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Old 07-05-2011, 12:17 AM
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A little update

Hey guys,

It has been a while. A couple pictures...



My TSX retro The angel Eyes are CCFL now!




$40 painted off ebay. If i get sick of it i just trash it



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Old out



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Check this out guys, that is dedication to the car (EU software doesn't work on MAC os)









UPDATE:

Under hood shots and PFTB installed




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Looks fantastic. Love those headlights.
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nice ride love the lights and wheels
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Super clean as usual.
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This is why I want an I35. No one would know what it is, but they would want it.

Sexy, sexy!
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holy crap now thats nicely done man much much props car looks fantastic
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Pretty nice overall! Not a big fan of that small trunk lip spoiler....
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Old 07-06-2011, 12:18 PM
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I forgot to mention; Get some TSX-R clear lenses!
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Old 07-06-2011, 12:26 PM
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Looking Super Clean.......
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Nice retro! that front looks a lot better than the maximas.
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Thanks guys! I've been working on it for a while now. Btw... that is a manual 20th Anniversary transmission....

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I forgot to mention; Get some TSX-R clear lenses!
Is there are difference between the regular tsx lenses and the tsx-r? the one's i got are clear only the flash of the camera made em look weird
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Gorgeous paint and headlights and brakes...love it...
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Nice job man car looks great
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yupp looks very nice
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Originally Posted by McSteve

Is there are difference between the regular tsx lenses and the tsx-r? the one's i got are clear only the flash of the camera made em look weird
there is only a difference if your lenses are fresnel, dimpled, etc, and not clear. the main thing with clear is that you will get a sharper cutoff, possibly some increased output, and you have more wiggle room with cutoff color mods(IIRC). since yours are clear, you don't have to worry about it.
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Are you using Boot Camp? Oh, and nice car btw

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Originally Posted by McSteve
Is there are difference between the regular tsx lenses and the tsx-r? the one's i got are clear only the flash of the camera made em look weird
Well if you have '04-'05 projectors the lenses are infact clear but the TSX-R's are still better. The central intensity, width intensity, beam uniformity, cutoff sharpness and color flicker are all improved. There's also a more colorful colorband at the cutoff.

It's not something necessary but it would be nice to have. I know when you do a retro yourself you definitely wanna get as much out of it as possible.
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updated for interior shots
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Originally Posted by T_Behr904
Are you using Boot Camp? Oh, and nice car btw
no it's vmware virtual machine. Really straight forward to use and they have this unity mode, so that windoze runs in the background and just pops up new windows just as apps. pretty cool
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Originally Posted by McSteve
updated for interior shots
Like this one? Why, Steve? Why?

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haha i copy pasted it from another forum. good catch!

Edit:
however, this demonstrates that with an auto brake pedal heel/toe shifting is not a problem!

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Originally Posted by McSteve
however, this demonstrates that with an auto brake pedal heel/toe shifting is not a problem!
I noticed that you kept the auto brake pedal. (Amongst other things you can't help but notice and wish you hadn't.)

I'd almost call that a mod, although obviously the brake was there first, and clutch is the newcomer to that foot-well.
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I like where you put the EU and the Wideband gauge. Any reason why you have both the EU and VAFC?
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Old 08-04-2011, 11:50 AM
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Car looks amazing. Trans swap is money we spent ! Congrates!
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Nice....real nice

I'm hatin on mtx swap (i want so bad)
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Good looking. Man that thing looks great, SUPER unique also. Big thumbs up from me McStever.

Then I saw this!

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All that beauty, and then a wretchidly hacked trim piece and wires just coming out. Come on Steve, I see the rest of that car, you can do better than this!

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Originally Posted by McSteve
no it's vmware virtual machine. Really straight forward to use and they have this unity mode, so that windoze runs in the background and just pops up new windows just as apps. pretty cool
Cool, thanks for the info!
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Originally Posted by TunerMaxima3000
All that beauty, and then a wretchidly hacked trim piece and wires just coming out. Come on Steve, I see the rest of that car, you can do better than this!

Man I know, but the angles and the plastic re-inforcements on the backside made it a pain in the *** to cut. I have to get some edge trim to put around the cut to mask it. And the USB cable is in there for tuning purposes. I'm still not finished tuning, I guess I could've pulled it for the picture tho...

@Schmellyfart I had the VAFC before I had the EU, and the way it's wired I'd have to pull the headliner and all that stuff and so I just decided to leave it. Plus I guess it's the only thing in the car that tells me battery voltage =)
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Super clean car, really like the interior setup and rims
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Nice job, but PLEASE replace that hacked up trim panel. There are plenty of other options - you can run hidden cable and put a flushmount USB port ANYWHERE in the car!

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well the reason for the cutout is to have access to the 4 dip switches on the left to activate different maps.
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I still love it.
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I installed the PFTB, BBMAF and the 3.5 inch intake and auto-tuned it with the EU.

Boy what a difference. I was tuned on the short intake i had earlier as well with the stock TB and the but dyno feels way different. So I would definitively say 3.5 long intake is beneficial for the vq30 as well. It also added a nice roar when pulling on the highway now which wasn't there before.
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Wow after seeing a whole org full of badly done i30/i35's , I have a whole diffrent perspective on i30/I35's after see this one. Good job man enjoy
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Nice car,Very well done
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Couldn't help but smile when I saw the stick shift. I really do admire your craftsmanship and effort. Very big +1 from me
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now supercharged. Having a couple issues and only seeing 7 psi at redline. made a thread in the FI section. I will hopefully get everything sorted out soon
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