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Old May 9, 2006 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by DASHOCKER
If you plan on painting your car this color, what wheels, drop, and mods do you plan on doing to the car? It will give us visual image in our minds of the final product.




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Old May 9, 2006 | 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Hameed
Get rid of the GS and buy that M3, baby!!!!!!! One of my absolute favorite cars hands down - M3.
haha man you and rich are killin me haha...yeah same here! the m3 and the new 997 are on the top of my list.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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It is a beautiful M3, but they are a dime a dozen. Atleast here in Cali. Your ride is just so clean and has very tasteful mods that if you really wanted to make it a head turner, get the JP kit (if youdont have it yet...) and paint that bad boy.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by svt5150
It is a beautiful M3, but they are a dime a dozen. Atleast here in Cali. Your ride is just so clean and has very tasteful mods that if you really wanted to make it a head turner, get the JP kit (if youdont have it yet...) and paint that bad boy.
That being said, I don't know of many FI'd M's period. I agree that I do see a lot of M's even here in Hawaii, but I do give props to those who go beyond and get the SC for it. I know that the handling is already there so more power is nice. But on the second hand since gas here is over 3.50/gallon for 92 octane, then maybe a body kit, drop, paint, and wheels, might pay itself off in a couple of years as compared with getting FI'd. for the GS. My last check had me at 12.9 mpg.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 07:25 PM
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Buy July I can actually get you a pic of that color on a gs3, I met a guy who normally comes out to the shows who owns a spectra blue gs3 and I spoke to him a couple weeks ago at DUB and he was telling me he painted his car this same color and was getting it out the shop soon. I say July cuz that the next big show I'll see him at. He's not a member on CL so next time I see him I could get you pics.

My opinion, the jp kit is very nice , we know it looks nice on silver from seize's brothers car. I took this route and normally suggest to people to go the cosmetic route. Get the car to look great outside than work on the inside(interior,turbo,SC,trunk) But I can't lie , This motor is music to my ears, candy to my eyes and food for my hunger of speed. So I vote do the GTE swap on your list 1st. You won't regret it.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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I would go FI route, GO FI FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old May 9, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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Old May 9, 2006 | 08:06 PM
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MAn that M looks sweet... If doing this to the GS is what you want than go for it... But if you can finagle a way to have both than do that.. having a GS and M in the driveway would be worth it...
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Old May 9, 2006 | 08:19 PM
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Cody, you already have a lot of the cosmetics down, HRE, JP, etc. But the GTE with twins will put you on a whole other planet. I mean opening up the hood and seeing all that goodness is just Of course you will want a bbk to go with it, maybe AP racing or Stoptech


BTW, what color are your headlights painted. I really need to know
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Originally Posted by HI98GS
That being said, I don't know of many FI'd M's period. I agree that I do see a lot of M's even here in Hawaii, but I do give props to those who go beyond and get the SC for it. I know that the handling is already there so more power is nice. But on the second hand since gas here is over 3.50/gallon for 92 octane, then maybe a body kit, drop, paint, and wheels, might pay itself off in a couple of years as compared with getting FI'd. for the GS. My last check had me at 12.9 mpg.
true dat! gas is getting more and more
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Old May 9, 2006 | 11:09 PM
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Buy July I can actually get you a pic of that color on a gs3, I met a guy who normally comes out to the shows who owns a spectra blue gs3 and I spoke to him a couple weeks ago at DUB and he was telling me he painted his car this same color and was getting it out the shop soon. I say July cuz that the next big show I'll see him at. He's not a member on CL so next time I see him I could get you pics.

My opinion, the jp kit is very nice , we know it looks nice on silver from seize's brothers car. I took this route and normally suggest to people to go the cosmetic route. Get the car to look great outside than work on the inside(interior,turbo,SC,trunk) But I can't lie , This motor is music to my ears, candy to my eyes and food for my hunger of speed. So I vote do the GTE swap on your list 1st. You won't regret it.
wow thanks adrian! yeah definitely send me pics when you get them. i would love to see actual pics.

yeah the same thing i had in mine...just focusing on the getting a clean gte setup like you
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Old May 9, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by GS300Rich
Cody, you already have a lot of the cosmetics down, HRE, JP, etc. But the GTE with twins will put you on a whole other planet. I mean opening up the hood and seeing all that goodness is just Of course you will want a bbk to go with it, maybe AP racing or Stoptech


BTW, what color are your headlights painted. I really need to know
yeah i love big brakes!! haha I am crossing my fingers and hoping it will come in the box next month lol

as for the headlights...they are painted gunmetal...but yeah i am planning to paint my fogs as well to compliment the whole look (bluelex reminded me of this haha).
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Old May 9, 2006 | 11:42 PM
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i have a better idea for you cody. sell your car, buy mine sounds right?
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Old May 10, 2006 | 02:57 AM
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i have a better idea for you cody. sell your car, buy mine sounds right?
How much? I have no problem buying cars from California. My Acura and SC both came from there
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Old May 10, 2006 | 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by aloha03gs
as for the headlights...they are painted gunmetal...but yeah i am planning to paint my fogs as well to compliment the whole look (bluelex reminded me of this haha).

Thanks for the info. What part of the foglights are you going to paint?
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