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Jun 20, 2004

civic2uner

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Look what happened to my car!!!

Date: June 20, 2004

Prolbem: Exceptional Paint

Suspects: Mothers Clay bar and meguires nxt tech wax.

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Jun 20, 2004

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That's very nice, now when are you comming here to do mine?

Jun 20, 2004

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was it sunny outside?

Jun 20, 2004

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was it sunny outside?

kinda soso, why do you ask?

Jun 20, 2004

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kinda soso, why do you ask?

oh because when i took pics of my red civic to it looked orange. The picture that looks orange to me is the close up of the door handle one. looks good though.

Jun 20, 2004

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Tell me you didnt do that in the sun...

i just thought the digi cam was good... looks alright.. maybe its your camrea? cause it should look alot nicer than that

Jun 20, 2004

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i did it inside in the shop. camera is small ill take some better ones

Jun 20, 2004

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thought so, its the digi .... nice car.. i wish mines was mines was red

Jun 20, 2004

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yea i love my red car..... doing this totally makes me re-think the graphic. i do wanna get a lip kit and maybe some bigger rims. i would like some like i have except 17s.

Jun 20, 2004

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Those rims match really well, and a drop would make it look nicer. OEM lip kit would also be hot, or kaminari. Bigger rims will affect performance significantly.

Jun 20, 2004

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Those rims match really well, and a drop would make it look nicer. OEM lip kit would also be hot, or kaminari. Bigger rims will affect performance significantly.

affect it for the better or worse? yea i love my rims, the are rslimited i dunno if they are good but I likey. what does the kaminari lip look like, cause i was considering the OEM aero lip. would those rims look as good in 17?

Jun 21, 2004

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great job

Jun 21, 2004

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Say goodbye to fast acceleration with bigger rims. Also, heavier rims are bad for performance--and most bigger rims are heavier. It takes less power to turn a smaller diameter wheel, so the acceleration will be better. Just stick with what you have.

Jun 21, 2004

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WOW you are the first person ever to say stick with my smaller rims!

Jun 21, 2004

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say bye to gas milage on bigger wheels too.

Jun 21, 2004

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It's true, but I don't think 17's are overkill like 18's or 19's. I like the way my 17's look and feel on the road.

Jun 21, 2004

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Yeah I used that stuff on my car yesterday...its amazing how dirty it REALLY is after you wash it!! But yeah it does a GREAT job!

Jun 21, 2004

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Let me be the second - your car looks nice as is. Keep the wheels.

Jun 22, 2004

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Bleh... Meguiar's OWNS JOO, MANG!!!

I have never used anything but their products^
But, your car looks good.

Jun 22, 2004

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I have a clay bar kit to and it works great!

Jun 22, 2004

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For the amount of money you're going to spend on 17"s you going to get nice rims but okay tires. Keep the 15"s and put that money into some really awesome rubber!!! Thats what I'm doing, just waiting till they wear down a little more.