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Old 03-31-15, 05:10 PM
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Default Just got it back from the bodyshop

I don't normally make threads about my car, but I just picked it up form the bodyshop an hour ago and it looks too fresh. I know this won't last as it never does, but I managed to make it home and only scrape once. It was raining pretty bad when I picked it up so it looks a little dusty, but I had to take a few shots before it gets dinged up.







Can't wait for it to stop raining, so I can get around to detailing it, hopefully this weekend if I get some time to myself.
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FTD...Fresh To Deff. Congrats. Interesting headlight setup
Old 03-31-15, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by kbb
FTD...Fresh To Deff. Congrats. Interesting headlight setup
yea what's up with the lights?
Old 03-31-15, 05:53 PM
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Damn that looks mean. Great looking SC man!
Old 03-31-15, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by oldManTan
yea what's up with the lights?
TSX retrofit with super made clear lenses. I tore them apart and de-chromed the headlights and then painted them flat black, The projector shield I painted red, and did a color mod on the projectors themselves. In a bit I'm going to make some custom High Beams to match, it looks kind of goofy right now since the hi-beams don't match.

Originally Posted by 97-SC300
Damn that looks mean. Great looking SC man!
Thanks man. Hopefully one day it'll be mean under the hood like yours.
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That came out really nice! Those headlights are def interesting and look great ..can't wait to see how the high beams end up!
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Looking really good, eknine9!
Old 03-31-15, 06:50 PM
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Looks great!
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Looking good man!! Diggin your front lip!! What did the body shop do to it?
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Originally Posted by LEXXIUM
Looking good man!! Diggin your front lip!! What did the body shop do to it?
Fitted and repainted the front lip, repainted the front bumper (paint was cracked in several places), stripped, and repaired the fiberglass/bondo on the side skirts and rear lip, and repainted them as well. They also stripped and resprayed one of my fenders.

Also thanks for all of the compliments guys, I appreciate the kind words.
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Im gunna say you nailed it on this one. looking great!
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very nice. are you gonna do the high beams too?
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Your car looks great. The 97+ vertex front lip is one of my favorite front lips for this car.
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Originally Posted by Albatross
very nice. are you gonna do the high beams too?
Yeah they're coming along soon, prolly over the summer. Ya'll might hate, but I'm actually planning on going with eBay hi-beams for the clear lens and then I'm going to repaint the housing and projector in there to match the low-beams.

Originally Posted by blkexcouope
Your car looks great. The 97+ vertex front lip is one of my favorite front lips for this car.
Yeah besides the AC front end it's my favorite ways to go for the SC.

Got it detailed yesterday and took another shot of it in the garage.

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Looks awesome! Where in Texas you at?


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