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Old 11-04-2012, 07:32 PM   #1
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2 long months after buying car

Hi all,

I just wanted to share pictures of my car after 2 long months of a bunch of DIY and maintenance when I first purchased the car. Now I can finally drive it









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Old 11-04-2012, 10:08 PM   #2
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Damn, looks good! And I absolutely love those wheels!
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Old 11-05-2012, 07:33 AM   #3
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Looks great! I like the two tone hard top! What all did you do to the car?
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Old 11-05-2012, 08:35 AM   #4
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I spent lots of time vinyl wrapping it.. The car use to be artic silver. I have added Litronics, skirts, rear diffuser addon, wheels, suspension, 2din unit and more lol.. I'll attach a list here soon!
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Old 11-05-2012, 08:42 AM   #5
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I can't see the pictures... They just appear to be small boxes with a red "x" inside
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Old 11-05-2012, 08:44 AM   #6
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I spent lots of time vinyl wrapping it..
Have your 0-60 times dropped since the wrap? White Boxsters are the fastest.
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Old 11-05-2012, 08:46 AM   #7
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LoL. My car is so slow I'll worry about that later when I enjoy this a bit more...
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Old 11-05-2012, 08:56 AM   #8
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Axp2948, you really lowed her a lot. The rake looks more pronounced, too. Did you drop the front more (proportionately) than the rear??
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Vinyl wrap you said? So one could say you are an "Expert Wrapper"

You wrapped the whole thing?

Love the wheels, hard top, skirts (a good girl has to have a nice skirt)…is she lowered too?

So you don't have to worry about bugs, chips, or road 'assalt', nice?

Just change the vinyl? How much? I think I know how you did it but if you have any instructibles, that would be awesome! Let's see the inside too…it is CF?

Nice job….my but you have been busy!
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Old 11-05-2012, 09:11 AM   #10
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Axp2948, you really lowed her a lot. The rake looks more pronounced, too. Did you drop the front more (proportionately) than the rear??
They are coil overs purchased from eBay. I need to find out from my ship what setting they set them to.
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Old 11-05-2012, 09:13 AM   #11
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LOL I by no means an a Expert Wrapper. I learned as I kept messing up each part. It took a lot of time and patience to wrap each part of the car. I was originally quoted 2500-3000 for someone to do it, i ended up spending about $500 for all materials to wrap the entire car. I pretty much started one part each day when I get out of work and then a couple hours on saturday. Sunday would be reserve for NFL football Interior pics will be up soon when my seats and steering wheel comes in

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Vinyl wrap you said? So one could say you are an "Expert Wrapper"

You wrapped the whole thing?

Love the wheels, hard top, skirts (a good girl has to have a nice skirt)…is she lowered too?

So you don't have to worry about bugs, chips, or road 'assalt', nice?

Just change the vinyl? How much? I think I know how you did it but if you have any instructibles, that would be awesome! Let's see the inside too…it is CF?

Nice job….my but you have been busy!
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Old 11-05-2012, 09:13 AM   #12
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Maybe paint your rear bumperettes white....or wrap?????????
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Old 11-05-2012, 09:15 AM   #13
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I haven't thought about that yet.. having mix feedback on the two tone. I left them black because of the two tone off the hard top and vent grills.
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Old 11-05-2012, 11:08 AM   #14
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looking good! What skirts are those? I been looking for ones that are less than $1000 lol
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Old 11-05-2012, 11:29 AM   #15
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I actually purchased them as factory aero kit skirts...

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