Blavatsky

Pics are medium quality due to camera, sorry.

New tips on straight pipes (rear mufflers are nixed)



Staggered 18s (18x8, 18x9.5), new tint (38% charcoal, legal limit in NC; looks good but I would've done darker)






You can see how much wider in this pic:



And YES I know everyone is gonna tell me to lower it...but I'm low on funds and I really don't want to jinx the ride quality at all. I would like to find a place locally to do a really good PC detailing; I've done the claybar/polish/wax thing by hand as far as I can, but I'd like to see if a really good detailing could eliminate some of the classic black car swirls and spiderwebs.

Now I've gotta red-out those orange taillights, that amber does not look good on a black car.

steveski

Yes the lowering comments will be coming Looks good. I use Meguiars NXT polish on my black paint and it eliminates the swirls bro.

PureDrifter

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tanabe DF210s+hand tools as cheap as you can get

TJW98LS

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Sweet ride man, lovin it

Can you do me a favor?? Can you take a picture of the rear, directly behind it? I want to see what those tips would look like from the road.

vborder

Looks good Maybe just change out the orange parking light with clears, than you be set!

Blavatsky

For the person that asked for the rear shot, for the muffler tips:


They are pretty subtle, but I don't mind the look

Ok, some better pics....those tops ones don't really do the car justice:




heheh just noticed the hummer truck and mustang GT lurking...



that's a single raindrop on the hood

akxx

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Steve--not sure if you're experiencing the same lack of durability of the NXT polish as many others are. It sure does look great, though.

One tip is to apply a very thin coat of Optimum Seal over NXT to seal in that look and increase durability. OS is great--wipe on, and walk away. No buffing, very quick.

Blavatsky

I may have to try those. I've had good luck with regular meguiars, the only NXT product I've tried is the quick detailer. I liked the eagle one nanowax at first, but it is a huge pain to buff off of a non-clear coat car (or that's what I blame at least)

Suneet

Looks good. Check out the detailing forum for how to use the PC. I just bought some good pads and stuf, but now my car is in the shop getting a new paint job.. so I haven't had time to try it out.

Seize

Looks great! I say, drop it a bit and monotone the car and it'll look awesome

chubby

damn i am still contemplating whether or not to buy the same wheels as yours

TJW98LS

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Thanks for the pics. I'm deciding on what size tips to get when I completely re-do the exhaust.

Blavatsky

From what I've read the tanabe DF210 is a nice drop without too much ride quality sacrificed...I'm just not sure I wouldn't regret it, I really like the smoothness now.

I would definitely like to get it PC'd, but would rather have a pro do it; how much does that equipment run anyway?

steveski

Yeah it doesn't seem to last - I will try the OS as you suggested to see the difference. I was using Zaino and it looked great. However it is not abrasive so it didn't clean - did shine nicely though.

Blavatsky

Interesting..........look how similar the BMW M3 rims are ... hmmmm


I like the rims, just waiting on the center caps from the seller to complete them.