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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 06:18 PM
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Well i had a busy couple weeks picking up some parts for my daily and thought I'd share some of the progress:

1st off - my modding budget for this car was $3000 as this is my daily driver so i could dedicate my boosted G35 to the track and weekends.

I have a rear lip and some springs which will be installed next weekend hopefully and also some yellow overlays for the fogs that i haven't made my mind up on yet...

Here she is day 1 - (Sept. 2)




I picked up an OEM spoiler and some red outs for the rear:



then i picked up some LM Reps and the OEM kit (rear not installed yet). The front is currently wrapped in CF. I may clearcoat that or just remove and have paint matched to the car - haven't decided yet:





Next up is some HID's and LED's and then i plan to be done with this car and return my focus to my G.

Enjoy - Comments/suggestions welcome.
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 06:24 PM
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Good start! Go with the CF lip, but with a clear coat. Also are you considering dropping the car? It'd look much much better with a little less wheel gap
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 06:25 PM
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Winning. Not feeling those wheels tho. You could also use a roof spoiler and window visors. My mod budget was 3k too but looks like I'm gonna go over...Looks good so far.
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 06:32 PM
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Nice start!

What wheel/tire size are those?
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by shiny250
Good start! Go with the CF lip, but with a clear coat. Also are you considering dropping the car? It'd look much much better with a little less wheel gap
Yep - springs in the garage - going on with the rest of the OEM kit next weekend. sporting the 4x4 currently!

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Winning. Not feeling those wheels tho. You could also use a roof spoiler and window visors. My mod budget was 3k too but looks like I'm gonna go over...Looks good so far.
I have always liked the wheels - hoping that the drop helps clean up the look, right now i like it, but not as much as i thought i would - the 5 stars on this car look great as well, but i was worried if i went with 5 stars i'd then be tempted to snag a BBK and then i'd be right back where i was with my G... modding it entirely too much!
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by TheSenator
Nice start!

What wheel/tire size are those?
The wheels are 19x8.5, 19x9.5 Tires: Goodyear Eagle F1's - 225/35/19 and 245/35/19
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 06:46 PM
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looking good! springs or coils soon??
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 06:47 PM
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Is that wheel color hyper black? What are the offsets? :P
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by MyIS350G
looking good! springs or coils soon??
Some H&R springs will be installed on next Saturday - heading to dallas this weekend for the XDC drift competition or else i'd do it this weekend.

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Is that wheel color hyper black? What are the offsets? :P
It's hyperblack -- remind me of the burning black color on my Work's.
Offsets are 35F / 40R
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 07:08 PM
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thats all you need!
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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yep - definitely need to lower it - typically i lower my cars before picking up wheels, but didn't have time to install the springs and got impatient and put the wheels on anyway!

HID's and LED's and possibly a new grill will be the last mods and expect those will be sometime in December or January.
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 07:31 PM
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Interesting. Subscribed
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 07:39 PM
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Great start! That G in the garage looks good too, got some pics of it?
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 08:00 PM
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Great start! That G in the garage looks good too, got some pics of it?
x2, clean cars
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 08:05 PM
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Nice starter mods!
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