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Vertex or FiveAxis+GFX & Spacers or LC818 & ELEMENT114 Rear Bumper*PICTURES*

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Old 07-21-10, 07:16 PM
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Default Vertex or FiveAxis+GFX & Spacers or LC818 & ELEMENT114 Rear Bumper*PICTURES*

What's up Fella's!

I've been fighting off the Mod Bug as much as I possibly could, but I lost

Here are pictures of my car right now, minus my brakes that I am going to repaint back to what it used to be before I experimented with Black on gold and black on white(Both were too flashy for my taste). Going to go back to the original white on black(shown at the bottom of this thread).







With the way my car looks now, what do you guys think would look better?
Vertex front and sides
or
FiveAxis front lip with GFX sides
or
Keep front GFX and get GFX sides.


Now for the fun part=]WHEELS!
LC818 in Burning Black or Gunmetal
or
Just throw on 15mm & 25mm ichiba V2 spacers on my current set up.

(I'm leaning towards Vertex front & sides along with Burning Black 818's)(Still wanted your guy's opinions)

Thanks in ADVANCE!

Old brakes coming backvv=]


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Old 07-21-10, 07:33 PM
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i say go with fiveaxis front lip and vertex sides and maybe a rear lip?
Old 07-21-10, 07:36 PM
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i dont understand why some guys put the sticker on backwards on one side of the brakes...
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Originally Posted by badx33
i say go with fiveaxis front lip and vertex sides and maybe a rear lip?
I have the ELEMENT114 rear bumper, if you look closely, its different then our the regular 2IS bumper which fits all the lips.
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Originally Posted by llamaboiz
i dont understand why some guys put the sticker on backwards on one side of the brakes...
One of the reasons I'm getting them redone.
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yea i see the reflectors are gone also. i was just saying what lip did u have in mind for the rear?
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I have the ELEMENT114 rear bumper, if you look closely, its different then our the regular 2IS bumper which fits all the lips.
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Originally Posted by badx33
yea i see the reflectors are gone also. i was just saying what lip did u have in mind for the rear?
If I were to do a rear lip, I'd get the GFX or Vertex. Both clean and very simple. But I'm glad I went with the Element114 bumper, as its subtle and clean IMO.
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I would go with Vertex, I think it will look good on your black IS.
Old 07-21-10, 08:00 PM
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The more I see these tails on cars, the more I begin to think they may actually be worth the purchase/price.
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I really don't know what the point of getting the gfx sides are ... they look like the original ones...!
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I got a 06' IS as well in Black 202. I'm dropping off my Vertex kit tomorrow. I love the Vertex. Depends on what price you wanna spend. I have some new unopened side skirts that are GFX repicas. Will sell cheap. I decided Vertex vs. GFX. Price was the difference, then I just jumped in. Good luck....looks clean!
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Five axis if you want the aggressive look. Not a fan of the big chin vertex look.

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damn mike.. you want to paint my calipers too?
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Originally Posted by joeker
damn mike.. you want to paint my calipers too?
I'm down, just order the decal from motofx, and I should have enough paint for the both of us. What do you think, LC818's or throw spacers on?
Old 07-21-10, 09:42 PM
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the five axis lip looks really good. the ebay IS F tails look really sick on a black car! cant wait to see the final product.


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