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Old 01-06-2010, 10:07 PM
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Finished em yesterday! I masked the reflectors on the tails, making it a lil more unique, also keeps it CA LEGAL! Soon to have red calipers, and paintin the wheels black, along with exhaust and all that. Let me know what you think?

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Old 01-06-2010, 10:18 PM
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tint the tbl. if you dont it will look bad
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its pretty unique, looks pretty good though. Now get the 3rd brake light tinted.
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Old 01-06-2010, 10:22 PM
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Looks good, I just VHT Night Shaded my headlights and turn signals on my mirrors and I like um.. I'd get away from the stockies though, go with the Tanabe Concept G exhaust, it's not raspy or too too loud! Oh and go to a Honda dealership and pick up a S2000 stubby antenna.
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i wish i can work on my car but its 20 degrees down here in NY..cant play until spring time
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Old 01-07-2010, 01:58 AM
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Very nice. I wish I still had my 2006 TC. Had my lights tinted by Jon's tinted tails. Loved them and always miss that car.
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Old 01-07-2010, 06:03 AM
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oh i did these myself with nite shades. those are aftermarket "Eagle Eye"LED tails. shine pretty bright through the tint. i would tint the third brake light, but i dont have time right now. ill get to it. thanks for the feedback guys. still debating on ditching the stock wheels. ill keep you guys posted.
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Old 01-07-2010, 06:58 AM
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Not bad dude! Keep the stockies till you can get something nice! :D
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Are you sure that's CA legal?
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Old 01-07-2010, 07:28 PM
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yea im holdin onto the stock wheels for now. The future holds alot for this car.

The lights are legal, but i will still prob be pulled over at one point. *knocks on wood* They are visible from the legal distances and have "2 red reflectors on back of vehicle"

check out this page for commonly cited mods in CA.

http://www.btpautoparts.com/californialaws.html
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how did you go about spraying them with the VHT nite shades??? i plan on doing this to my tails too (im gonna get the same ones as you). you gotta do any sanding and spraying any clear down?

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its unique
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Old 01-08-2010, 05:16 AM
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I took my headlights out when I VHT'd mine and cleaned them with rubbing alcohol, sprayed the coats of Night Shade, and then applied the clearcoat and buff a couple days later..Make sure you let them sit overnight to get them right. I will be posting some pics in my profile soon once this snow moves out lol.
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Old 01-08-2010, 05:23 AM
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i didnt really do much. took em out, cleaned em, sprayed em with the nite shades. no clear coat or anthing
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unique. looks good man.
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it still isn't legal because there's a reflector that needs to be seen from the REAR of the vehicle..
looks like you painted right over that one and just left the side reflectors.

as far as being pulled over and cited for it? that really depends on the officer really.
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pretty sick man. like the red reflector part
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I bought smoked headlights and tailights off the internet and they look great. The front ones have a BMW type halo ring and LED lights on the bottom. The rear ones are not all LED because I did not want them to look like all the other custom rear lights aroung here. Only the running lights are LED. They don't make blacked out headlights that I have seen and smoke looks better on light blue metallic paint. What is going to look good is round fog lights and round driving lights on the bottom. What can I buy to smoke the glass on them and where? Stan
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