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Old Aug 5, 2017 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by bbaugher47
The build is looking quite nice. My red outs are definitely darker. Ill see if I can track the seller down .
Thanks again I've installed 2 more layers and I think it's looking better so no problem if you can't track the seller down

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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 05:57 PM
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Yup. That looks good there. I cant see the orange.
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Old Aug 10, 2017 | 10:55 PM
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Status update:

2 weeks approximately until I get my lip painted and installed onto my car

Ordered a set of Morimoto Bi-LED Projectors to be retrofitted into my Ebay/Spec-D headlights, should ship somewhere around mid/late September approx.

Currently have a set of front lower ball joints on order, catching up on maintenance given that everything is 10 years old
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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 12:00 PM
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Can you measure the diameter of the front F sport bar you have? I want to confirm it's 30mm vs 28.5mm. I've see on 2 different spec sheets.

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Old Aug 11, 2017 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by tlts82
Can you measure the diameter of the front F sport bar you have? I want to confirm it's 30mm vs 28.5mm. I've see on 2 different spec sheets.

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Sure I'll give it a shot

Update: Will try again when I've got the car in the air and can measure the middle section. I can't tell for certain the 28.5 vs 30mm by just eyeballing it with a ruler

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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by tlts82
Can you measure the diameter of the front F sport bar you have? I want to confirm it's 30mm vs 28.5mm. I've see on 2 different spec sheets.

Thanks
From my rough measurements it's prob closer to 28.5... Didn't have a tape measure on hand

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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 05:03 PM
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You should've take a pice of yarn and wrapped it around the bar. Then measured the length you had with the ruler. Many thanks though.
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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by tlts82
You should've take a pice of yarn and wrapped it around the bar. Then measured the length you had with the ruler. Many thanks though.
No yarn but with a piece of paper the circumference is about 9cm or 90mm, divided by pi is about 28.6 which would be the diameter
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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 07:47 PM
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Got my front lower ball joints replaced because of an annoying clunk that developed over bumps. Doesn't seem to solve it. So far I've got new upper ball joints, new sway bar links and bushings, new lower ball joints... maybe I developed the infamous BC Racing clunking which would suck since I thought I was lucky in the first year with no clunking.

New lower ball joints definitely tightens up the steering feel. Seems like it's a race to replace every piece of rubber on this 10 year old car.

(10 year old ball joints)
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Old Aug 25, 2017 | 08:04 AM
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Still waiting on my lip to be painted... in the meantime I took out my GTR LED headlight bulbs. I couldn't deal with the light output just for the color. Even if my area is quite lit, the one or two times I needed the projection I just don't get it with these bulbs. I hope the new projectors next month will solve this problem once and for all.
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Old Sep 13, 2017 | 02:52 PM
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Lip finally painted and installed! Replaced another upper control arm while it was up in the air. Fitment was good during the test fit but somehow changed after getting it painted. Noticeable gap up close but in the 5ft and 10ft test I still think it looks amazing. Lip was from eBay so I wasn't expecting the world as the paint really shows all the small imperfections of the underlying lip.

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Old Sep 15, 2017 | 09:48 AM
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Car is looking nice!
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Old Sep 20, 2017 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Aspect
No yarn but with a piece of paper the circumference is about 9cm or 90mm, divided by pi is about 28.6 which would be the diameter
Well I managed to score a single front AWD bar! It is definitely way heavier that stock. I know it will do some good paired with my other suspension mods. Here’s is a pic of the bar it’s definitely 28.7mm THK. I measured on 5 diffent spots. Same as the RWD front bar. Hence the F sport sway front bushing are the same P# for both RWD/AWD. 28.6mm without the powder coating.


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Old Sep 20, 2017 | 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeFig82
Well I managed to score a single front AWD bar! It is definitely way heavier that stock. I know it will do some good paired with my other suspension mods. Here’s is a pic of the bar it’s definitely 28.7mm THK. I measured on 5 diffent spots. Same as the RWD front bar. Hence the F sport sway front bushing are the same P# for both RWD/AWD. 28.6mm without the powder coating.

Nice man you'll definitely enjoy it! No more body roll!
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Old Oct 23, 2017 | 03:52 PM
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It's been a while since my last update. I've just been enjoying my car, going on road trips, spirited drives, and the such. Well my new projectors just came in the mail today, going to see if I can get them installed by weeks end. Really looking forward to have up-to-date light output and getting back to white lights again

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