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Old 07 October 2011, 05:34 AM
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After waiting for over a year to save up money and to actually receive the parts for my car, I can proudly say that my car is finished (at least for now). Here's how it looked before.





and here's the new look I went with





Car was repainted Laguna Seca Blue (from the E46 BMW M3), front bumper replaced with Mature WRC, side moldings shaved (US came with side moldings), and Mature GT rear bumper. I will be replacing the awkward muffler with a straight pipe w/ two resonators welded onto my midpipe.
Old 07 October 2011, 06:28 AM
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Very nice and I'm hope u r happy with the final job. I understand how u must of felt to have the parts sitting there and not being able to fit them. Well it looks the business
Old 07 October 2011, 07:24 AM
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that exhaust looks abit funny no offence
Old 07 October 2011, 07:57 AM
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no offense taken, the exhaust looks awkward due to the bumper. I will be getting a straight pipe to make it look better
Old 07 October 2011, 08:33 AM
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Looks nice! But I like it before 95h is lovely
Old 07 October 2011, 09:26 AM
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have u jacked the rear end up bud? its *** looks a bit high. maybe its just the last photos angle.
Old 07 October 2011, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by yabbadoo4
have u jacked the rear end up bud? its *** looks a bit high. maybe its just the last photos angle.
i think its the black lower part of the bumper that gives it this look, paint it the same color imho
Old 07 October 2011, 09:36 AM
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the rear of the car is just slightly higher than the front. been meaning to raise the front up a tad bit to balance it out. As for the rear, Mature intended the bottom part to be black since it also acts as a diffuser.

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instead of raising the front why not lower the rear? if u go round a corner fast it will fall over! mind you, you dont have corners in america do you? lol. car is looking real nice bud guess its just the differences in the modding scene here and over there. slam it low and it will look awsome :-)
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looks good mate
Old 07 October 2011, 11:02 AM
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Looks nice mate, I am a original kind of guy and liked it better in standard form it looked so clean standard but it's your car not mine..
Old 07 October 2011, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by yabbadoo4
instead of raising the front why not lower the rear? if u go round a corner fast it will fall over! mind you, you dont have corners in america do you? lol. car is looking real nice bud guess its just the differences in the modding scene here and over there. slam it low and it will look awsome :-)
The roads here in California are pretty bad and we have pot holes here and there. The end of the midpipe (that connects to the axleback) hangs pretty low so by lowering the rear even more it's bound to scrape. I'm already scraping on my driveway if I'm not going extremely slow
Old 07 October 2011, 05:47 PM
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Looks nice mate, looked good before too
Old 07 October 2011, 05:52 PM
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looks sweet bud
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love that colour...really like the use of black to change the way the bumper looks
Old 09 October 2011, 09:28 AM
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really nice fella!!
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