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Old 05-16-14, 08:44 AM
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I never liked it thats why i did this to mine, i know a couple other guys did the same thing take it to a body shop have them raise up the quarter panels
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Old 05-16-14, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by juvi22003
I never liked it thats why i did this to mine, i know a couple other guys did the same thing take it to a body shop have them raise up the quarter panels
Wow that's really clean looking. In the future, I might just do the same or shave the spoiler but since I just got it repainted because of a scraping accident, I'm going to stick with this uneven look for now. Always looked up to your old 2IS
Old 05-16-14, 01:41 PM
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After almost four weeks, the BC Racing coilovers finally came in. About to do some research on the damper settings. Getting these installed this Sunday. As for the midpipe, the guy who was supposed to sell me the invidia midpipe was taking too long so I'm doing a custom midpipe. Couldn't find any clips of what I was looking for on an IS250 with my exhaust so this will be interesting. If worse comes to worst and the exhaust sounds bad, I'll replace it with an invidia down the road

Old 05-19-14, 11:53 AM
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Just dropped the car. Running 10 clicks from stiff in front and 12 clicks from stiff in the rear. Handling is definitely more responsive. Planning on dropping the front by another 1/2 an inch


Here's a front shot before being lowered

Wish I could've stayed this low but I'm not down like that unfortunately.
Old 05-19-14, 05:05 PM
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Very nice mods and good progress too.

The OEM wheels look very sunken in after the drops. May be add some spacers to give them a flush look.
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Originally Posted by FSportIS
Very nice mods and good progress too.

The OEM wheels look very sunken in after the drops. May be add some spacers to give them a flush look.
Thanks for the feedback! I'm going to save the money and put it into the rims instead of buying spacers. Going to look like a space ship for a while
Old 05-19-14, 11:46 PM
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Nice build so far! Awesome to see another modded SFP IS in the bay area. Hope to see you around one day
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Originally Posted by willSFP
Nice build so far! Awesome to see another modded SFP IS in the bay area. Hope to see you around one day
Likewise! Thanks a bunch. First lowered car so I'm scraping left and right getting out of steep plazas. Anyone know a trick? Bout to have a friend show me but any additional help will good
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Don't drive straight. You need to angle as much as you can. Also, you need to drive very slow and almost complete stop at the point when your tires touch the lower ground and then move out slowly.

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Likewise! Thanks a bunch. First lowered car so I'm scraping left and right getting out of steep plazas. Anyone know a trick? Bout to have a friend show me but any additional help will good
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I got some lessons from yammy who is also on the forums. Doing a lot better now. So I was wondering if there's anyone I'm the bay with the invidia + greddy set up as I might be switching out my custom midpipe for that. Here's some clips before the exhaust was broken into. Sounds different now so I'll make another vid. Never heard invidia + greddy in real life so I might make the switch.

**NOTE** These are clips I made when the exhaust wasn't broken into yet. I will be making another video soon.

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The loudness is the same but the tone is less raspy at lower rpms and it's deeper. No growl like that from an invidia midpipe though.

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Old 05-24-14, 01:45 PM
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Changed out the city lights with some cheap ones. Wanted it more white but it's whatever

Stock is on the right. Modded left.
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You definitely ain't broke lol just missing some quality wheels....
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Originally Posted by juvi22003
You definitely ain't broke lol just missing some quality wheels....
Hahaha. I just felt broke compared to everyone else's build threads. Is there any way I can change the title?
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Here are the updates I mentioned before

NOTE: WATCH IN 1080P
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So I picked up a DSLR but I have no idea how to use it. Auto mode for now




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