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Old 04-06-2012, 01:13 PM   #31 (permalink)
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^ this is the other 50% of drifting..... repairs! Your taking to the culture like a pro! good luck w/ everything! Videos next time!
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thanks O.G., yeah GoPro is on the wish list
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So while the car was in pieces I decided to try the headlight modifictation. Instead of just painting it I wanted to see if I could pull off the 3m carbon fiber wrap so I ordered a 60"x24" roll on Amazon. The extra is just in case I get more ideas



Trying to take the headlight apart with a blowdryer was a P.I.T.A. so I then test fit my headlight in the oven to see if it will fit. Half an inch gap on both ends was perfect! 250 degrees for 10 min and that did the trick.



Once I had the headlight apart, I cut a piece of the 3m to the size of the headlight. Later I realized I should have allowed for about 3 more inches in width since wrapping it around round edges was going to eat some.



I started from the inside edge closest to the hood since I figured that would be the most noticable area and I wanted the weave to go across perfectly.




You really have to use the blow dryer to get it soft so it stretches easier.



in the holes you will have to make some cuts because it can only stretch so much.


A butter knife will help you get it into the sharp cracks. BTW I had to cut two separate pieces to fit on the very bottom of this part because it was too much stretching and it started to wrinkle in the corners.


After I was done I put the bezels and glass just to see how it looked.



Decided to paint the bezels flat black since I have no silver on my car, no more megatron


Finished product after heating again in the oven and reassembling



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very clean, nice idea
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very creative VDC... me likey!
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Those headlights are awesome! Great job +1
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thanks guys and also thanks for the reps! going to look great on my car, installing soon.
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So I replaced my scratched rotor with a $50 Duralast one from Autozone. Was looking at spending some $$$ on 2 piece ones but I figured Im blowing too much money already. I still had to buy fenders and pay for paint. I was scared of buying crap and money was tight, but there wasnt much of a selection and I needed them now. After searching around, the only style I wanted could only be found on here or on ebay. So I bit the bullet and ordered some ebay fenders since they had the best price, looked just like the others and the guy was very good at communicating with me before during the purchase so that made me feel good. I got my ebay fenders in the mail yesterday, would have been the day before but FedEx man was a jerk and said he knocked but no one answered and left. So I had to stay home from work yesterday just for him but whatever thats neither here nor there. Since it was too late to go to work, took the time to fit them on.

Very curious to fitment since I have never ordered a body kit from ebay and heard horror stories, I checked out all angles. Of course it wasnt perfect but I was impressed of how close it was. Here are some imperfections I noticed.





Those could be fixed of course by the body shop but some big areas I tried to sand down myself to get them to line up better. Like this corner on the passenger side. At first I had to make it touch the door at the top and bottom to minimize the gap in the middle.




Then I sanded it down to get more of an even gap.



The drivers side seemed to fit much better.



Another thing that wasnt perfect was how much higher the fender was from the hood in the very front. I am hoping that the headlights will bring this down a bit when I install them later.



Other than those minor things, I think it still looks great! For $400 shipped I think its a win. Dropped it off at Baker this morning to get prepped and painted.

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Awesome! Bad luck on the drift portion but it looks like your making the best of it. Those headlights look killer, and I also like the vented fenders.

I gotta watch the video when I get to my computer
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I gotta watch the video when I get to my computer
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awesome stuff man...

you should keep the old bumper and put latches so you won't be wrecking good bumpers over and overs. So instead on drift day you swap out your bumpers to busted ones to save face.
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you should keep the old bumper and put latches so you won't be wrecking good bumpers over and overs. So instead on drift day you swap out your bumpers to busted ones to save face.
my thoughts exactly, except for the latches thing. Front bumper is pretty easy to take off already imo. I'm keeping my eyes open for an extra PW bumper
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my thoughts exactly, except for the latches thing. Front bumper is pretty easy to take off already imo. I'm keeping my eyes open for an extra PW bumper
2 10 bolts and some pushlocks, then....... BOOOOOM, bumper off! RaceKar!
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The head lights look bada**. I doubt anybody would actually know if it really real CF, not unless they are looking & drooling over it for over 10-15 mins.
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