Smoked my tails **UPDATE MORE PICS ON PAGE 2 with lights on!**
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Smoked my tails **UPDATE MORE PICS ON PAGE 2 with lights on!**
Some may like it... some may not. Personally... with the colour scheme I'm going with, it suits my car.
Anyways, for those that want to know how I did this... I can write up a DIY later. Also... ontop of smoking them, I went the extra step and took it to a paint shop and had them hit it with a couple shots of clear to give it that bit of shine/wet look.
Here they are... let me know what you think.
And now my car back in summer mode... Mugen lip on it's way
Edit: My buddy is starting a detailing business so I got him to clean my engine bay which was completely filthy.
Here's my engine bay after the winter time...
Here it is now....
Anyways, for those that want to know how I did this... I can write up a DIY later. Also... ontop of smoking them, I went the extra step and took it to a paint shop and had them hit it with a couple shots of clear to give it that bit of shine/wet look.
Here they are... let me know what you think.
And now my car back in summer mode... Mugen lip on it's way
Edit: My buddy is starting a detailing business so I got him to clean my engine bay which was completely filthy.
Here's my engine bay after the winter time...
Here it is now....
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Rep Power: 258 Nice work..I love the silver and black scheme.. When you get your mugen lip are you going to leave it in black or are you going to paint it to match the car?
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Originally Posted by MiamiUgen7
looks good
rofl @ you staring at the camera for the picture on the grass
rofl @ you staring at the camera for the picture on the grass
I think the Mugen lip is going to be painted black
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lol... ya that's Big driving my car... and yes, the Mugen lip will be painted black.
lol... ya that's Big driving my car... and yes, the Mugen lip will be painted black.
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Rep Power: 0 Can you take a shot of those tail lights with the brakes in use? I am interested in seeing how useful they will be to indicating if you are braking.
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Rep Power: 346 ^^ Ya I can. I'll do that later today.
BTW... I'll also be switching the bulbs from the factory ones to Hyper Whites in a couple of days. They should make them a bit brighter.
BTW... I'll also be switching the bulbs from the factory ones to Hyper Whites in a couple of days. They should make them a bit brighter.
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Rep Power: 284 Looks good. The silver engine cover fits well. Is it just painted?...looks like aluminum.
What method did you use to clean your engine bay. I love it.
What method did you use to clean your engine bay. I love it.
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Rep Power: 270 Nice clean engine bay 
Looks like someone else I know needs a sedan rad cover though
Looks like someone else I know needs a sedan rad cover though
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good job! Not a bad Idea, contimplated having a shop hit mine w/ a coat or too aswell...
good job! Not a bad Idea, contimplated having a shop hit mine w/ a coat or too aswell... 
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Rep Power: 346 The valve cover is just painted. I used a high temp gloss silver paint and it turned out pretty good... it almost does look like aluminum.
As for sides... I think I'm just gonna stick with the front lip for now... I might later on get sides and rear.
The tails look darker then they are only cause I took the pics in the shade... they're really not all that dark. I sprayed 4 layers and I've seen people use upto 6.
I'll take some pics tonight and tomorrow morning of the tail lights on for you guys.
Thanks for the comments
As for sides... I think I'm just gonna stick with the front lip for now... I might later on get sides and rear.
The tails look darker then they are only cause I took the pics in the shade... they're really not all that dark. I sprayed 4 layers and I've seen people use upto 6.
I'll take some pics tonight and tomorrow morning of the tail lights on for you guys.
Thanks for the comments
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Rep Power: 306 nice, i gotta get some tezzas and smoke those, dont want to mess up my 04's. very good job
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Originally Posted by Silver Civic
looks sweet good job! Not a bad Idea, contimplated having a shop hit mine w/ a coat or too aswell...
good job! Not a bad Idea, contimplated having a shop hit mine w/ a coat or too aswell... a shop? you can do it in like 1.5hrs no big deal
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Ok now... before I get swamped with questions... let me just tell you guys that I did the reverse tail light DIY... Where I relocated my brake light to where my turn signals are and moved my turn signals to where my brake lights used to be. I like this look better because I'm not riding around at night with the horseshoes lit up.
NIGHT SHOTS
Ok... here they are at night with the headlights on....
Pic of my tails when I hit the brakes...
Turn signals on (I had the 4 ways going)...
The day time shots didn't turn out as well on camera. I'll post pics anyways but trust me, you can see them in day.
Lights on in the day...
Brake lights on....
Turn signals on....
Ok now... before I get swamped with questions... let me just tell you guys that I did the reverse tail light DIY... Where I relocated my brake light to where my turn signals are and moved my turn signals to where my brake lights used to be. I like this look better because I'm not riding around at night with the horseshoes lit up.
NIGHT SHOTS
Ok... here they are at night with the headlights on....
Pic of my tails when I hit the brakes...
Turn signals on (I had the 4 ways going)...
The day time shots didn't turn out as well on camera. I'll post pics anyways but trust me, you can see them in day.
Lights on in the day...
Brake lights on....
Turn signals on....
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Originally Posted by 7thGenLX
what kinda rims are those? look like te-37 knockoffs?
