?
Hahaha, yeah I had a Stillen front lip on there WAAAAAY back in the day, this is my 'backup, something got broke' bumper
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by cersoft
Hahaha, yeah I had a Stillen front lip on there WAAAAAY back in the day, this is my 'backup, something got broke' bumper
something got broke, or something got demolished? hehe
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowZster
something got broke, or something got demolished? hehe
Ummmm, let's just say .... Kia > Fibreglass bumper ....

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