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Jun 24, 2014 | 08:14 PM

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1995 SC300 - "Elsa"

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My 1995 SC300 as it was on the week of purchase (06/15/2014). Bone stock at 140k miles.

Jun 25, 2014 | 07:55 AM

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Congrats on your pick up! What are your plans for her? Any interior shots?

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Jun 25, 2014 | 10:05 AM

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Congrats, what part of VA?

Jun 26, 2014 | 06:42 AM

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Swapped my OEMs out for gunmetal HFP 18s. Sitting on 32mm spacers.

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Any interior shots?
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Congrats, what part of VA?

Thanks! The Chantilly/Herndon area.

Last edited by GISguy; Jun 26, 2014 at 03:38 PM. Reason: Added photos.

Jun 27, 2014 | 12:29 PM

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Swapped my OEMs out for gunmetal HFP 18s. Sitting on 32mm spacers.

Thanks! The Chantilly/Herndon area.

Very nice im about an hour from you...not worth the drive lol

Jun 27, 2014 | 01:19 PM

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Very nice im about an hour from you...not worth the drive lol

Haha, where?

back to OEM tonight.

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Jul 22, 2014 | 08:46 PM

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Dropping this AIT ACS bumper cover off at the paint shop tomorrow.

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Aug 9, 2014 | 09:44 PM

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Finished installation of the AIT ACS fascia. Shaved off 2" from the bottom as it hung annoyingly low and scraped along speedbumps despite me being at stock height.

Also installed black projector housings for my low-beams and baked+painted high-beam housings. Fogs are from the Intrepid, with bezels trimmed off and wrapped in rubberized trim.

Aug 10, 2014 | 08:30 AM

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Not bad, not bad. Can we see a side shot when you get a chance? I'm curious to see how the bumper looks since you shaved off some inches? thx...

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Aug 10, 2014 | 08:52 AM

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What wheels do u have in mind?

Aug 12, 2014 | 06:27 PM

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Not bad, not bad. Can we see a side shot when you get a chance? I'm curious to see how the bumper looks since you shaved off some inches? thx...

steve

It's now about even with the rest of the car. It might be hard to tell because the OEM skirts curve inward, but it's now the same ground clearance all around. I'll be installing flared skirts shortly.

The bottom of the fascia has a 1/4" rubber edge trim that hugs it perfectly, such that no jagged edges appear.

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What wheels do u have in mind?

You'll see in a couple of weeks.

Aug 26, 2014 | 06:58 PM

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A couple of 50W resistors, LED strips, and some soldering later, and she's looking mean.

Aug 26, 2014 | 09:13 PM

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A couple of 50W resistors, LED strips, and some soldering later, and she's looking mean.

oooo that actually looks really freakin nice

, what did you wire the lights to? i wanna do something like this to mine

gonna 3D print some of those L shapes and try to make some rad LEDs and halos on the lowbeams

Aug 27, 2014 | 07:03 AM

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oooo that actually looks really freakin nice

, what did you wire the lights to? i wanna do something like this to mine

Thanks! I sacrificed my parking lights for them (the setting right before low beam), so they're activated whenever my light switch stalk isn't off. Put a 50W resistor on them in series so the car wouldn't complain.

Here it is during daytime: