Well I just picked up my pieces painted to match the black magic and attached the mesh.......now to get them on the car and get the GHL quad exhaust on there.......
Onto the goodies:
Arriving parts
Front lip (upside down)
Front lip next to car
Rear Apron
Attaching the Mesh
Hopefully I'll be able to get to the install of the GHL soon, Go'n to NY this weekend and the mesh requires a nights rest to cure.....
Just the Lip.....The lip is easy to toss on and has the same basic feel/look for 1/2 the cost. I didn't have the cash to get the full front bumper.....we, do what we can 8)
where did you order the kit from.. i was looking at the same company.. looks realllllly goodd... hope to get mine in a couple of months with the Tornado Redddd.. Good luck bro
Well I've had a ton go'n on and haven't had much time for anything.......but I finally got the bumper and exahust on....front lip is still in the box tough :'(
I only have a few pics right now, but have a bunch of the install I can put up once I upload them to my server.
Looks awesome! I wish I had a steady job to be able to do things to my car... hopefully by next month I'll be making enough and you guys will see my car flourish.
Scans, i hope my e-mail persuaded you to put the pictures! haha. I would come across one of your posts and think... I wonder what happened to that back bumper.
Sweet man, I'd love to know the fix - just cuz......500 + miles so far and no cel, I was at the dealer today and they were in aww. I love having a mod friendly dealer.
The sounds I love, its a deep mean growl. It's just borderline on too loud for me, so it's just under the radar. It is def the most loud in 5th and 6th in wot. I'm gonna dyno it soon. Everyone that sees it loves it. I went to visit my parents and my mom got in, she didn't even notice a diff in sound, but then again she's a lil loopy
Then hush hush, I'm testing a GHL prototype Air Intake and then another dyno for them to show gains of their intake and exhaust so that'll be fun.
Hopefully I'll get that other stuff on, button up my stereo install, and get my DV installed then chip me baby.
yea i know .. but my only plans are putting the ghl full exhaust on with the Rieger back skirt.. and then painting just the Oem sideskirts and lip...New Jersey ROADS= No body kit for me lol....i'll tear it off or sumthing will break i know it!!....lol.. paint the oem sides and lip- Rieger back skirt+ghl exhaust and lower it with coilovers...... yea it is just MONEY..lol O0 O0
Yeah, I thought it was gonna look so funny with just the rear skirt installed. So yes I just got the rear skirt. But it actually looks good. The diff in height vs. the front and side skirts is only about 1.5 inches. I think it will look more off when I stick the front lip on. The rear apron wasn't hard complicated wise, but it was hard PITA wise. A lot of dremel test fit, dremel test fit...you get the picture. I still haven't got it completely flush, nor have i put on the brackets, but two weeks and it hasn't moved. I plan to get side skirts eventually just didn't have the time quite yet........
I'm gonna try and slap the front lip on now while the wife is out with her mom 8)
Man... i am glad i live in Vegas, the only drawback we have here is HEAT! roads are mostly all perfect, speedbumps arent really treacherous like i have seen in other parts of the country and we have no bugs to clean off the hood...or inches of snow to contend with.
I wanna get the full kit and exhaust... and so much more, but 3 kids take priority, its only money unless you have 3 other lives depending on you LOL
good luck on the project, dont forget to take pics and post up O0
So, yesterday I was driving and the CEL just turned off........LOL Very strange, I'll see how it adjusts. Maybe the dealer reset everything when it was in for service, cuz the cel popped on just after that........now maybe the ECU's adjusted. Who knows, I'll wait and find out.
As for HP gains....wouldn't say a ton, it did make my shifts smoother. If I were to guess with my knowleged base, I'd say a gain of 4 - 7 HP (minimal) I will be dyno'n her soon with the exhaust within the next few weeks. Then putting on the GHL CAI, dyno again.......then GHL maps (chip it) and dyno again....I wish I had gotten one before I put the exhaust on... :
(didn't get a chance to get the front lip on.... )
did it look stupid just putting the back apron on and leaving everything else stock????.... cuz thats what i want to do...just paint the side skirts and the lip... thanx
O0 O0
Yeah, a bunch of us thought it was gonna look so/so with just the rear apron until I got the rest of the kit on. But we all agreed that it actually looked pretty good from the profile and wasn't all that noticeable unless pointed out. The rear apron is 1.5 - 2 inches lower then the rest of the stuff.
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