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Gealii · 09-25-2012, 06:17 PM

well i got the tire spats done and put on, The smooth wheel covers just need repainted when I cut the holes for lugs and valve stem i scraped one surface up so I'm going to repaint them and have them on tomorrow i''ll put pics up later when on my laptop

2000neon · 09-25-2012, 07:11 PM

Sweet! Looking forward to seeing the wheel spats.

Gealii · 09-25-2012, 07:36 PM

Here you go tire spats and wheel covers minus the zip-ties to hold them on, dad disapproved of the wheel covers and mom was like his car lol can't wait to see their reactions to the kamm I'm planning

2000neon · 09-25-2012, 07:41 PM

I really like the wheel spats, looks good. As for the wheel covers, at least they're black. Paint them lime green and you will really see people react

Gealii · 09-25-2012, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 2000neon

I really like the wheel spats, looks good. As for the wheel covers, at least they're black. Paint them lime green and you will really see people react

kinda did they thought mine looked weird so i showed em your pics i don't wanna imagine it when they see em in person.

Green was definitely different but as long as you like em that's all that matters right

2000neon · 09-25-2012, 07:59 PM

Ha ha yeah, people are usually just about speechless when they see it! I was going to paint mine black, but I had green rims before, so most people actually agreed that I may as well just stay with green. Green paint costs the same as black

Gealii · 09-27-2012, 03:57 PM

I got all the wheel covers installed today. Also I removed my Radio antenna just the antenna not the setup just unscrewed it and found i lost very minimal reception so its going to stay off. Just in time for me to fill up the tank tomoro

maczo · 09-27-2012, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Gealii

Here you go tire spats and wheel covers

1. What did you make the covers from? How are they attached?
2. The wheel spat seems a bit wide, is it final or are you going to trim it?

Gealii · 09-27-2012, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by maczo

1. What did you make the covers from? How are they attached?
2. The wheel spat seems a bit wide, is it final or are you going to trim it?

1. The covers are made from coroplast (corrugated plastic) are are attached with 4 zip ties each

2. the spats are final that was the picture of when they first went on, after my first drive they folded back making them a little bit less extreme. They are also held on with zip ties to the air dam. They are about 2 inches wide but i put the holes for the zip ties in the middle so when the air hits them they fold backwards enough to make it more flow-able around the wheels

Gealii · 09-29-2012, 09:29 PM

I got some more mods done today.

I got the partial lower grill block added on.

The factory CAI was dismantled and made into a WAI. It now breathes the engine compartment air instead of air coming in through the fog light hole. The tube goes from the intake box down to another tube that leads it into the fender.

I also blocked the hole from the fog light on the intakes side and blocked off the the tube that goes to the now partially dismantled air intake.

I'm also getting into a new hobby, photography, so I thought it looked cool so i just used my phone for the last 1