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Old 06-24-14, 08:14 PM
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My 1995 SC300 as it was on the week of purchase (06/15/2014). Bone stock at 140k miles.
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Congrats on your pick up! What are your plans for her? Any interior shots?

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Congrats, what part of VA?
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Swapped my OEMs out for gunmetal HFP 18s. Sitting on 32mm spacers.

Originally Posted by lilSCsteve
Any interior shots?
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Originally Posted by Tabaka
Congrats, what part of VA?
Thanks! The Chantilly/Herndon area.

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Old 06-27-14, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by GISguy



Swapped my OEMs out for gunmetal HFP 18s. Sitting on 32mm spacers.







Thanks! The Chantilly/Herndon area.
Very nice im about an hour from you...not worth the drive lol
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Originally Posted by IneednSC
Very nice im about an hour from you...not worth the drive lol
Haha, where?

back to OEM tonight.

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Dropping this AIT ACS bumper cover off at the paint shop tomorrow.

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Installation underway...
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Finished installation of the AIT ACS fascia. Shaved off 2" from the bottom as it hung annoyingly low and scraped along speedbumps despite me being at stock height.

Also installed black projector housings for my low-beams and baked+painted high-beam housings. Fogs are from the Intrepid, with bezels trimmed off and wrapped in rubberized trim.



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Not bad, not bad. Can we see a side shot when you get a chance? I'm curious to see how the bumper looks since you shaved off some inches? thx...

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What wheels do u have in mind?
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Originally Posted by lilSCsteve
Not bad, not bad. Can we see a side shot when you get a chance? I'm curious to see how the bumper looks since you shaved off some inches? thx...

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It's now about even with the rest of the car. It might be hard to tell because the OEM skirts curve inward, but it's now the same ground clearance all around. I'll be installing flared skirts shortly.

The bottom of the fascia has a 1/4" rubber edge trim that hugs it perfectly, such that no jagged edges appear.

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You'll see in a couple of weeks.
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A couple of 50W resistors, LED strips, and some soldering later, and she's looking mean.

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Originally Posted by GISguy
A couple of 50W resistors, LED strips, and some soldering later, and she's looking mean.


oooo that actually looks really freakin nice , what did you wire the lights to? i wanna do something like this to mine



gonna 3D print some of those L shapes and try to make some rad LEDs and halos on the lowbeams
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Originally Posted by oldManTan
oooo that actually looks really freakin nice , what did you wire the lights to? i wanna do something like this to mine
Thanks! I sacrificed my parking lights for them (the setting right before low beam), so they're activated whenever my light switch stalk isn't off. Put a 50W resistor on them in series so the car wouldn't complain.

Here it is during daytime:
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