joshd2012
09-09-2009, 09:14 AM
The car went down to NGP Racing on Friday for some work, and came back looking like this:
http://www.audizine.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=3111&pictureid=8776
Sorry for the bad picture, but its been raining here for days and I couldn't shoot it outside.
The car was dropped two inches (to 25" fender height) when they put the Vogtland coilovers on. Whatever "luxury" the car had is slowly being sucked out of it - the car rides much stiffer and I can feel every bump in the road (not necessarily the best thing when they are doing so much road work around here). On the flip side, it corners like a dream and the car no longer fights me when I ask it to take a hard corner at normal speeds. Its a lot more fun to drive. [drive]
The Xenon headlights have been sitting on my bedroom floor for over a year, and I finally got them installed. I cleared them before installation, and it really cleans up the look of the front. Plus, I had Xenons on my previous vehicle, so I'm glad to have them back on my car.
I had painted the rear reflectors last year some time, but since they had to pull the bumper off to install the Xenons, I had them pop the front ones out as well. I sprayed them over the weekend and it looks pretty good. My spraying isn't the best, but you can't tell from more than a few inches away. [>_>]
The wheels got powder coated black (they were gunmetal) at Extreme Powdercoating and I painted the center caps black to match. I left the brushed aluminum unpainted and cleared over it for some added protection.
Some things did pop up, of course. I have corner of the car that is about a 1/4 inch lower than the rest (a result of settling, no doubt), and it is has some rub marks (I hate speed bumps). Also, now that the car is lowered, the rears need spacers - pronto! I have a shake at 40mph from a bad wheel that I thought I rotated out - I guess not. Now I need to powder my spare and figure out which rear tire is out. The work never ends.
So what do you all think?
http://www.audizine.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=3111&pictureid=8776
Sorry for the bad picture, but its been raining here for days and I couldn't shoot it outside.
The car was dropped two inches (to 25" fender height) when they put the Vogtland coilovers on. Whatever "luxury" the car had is slowly being sucked out of it - the car rides much stiffer and I can feel every bump in the road (not necessarily the best thing when they are doing so much road work around here). On the flip side, it corners like a dream and the car no longer fights me when I ask it to take a hard corner at normal speeds. Its a lot more fun to drive. [drive]
The Xenon headlights have been sitting on my bedroom floor for over a year, and I finally got them installed. I cleared them before installation, and it really cleans up the look of the front. Plus, I had Xenons on my previous vehicle, so I'm glad to have them back on my car.
I had painted the rear reflectors last year some time, but since they had to pull the bumper off to install the Xenons, I had them pop the front ones out as well. I sprayed them over the weekend and it looks pretty good. My spraying isn't the best, but you can't tell from more than a few inches away. [>_>]
The wheels got powder coated black (they were gunmetal) at Extreme Powdercoating and I painted the center caps black to match. I left the brushed aluminum unpainted and cleared over it for some added protection.
Some things did pop up, of course. I have corner of the car that is about a 1/4 inch lower than the rest (a result of settling, no doubt), and it is has some rub marks (I hate speed bumps). Also, now that the car is lowered, the rears need spacers - pronto! I have a shake at 40mph from a bad wheel that I thought I rotated out - I guess not. Now I need to powder my spare and figure out which rear tire is out. The work never ends.
So what do you all think?