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DISCUSSION => Exterior => Topic started by: kowalski on July 11, 2008, 08:06:11 PM

Title: new shoes.
Post by: kowalski on July 11, 2008, 08:06:11 PM

(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f300/Mkroeker/IMG_6017.jpg)
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f300/Mkroeker/IMG_6018.jpg)

still have to roll the fenders, and i'm going to get them painted a different color... and mount tires.

Title: new shoes.
Post by: tony92ic on July 11, 2008, 09:00:30 PM

Very European and period. Love 'em.

What color are you going to paint them?

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Post by: kowalski on July 12, 2008, 01:42:28 AM

thanks,
They're going to be painted DS centers (body color) with highy polished lips.

and i actually imported them from Germany.

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Post by: George77 on July 12, 2008, 04:54:26 PM

Super ,very nice rims

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Post by: Cobra Jet on July 17, 2008, 09:18:53 AM

have you tried getting it on the rails of a railroad track and running like that?  LOL!

definitely different rims!

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Post by: EN318isPDX on July 18, 2008, 01:21:06 PM

I dunno about those rims.. seen them on cars and i dont actually like the look! but to each his own!! Enjoy they are "better" than stock!

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Post by: ClodKing on July 18, 2008, 05:41:28 PM

I thought the wheels were feet, and the tires were shoes...

ANYWAYS, I like em'

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Post by: ClodKing on July 18, 2008, 05:42:23 PM

Sorry, can you post a pic of your car head on??

I wanna see what your bumper looks like.

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Post by: kowalski on July 18, 2008, 07:27:03 PM

(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f300/Mkroeker/IMG_6024.jpg)
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f300/Mkroeker/IMG_6023.jpg)
This is the front end shot, but it looks terrible right now because it got vandalized, and the euro plate is trashed. all that double sided tape needs to come off, and it needs to get resanded and painted... i plan to do it all when i get around to finishing the sanding on the rest of my RD kit.
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f300/Mkroeker/IMG_6022.jpg)

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Post by: ClodKing on July 19, 2008, 06:20:12 PM

That's a nice bumper.

And your car looks good with those wheels.

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Post by: swiss318is on August 07, 2008, 09:22:15 AM

NICE, superb taste my friend!

brand?wide?et?price?tiresize?

borbet A-style 9x16 et15 4x100 ???

Title: new shoes.
Post by: kowalski on August 07, 2008, 11:38:13 PM

Quote from: swiss318is;54491

NICE, superb taste my friend!

brand?wide?et?price?tiresize?

borbet A-style 9x16 et15 4x100 ???

very correct sir. and tires are 215/40/16 bf goodrich sprots

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Post by: swiss318is on August 08, 2008, 09:51:09 AM

looks amazing..

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Post by: kowalski on August 08, 2008, 07:47:22 PM

washed, with rolled fenders.
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f300/Mkroeker/IMG_1985.jpg)
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f300/Mkroeker/IMG_1986.jpg)
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f300/Mkroeker/IMG_1987.jpg)
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f300/Mkroeker/IMG_1988.jpg)

Title: new shoes.
Post by: 318kid on August 09, 2008, 12:36:56 AM

Thats pretty clean, I like it but the front needs to come down a couple inches to really pull it off. Oh and I asked in another thread but what front end is it? I like it.

Title: new shoes.
Post by: kowalski on August 09, 2008, 11:43:21 AM

Quote from: 318kid;54573

Thats pretty clean, I like it but the front needs to come down a couple inches to really pull it off. Oh and I asked in another thread but what front end is it? I like it.

thanks, i'd lower the front a little more but i can't get away with it. I hit A LOT, at least every other day i gently touch the skid plate, and if it goes any lower, it wont be gently touching the skid plate...

As for the front end, I made it with many hours on the drive way. Its a stock plastic bumper, with the bump strips removed, and flush mounted turn signals, and a early style racing dynamics front valence fiberglassed all together, with the early style fog lights removed, and replaced with brake ducts. I have the rest of the kit to put on, but this was so much work that I'm a little reluctant to finish it... though i know I should, and I will... I keep putting it off until the next weekend...