GULLABLE0NE Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) thanks, i'm not that big of a fan either but i wanted to try something different for this car and i like the way it turned out. next summer i wanna grab a set of those BBS 04 sti wheels and powdercoat them matte black if i'm stil into the black wheels look. the spoiler is the RBS Version II Lip. i shopped around almost bought the ebay m3 lip but after seeing it on another LGT i had to get it. i can't say i hate the turbo badge on the car but i can't say i love it either. maybe its one of those things that grow on you after seeing it a few times. i kinda like the fact that the only thing that says turbo on my car is the scoop on my hood. Edited August 20, 2008 by GULLABLE0NE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed 2.0 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 After a little wash and wax with the new plates and new exhaust: http://girasole.smugmug.com/photos/355744301_RhNRZ-XL.jpghttp://girasole.smugmug.com/photos/355744454_SNCyB-XL.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigInALegacy Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 What pipes are those Zed? Looks nice! (But reminds me how dirty mine is right now... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed 2.0 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Megan Racing, with some considerable fitment work done by an exhaust shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GULLABLE0NE Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 is it just the lighting or is your QSM really light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GULLABLE0NE Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 the exhaust looks great by the way!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigInALegacy Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 (edited) Here's my contribution. I'll snap some better pics after she gets a bath... Just got the new grill today and put her on. Same Carbon Fiber as SmknSally has... matches my hood scoop nicely I think. http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb158/chrisgemail/0820081705a.jpg http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb158/chrisgemail/0820081705.jpg Only thing is, it was gonna take a few extra days to have the mesh painted black, so seeing I'm an impatient bastard I figured I'd get it now in Silver, so that I could see how I like it like that and then I could paint it black or body colored by myself if I wanted. Lemme know what you think, and if I should keep the mesh or paint it black or try to match the body paint. oh, and there will be an emblem going back on. likely the OEM badge unless I can find an L7 or a B4 emblem. Edited August 21, 2008 by BigInALegacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigInALegacy Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Any opinions on mesh color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed 2.0 Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 You need to paint the mesh black. It looks like a highschooler's prelude right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigInALegacy Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I didn't think it looked quite THAT bad. it came like that like i said so i could decide which color. I'm gonna paint it body color cuz i have the paint and if i decide to go black I'll have a good base on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throttlejockey Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Any opinions on mesh color? Black! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
808_lgt Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Any opinions on mesh color? Black fo sho. I want the cf grill myself. Did you also order the front lip? I wanna know if the hood scoop, grill, front lip, and rear spoiler would be TOO much cf accents. As that's what I'm thinking of doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigInALegacy Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 IMO, no. Although if I was gonna do the CF trunk spoiler, I'd probably grab the CF rear diffuser as well. It would need something to coordinate it all. Gonna paint the mesh today too I think. I'll show you all when she's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubLGTaru Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Paint it black PLEASE!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smkinsally Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I dont think the mesh looks bad! Some people can be over critical on this forum, but they are entitled to their opinions. I think the mesh looks good with the car color! I have the black mesh on mine and looking at yours makes me think that we could go either way with our car colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigInALegacy Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 SmknSally - I didn't think the contrast was bad, however the chrome mesh was too much I think. I painted it today and I did decide to go with a gloss-black, I'll see how that lives with me for a few days now. If I feel like it looks too much like a gaping hole I may try body matching the mesh, but for now I think it looks good. Still gotta get an emblem for it though, don't wanna rip mine off the stocker. I think that will help to break up the blank space a bit too. Well here's before and after pics: http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb158/chrisgemail/0820081705.jpg http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb158/chrisgemail/0825081740.jpg http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb158/chrisgemail/0820081705a.jpghttp://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb158/chrisgemail/0825081741a.jpg What do we all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmoe Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 ^ Go body color. Good move nixing the chrome mesh...but the rest seems a bit out of place still. Slap a suby logo in there while you're at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigInALegacy Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I think I'm gonna sit with it until I get an emblem, and see if that breaks up the space. If not, I'll try body colored, seeing I have some pretty close paint and it's about an hour job to change colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmoe Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Yea, I think even just the logo will help. Color matching @ paintscratch.com is great if you decide to go that route and your existing paint is off or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GULLABLE0NE Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 i think the mesh looks good, the black looks better, but color match would look the best in my opinion. this makes me want to get my custom grille going but i'm short on cash right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigInALegacy Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Picking up the rims for my ride at 6:00 today! Gonna try to get them on ASAP when I get home if I can get into my father's garage. (lifts and compressors make life SO much easier ). 17" Rota Torque's in Hyperblack. You'll see pics soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJF37 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 how wide are you going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigInALegacy Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 17x8. Just got em' on. No pics, too dark. I'll get them up tomorrow though. Very happy with them though... they look sick on the QSM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throttlejockey Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 C'mon turn the lights on!!!! I want to see how they look on QSM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJF37 Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 thats exactly what i wanted to do, but now... i need to get creative and find a unique wheel haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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