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01-28-2009, 11:47 PM

kronickz

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New painted wheels + drop

Some pics of my car. I finished painting my wheels last week and I installed some AG Kit springs on Tuesday morning.

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01-28-2009, 11:48 PM

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In the end, I am very happy with how everything turned out.

01-29-2009, 12:17 AM

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looks good...reminds me of unfadeable's max...but regardless...great work...how does the AG kit ride like??? is it stiff???

01-29-2009, 01:05 AM

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Thanks, they actually ride really good, I didn't really notice too much of a difference from stock.

01-29-2009, 05:21 AM

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looks good!did you just get the rims painted or poweder coated too?also is it me or is it in the pic the the rear is lower then the front?

01-29-2009, 05:51 AM

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Not bad but I Would have kept the chrome looks much better im feeling that 07 rear bumper cover though

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01-29-2009, 07:01 AM

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looks pretty good man. got any close up pics?

01-29-2009, 07:07 AM

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looks good!did you just get the rims painted or poweder coated too?also is it me or is it in the pic the the rear is lower then the front?

I just painted them myself, if anything were to happen to them, I would consider powdercoating them next. The rear is a little lower than the front due to the drop rate on the springs being 2" in the front and 2" in the rear.

01-29-2009, 07:11 AM

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Not bad but I Would have kept the chrome looks much better im feeling that 07 rear bumper cover though

Thanks man, I got kinda tired of chrome because I ALWAYS had to keep em clean from brake dust and what not, plus I like the 2 tone look

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looks pretty good man. got any close up pics?

Thanks, not at the moment. Do you mean of the drop or the wheels?

01-29-2009, 07:25 AM

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Thanks, not at the moment. Do you mean of the drop or the wheels?

The wheels. Would like to see how they look closeup with. did you apply clear coat on them?

01-29-2009, 07:33 AM

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The wheels. Would like to see how they look closeup with. did you apply clear coat on them?

Yeah I did, but it's the clearcoat that duplicolor makes for wheels so it's not very glossy. Here's a pic of them when I just applied the clear.

01-29-2009, 08:07 AM

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Yeah I did, but it's the clearcoat that duplicolor makes for wheels so it's not very glossy. Here's a pic of them when I just applied the clear.

Damn, they still have a pretty nice gloss to them... Good job man.

01-29-2009, 09:12 AM

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Sexy!!!

01-29-2009, 10:01 AM

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Very nice man, looks like you're not done with tricking the Max out yet though ;-)

01-29-2009, 11:20 AM

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looks sick man!

01-29-2009, 12:36 PM

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Very nice man, looks like you're not done with tricking the Max out yet though ;-)

Thank you all. Yeah, I plan on getting a black roof overlay, and maybe the GTR kit but not any time soon. No $$$

01-29-2009, 12:46 PM

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Very nice. Another panda mobile in the works

I painted my stock rims flat black recently but yours seems more labor intensive with the two tone colors. Again, nicely done!!!

01-29-2009, 04:12 PM

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lookin good man.i think im going to paint my stock 18's black until i get my rims.A+++

01-30-2009, 06:32 AM

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Yeah I did, but it's the clearcoat that duplicolor makes for wheels so it's not very glossy. Here's a pic of them when I just applied the clear.

They look pretty glossy to me. If theyre not glossy enough for you then add more clear. I found that the the more coat of clear the glossier it got with the Duplicolor. The car looks hot, good work.

01-30-2009, 09:52 AM

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Looks good, loose the pin stripe (peels off in a matter of seconds).

02-07-2009, 09:48 PM

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lol...

02-07-2009, 11:20 PM

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lol...

02-08-2009, 04:17 PM

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Ha,,it does look similar to unfade's but it is different thats one of the best things about being on the ORG we influence each other..well some of you all do anyway..LOL either way she looks good..like the Kung Fu Panda... i am feeling the switch from the chrome...

02-08-2009, 06:16 PM

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it just me or it looks like the back is lower that what the front does ????

02-08-2009, 08:23 PM

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I like it, however I would have dropped only the front suspension. looks a bit uneven with the back drop. Ohh and maybe add a skunk stripe down the center.