What did you do to your GS today?

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03-13-17, 11:40 AM

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- Removed old 19 year old purple tint and got Suntek HP Blue 50
- Added woodgrain shiftknob and ashtray
- Wired up an LED strip in my OEM 3rd brake light housing using Kyle Harty's idea but in a smaller scale. Bought the strip from superbrightleds.com
- Wash, clay bar, polish, wax

To do:
- Put TTE replica lip back on
- Swap out OEM grill for Abflug or L-Sportline Grill
- Swap out driver seat leather skins since old one has a tear
- Figure out how to fix the rear door that's stuck closed
- Swap chrome trunk bar for OEM one. Need to take the garnish off, but that sucker is stuck on there. Any tips? I got the sides "untaped" but the middle portions are harder to get under. I tried pouring some goo gone, hoping that it would do something, but nada.

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03-13-17, 01:01 PM

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Next I decided to plasti dip my rear emblems & bumper insert black. Pretty painless process. Sorry for the crappy after pics...was backed up against a wall.

Here you can see the new welded on exhaust tips (ebay). I had the shop cut out 2 resonators as well. The change is almost imperceptible from inside the cabin but there is a nice low grumble outside. No one will mistake it for an aftermarket exhaust.

Also did my axle carrier bushings. Was getting that intermittent clunk / squeak. I think its mostly resolved.

Here are some quick pics I took in our parking garage.Wheels are by Moda. They came off of an RX and I got them for a steal on craigslist. Tires are 245/45/18 dunlop wintersport M3. Rear fenders are shaved and spacers all around:

PS Any of you guys in the Philadelphia area? It would be great if members could meet up and drive each others cars to get a feel for different combinations of mods, etc

The wheels look great!

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03-13-17, 09:52 PM

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did her usual Mobile1 full synthetic oil change, finally replaced the foggy/hazy driver side head light and put on her holiday bow

The car looks great, what side skirts are those?

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03-13-17, 09:55 PM

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Finally pulled the trigger on a set of Braga Type-3 taillights after thinking about it every time one came up for sale.

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03-14-17, 01:36 PM

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Hayce

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Went to put new brakes on to find I've lost my lug key. What a month, FML.

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03-14-17, 01:38 PM

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Just replaced the purge valve sensor. 300 dollars. fml

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03-14-17, 08:45 PM

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Full tank 'o 93 octane! Oh, and those gold things.

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03-15-17, 01:55 PM

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The car looks great, what side skirts are those?

Thanks man, they are WALD skirts.

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03-15-17, 07:57 PM

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I decided to part out that's what I did today and parts are leaving me already

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03-17-17, 04:38 PM

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Reupholstered my headliner.
Not bad for the 1st time and +-$50 in materials.

Finished

Cut out the center for sun roof.

Started... tan sucks.

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03-21-17, 03:34 PM

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Tripped out on contact patch difference front to rear. Front camber stock adjustments is at -5 rear is -9. Waiting on NRCA to get here from Japan so I can match camber front to rear. Funny part is I used to hate on camber lol.