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Old 09-12-2009, 11:06 PM   #21 (permalink)
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I actually spent a few hours a time on it over a ten day period. I was helping a friend coat a wood floor so I would have 4-6 hours in between coat applications to work on it.
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Old 09-13-2009, 04:30 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Looks great! Over the pond there, do you guys have the option of making the number plate flush in the bumper? Or would that be slightly illegal?
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Old 09-13-2009, 09:06 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Looks great! Over the pond there, do you guys have the option of making the number plate flush in the bumper? Or would that be slightly illegal?
Google "Frenched license plate" on images... you'll see all sort of modded cars and trucks that have the license plates every direction but straight... as long as it's visible, I don't think any state cares how it's mounted.
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Old 09-13-2009, 09:16 PM   #24 (permalink)
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nice bumper it really does look stock
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Old 09-13-2009, 09:26 PM   #25 (permalink)
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I just picked up a 95 DX coupe and the first thing I did was get rid of the wide tires it came with, looks like you've got some big meats on your car are they detrimental to mpg?
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I run 215/50/13 tires in the summer, Sumitomo HTR 200. And the winter tires are 155/80/13. I might pickup one mpg if I ran the skinnies in the summer but with the way I corner a d do autocross, I end up running the wider tires during the summer
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Your bumper actually adds to the racer look.




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Old 09-13-2009, 10:23 PM   #28 (permalink)
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my idea was basically to have a registry feature that one could add his or her (hah) own mods to, but it would be global view...
I don't want to jack this thread, but yes that was the idea, except anyone could add any project-related thread to the registry (I think that only threads where the member actually did something will be eligible). There are a lot of valid project threads in the archive and the owners may not be active any more. And, yes, the idea was also to tie the registry to the 65+ mods list.

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Old 09-13-2009, 10:40 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Old 09-13-2009, 10:51 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Your bumper actually adds to the racer look.




Great work !
I actually have that same lip on my summer bumper, lol.

I do agree though, my car looks more and more like a race car when I do stuff to it. It looks right at home on the autocross track.


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