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***BLUEMEANIE*** · 05-22-2008, 09:56 PM

I was taking pics for something else and I snapped one of the whole car. I just added the VRD fog lights and Yakima rack.

please excuse the dirt ... pollen+rain=

slammedrolla · 05-22-2008, 11:35 PM

I don't understand the whole roof rack thing in the tuner scene now but whatever. The car is clean overall though, I would paint the wheels dark it would look way better or get new rims

Piddy · 05-22-2008, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by slammedrolla

I don't understand the whole roof rack thing in the tuner scene now but whatever. The car is clean overall though, I would paint the wheels dark it would look way better or get new rims

My guess would be he likes to ski/snowboard.

***Eye8Pussies*** · 05-23-2008, 12:44 AM

lookin' clean as always...

any chance to dyno or take it to the track yet?

and I'd get a rack for my car as well to carry my board...but too bad my car itself would never make it to the slopes...that big shovel on the front of my car and all lol

samarai912 · 05-23-2008, 01:01 AM

Yeah I'm wanting to get a rack for my '94prelude too. Thats a nice car BM(bluemeanie) and don't paint the wheels..... it looks GreAT. It's a Snow plOW by the way!

***DAMON*** · 05-23-2008, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by slammedrolla

I don't understand the whole roof rack thing in the tuner scene now but whatever. The car is clean overall though, I would paint the wheels dark it would look way better or get new rims

not to be a jerk, but dont you have altezzas?

Car looks sick as always eric, any idea if youre going down to the speed source BBQ? Im still planning to come down and chill!

***BLUEMEANIE*** · 05-23-2008, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by slammedrolla

I don't understand the whole roof rack thing in the tuner scene now but whatever. The car is clean overall though, I would paint the wheels dark it would look way better or get new rims

I ride bikes. A lot. Road, Cyclocross, Fix, Track, Leasure, Commute, etc. I am also on the board of directors and a volunteer mechanic at St.L BicycleWORKS, our local community bike shop and non-profit working with at risk inner city youth.

I use to build race cars and high horse street cars of all types and drove Toyotas as dd's. I sold all of my projects and my old shop, so the tC just happens to be my daily that all of my old habits/hobbies are being focused on. I'm not really into the whole "tuner show scene" either . Which is why I haven't done anything to the exterior other than the lip. I have managed to spend thousands under the hood and on the suspension tho.

...simply put, she's a sleeper.

That said, I suppose one day I'll toss some Enkei RPF1's on. They look pretty close to stock to the untrained eye.

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Originally Posted by Eye8Pussies

lookin' clean as always...

any chance to dyno or take it to the track yet?

and I'd get a rack for my car as well to carry my board...but too bad my car itself would never make it to the slopes...that big shovel on the front of my car and all lol

Not yet. Its fast tho. I probably won't hit a dyno (unless I get a free run) until I take it to the next level with a L to A TMIC, EMS, LSD, Clutch, Flywheel, etc. At a full 10lbs I can hear the recirc BPV shrieking as it blasts open. Way cooler than a BOV cause its silent pulling up but as I get on it the whine just gets higher and higher until it pops at red line screaming like a little girl in terror. (I'm giggling just typing this

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And don't let the shadow fool you she's a plow. I'm getting the SSP's corner balanced soon.

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Originally Posted by DAMON

not to be a jerk, but dont you have altezzas?

Car looks sick as always eric, any idea if youre going down to the speed source BBQ? Im still planning to come down and chill!

haha

Hell yeah I'm heading up! As soon as I get off on Friday I'm on the road.

***BLUEMEANIE*** · 05-23-2008, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by slammedrolla

I would paint the wheels dark it would look way better or get new rims

wait a minute ... with dark rims, my car would look like yours.

For those who don't know IIP and NBM are almost indistinguishable from each other, other than the color they reflect when the sun hits them just right. Indigo Ink Pearl = purplish and Nautical Blue Metallic = navy blue greenish. Side by side in normal light it's hard to tell them apart tho.

dna59 · 05-23-2008, 10:00 AM

Wow the car looks great. I actually think the roof rack gives it an aggressive look and character.

***BLUEMEANIE*** · 05-23-2008, 10:43 AM

Agreed! Plus it's totally utilitarian! With the SR open it looks even more aggressive. I think it needs the lip spoiler tho to finish it off. ...and I'm, as I've always been, on the fence about the TYC tail lights the car came with.