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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:48 PM
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Fresh from the dealer... pre-tinted... 3M tint 30%


First mod; rear red vinyl over tails.
When they first met... GS loves IS.


Second mod: Front lip


Third mod; Red calipers- CL and NELOC stickers



Fourth mod; Tein SS coilovers





fifth mod: fujita intake,
sixth mod: wind deflectors
seventh mod: RIMS with TMPS bomb
eighth mod: Fabulous Rear canards
ninth mod: chrome handle bars



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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:59 PM
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10TH Mod: Removed Chrome Door Handles.

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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 11:11 PM
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Those wheels are nice!
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by dkcivic82
10TH Mod: Removed Chrome Door Handles.

LOL
i agree. the black door handles look nicer!
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 11:31 PM
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Looking hot! Everything just compliments each other on your car. Love the handles!
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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nice car

keep modding
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 12:31 AM
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Gosh it's amazing how good this car looks, even better with just a few mods!!! I absolutely love those door handles; I'm assuming you got them from L-tuned?
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 12:52 AM
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I think the chrome door handles stands out nicely. nicely modded, very sleek. I guess this is the new batmobile huh?
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 01:55 AM
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did you just paint those calipers or did you buy new red ones?
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 02:28 AM
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I like the black door handles with the window wind shields and the chrome ones with out it. Without the window windshild the chrome around the windows stand out more and match the chrome door handles.
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 05:47 AM
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thanks guys. i like the chrome door handles. as you can see the side wind visors are not the l-tuned ones... they're just cheap ebay ones... the l-tuned ones if you notice you could see the chrome trim on the top portion of the car. Mine you can't. being that it is blocking the chrome trim i think the chrome door handles stand out nicely. Not too much chrome and not too plain. I dunno... i like it but i'll think about removing it

about the chrome handle bars... i think people should know.... when you buy them from l-tuned they DO NOT cover the whole door handle. I thought they did. Not alot of people had them and the ones that did i pmed but never got back to me. They are simply plastic "chrome looking" covers that just go over the middle of the door handle held on by 3M tape.... with a cut out for the lock button. looks nice but not worth 250 after shipping for 4 IMO. if i could do it again i would have just went to an arts and crafts store and looked for some chrome looking sticker paper and done the same thing myself for probably 5 bucks.

Gosh it's amazing how good this car looks, even better with just a few mods!!! I absolutely love those door handles; I'm assuming you got them from L-tuned?
yeah they're the l-tuned ones

did you just paint those calipers or did you buy new red ones?
just took my wheels off and painted them... with the brush not the spray looks better that way.
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 05:49 AM
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Next Mod: Forced Induction after racing cherplex's "old" 92 SC ha ha
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by cherplex
Next Mod: Forced Induction after racing cherplex's "old" 92 SC ha ha
haha.. that is the next mod...shhh... LMS baby... then i could hang with the big boys
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 06:06 AM
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Another vote to un-mod the door handles. But I love the 5 spoke wheel on this car.
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by cwise2000
Another vote to un-mod the door handles. But I love the 5 spoke wheel on this car.
thanks

maybe i need some better/closer shots of the handles?
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