lag Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 Completly stock '06 LGT with 3M Film. Was a great day weather-wise to wash her. Also showing my first LGT that I traded with 100% less turbo but the intercooler scoop to mock me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERBU Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 That stuff is pretty neat. Where did you buy it? I need to get some for my roof before I install my bike rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aczwild Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Completly stock '06 LGT with 3M Film. Was a great day weather-wise to wash her. Also showing my first LGT that I traded with 100% less turbo but the intercooler scoop to mock me .Please tell me you kept the headlights.... I have a '97 GT with the USDM JDM'd All to hell Thanks Jimmy @ Hkc-Speed.com! RIP Coxx & Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 yea where u got it > cost > install instructions would be a great contribution.....congrats on the new car!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windex Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 good set of install instructions: http://www.mishield.com/howto.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longitude Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Hey that's Enrico's MI stuff. Damn I forgot about him in my backyard. Should've gone there for my stuff. So how much for the 3M stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lag Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 http://www.mishield.com/productsearch.asp?prevyear=2006&prevmake=36&prevmodel=621&prevsubmodel=4132&prevseries=0&year=2006&make=36&model=621&submodel=4132&series=1002 from the link posted above: show prices for the different kits. I got my done at the dealer because #1 I didn't have the time/patients in the for seeable future to do it myself #2 being a brand new car I didn't want to chance f'ing up the paint... we all know how good the paint is from factory and #3 because they were having a discount on it in Jan. and I got $100 off on top of the discount for installation. It came to ~$900 all together, so they only made a little over $300 over the price of the kit on that site. Do I think it's worth it? If it holds up the way it's supposed to I will. Two days after I bought the car I went out for lunch and there was allot of dirt and such on the road being kicked up... so when I got back from lunch was when I made the appointment to get it done. Should be an option on every car from the factory or dealer. And no I didn't keep the JDM lights. The '98 sprung THE oil leak between the oil pump and front of the block. I spent most of my new years week end to fix it... and it still leaked. I spent the following weekend fixing it... and it still leaked. If I had a cliff near my house the car would have gone off of it. For me, the trouble of replacing the USDM lights wasn't worth whatever I could sell the JDM lights for. I should have sold the car on ebay to get more $ for it, but I just didn't want to look at it any longer and I have no regrets of getting rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_knoxville Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 It came to ~$900 all together i had same pieces installed for $480 from a certified installer the cut on my hoodline looks different than yours though; does yours go all the way up to the hoodscoop? mine doesn't come up that far, but that's the way it came as part of the LGT pre-cut "kit" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aczwild Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 http://www.mishield.com/productsearch.asp?prevyear=2006&prevmake=36&prevmodel=621&prevsubmodel=4132&prevseries=0&year=2006&make=36&model=621&submodel=4132&series=1002 from the link posted above: show prices for the different kits. I got my done at the dealer because #1 I didn't have the time/patients in the for seeable future to do it myself #2 being a brand new car I didn't want to chance f'ing up the paint... we all know how good the paint is from factory and #3 because they were having a discount on it in Jan. and I got $100 off on top of the discount for installation. It came to ~$900 all together, so they only made a little over $300 over the price of the kit on that site. Do I think it's worth it? If it holds up the way it's supposed to I will. Two days after I bought the car I went out for lunch and there was allot of dirt and such on the road being kicked up... so when I got back from lunch was when I made the appointment to get it done. Should be an option on every car from the factory or dealer. And no I didn't keep the JDM lights. The '98 sprung THE oil leak between the oil pump and front of the block. I spent most of my new years week end to fix it... and it still leaked. I spent the following weekend fixing it... and it still leaked. If I had a cliff near my house the car would have gone off of it. For me, the trouble of replacing the USDM lights wasn't worth whatever I could sell the JDM lights for. I should have sold the car on ebay to get more $ for it, but I just didn't want to look at it any longer and I have no regrets of getting rid of it.Damn thats sad to hear, but at least you now have a sweet car outta all of that. JDM'd All to hell Thanks Jimmy @ Hkc-Speed.com! RIP Coxx & Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lag Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 The piece on the hood does go back to the scoop. Not sure how you got yours done so cheap, but if it's the exact same stuff as mine im jeleous :-). What pieces did they do and how much was labor <-- that's where most of my cost came in. Labor up here is commonly $80+ an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemoineGT Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 There are a few different companies making kits, probably out of the same materials. I forget what the other one is. I think its StonGuard.com ? something similar to that. If i think of it, i'll stop by and post again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_knoxville Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 the piece on my hood is shaped like this \_____/ it is about a foot short of the scoop; it was from 3M (i saw the backing), but apparently the hood piece differs from yours, as well as the kit shown in the link you provided. all the other pieces appear to be the same. is your bumper kit one solid piece all the way across? mine has separate L/R pieces and has a seam in the middle, purportedly b/c attempting one piece around the curve would cause bubbling or a fold.....but you can't see the seam unless you are trying. as i said, $480 was the price installed -- don't know the breakdown on parts vs. labor. i tipped the guy $40 b/c he made some pieces from extra film he had to fit over my headlamps for free b/c he wanted to try it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKLGT Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 ya, looks good. i installed mine myself but wont do it again. looked like trash! i'm planning to have it done professionally soon when i have the front end redone (had a fender bender this week). Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemoineGT Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 I just mentioned this to a guy at work who mentioned that he's got a freind that installs them for an Audi dealer locally. I'm going to have to talk with him to see what he'd reccomend. Keep you updated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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