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Well I dont really have anything too fancy going on because its a newer car but its slowly coming along
First off this is the next thing im planning on getting... If this damn weather clears up for me....
Then I plan on getting HID'S for my front lights
underbody lighting
exhaust modification.
And whenever I have my car paid off ill start swapping out parts.
I have interior 7 color lighting 6 piece kit. I have 4 bars up front and 2 in the back. I got the kit from ledglow.com and installed myself....
Thanks to my state the back can be any tint. This is 5% (limo tint) it was the darkest they had until the new 2.5%. Anyways its very dark.
The side front windows are 25% (state allowance it 35 % so it is "illegal"but they are so close you cant tell them apart
And just because
Well I dont really have anything too fancy going on because its a newer car but its slowly coming along
First off this is the next thing im planning on getting... If this damn weather clears up for me....
Then I plan on getting HID'S for my front lights
underbody lighting
exhaust modification.
And whenever I have my car paid off ill start swapping out parts.
I have interior 7 color lighting 6 piece kit. I have 4 bars up front and 2 in the back. I got the kit from ledglow.com and installed myself....
Thanks to my state the back can be any tint. This is 5% (limo tint) it was the darkest they had until the new 2.5%. Anyways its very dark.
The side front windows are 25% (state allowance it 35 % so it is "illegal"but they are so close you cant tell them apart
And just because
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I traded this in last year, but I did or had done more custom things with this car than any I'd ever owned.
2010 Camaro SS (quite a few modifications 525RWHP/548RWTQ)
Complete modification list:
First day home
First time I swapped wheels
Whipple 2.9L Twin screw blower
Boost & AFR gauges
Custom powdercoated calipers
The way it looked when I traded it in.
2010 Camaro SS (quite a few modifications 525RWHP/548RWTQ)
Complete modification list:
Cosmetic: Heritage grille, smoked fog light covers, powdercoated calipers, MPD1 spoiler, afterburner taillights, custom painted rear bowtie, removed GM and Camaro lettering, swapped out the chrome taillight surrounds with a matte black finish and tinted windows.
Performance: Comp cam, valve springs, ported heads, Stainless Works long tubes with high flow cats, Roto-fab CAI, Whipple 2.9L Twin Screw Supercharger, Boost/AFR gauges, Borla exhaust, Brake Performance slotted/drilled rotors, Goodridge SS brake lines and Hawks' ceramic pads.
Suspension: Pedders' coilovers, BMR toe rods, trailing arms, rear bushings, tunnel brace and Eibach sway bars.
Audio: JL Audio component speakers for the front, 6x9 for rear and 12" W6 sub powered by JL amps.
Wheels:1st set were 20" TSW Vairano wheels and a year later I dropped down to a lightweight 18"x10" forged set up wrapped in Nitto 555s up front and 555r in the rear.
Performance: Comp cam, valve springs, ported heads, Stainless Works long tubes with high flow cats, Roto-fab CAI, Whipple 2.9L Twin Screw Supercharger, Boost/AFR gauges, Borla exhaust, Brake Performance slotted/drilled rotors, Goodridge SS brake lines and Hawks' ceramic pads.
Suspension: Pedders' coilovers, BMR toe rods, trailing arms, rear bushings, tunnel brace and Eibach sway bars.
Audio: JL Audio component speakers for the front, 6x9 for rear and 12" W6 sub powered by JL amps.
Wheels:1st set were 20" TSW Vairano wheels and a year later I dropped down to a lightweight 18"x10" forged set up wrapped in Nitto 555s up front and 555r in the rear.
First day home
First time I swapped wheels
Whipple 2.9L Twin screw blower
Boost & AFR gauges
Custom powdercoated calipers
The way it looked when I traded it in.
I traded this in last year, but I did or had done more custom things with this car than any I'd ever owned.
2010 Camaro SS (quite a few modifications 525RWHP/548RWTQ)
Complete modification list:
Cosmetic: Heritage grille, smoked fog light covers, powdercoated calipers, MPD1 spoiler, afterburner taillights, custom painted rear bowtie, removed GM and Camaro lettering, swapped out the chrome taillight surrounds with a matte black finish and tinted windows.
Performance: Comp cam, valve springs, ported heads, Stainless Works long tubes with high flow cats, Roto-fab CAI, Whipple 2.9L Twin Screw Supercharger, Boost/AFR gauges, Borla exhaust, Brake Performance slotted/drilled rotors, Goodridge SS brake lines and Hawks' ceramic pads.
Suspension: Pedders' coilovers, BMR toe rods, trailing arms, rear bushings, tunnel brace and Eibach sway bars.
Audio: JL Audio component speakers for the front, 6x9 for rear and 12" W6 sub powered by JL amps.
Wheels:1st set were 20" TSW Vairano wheels and a year later I dropped down to a lightweight 18"x10" forged set up wrapped in Nitto 555s up front and 555r in the rear.
First day home
First time I swapped wheels
Whipple 2.9L Twin screw blower
Boost & AFR gauges
Custom powdercoated calipers
The way it looked when I traded it in.
Love this car! 
FINALLY got some nice rims put on..... Hopefully weather stays nice....SNOWED last week....
Looks like Im going to have to put off steels and cut back
I debated size for a while. I wanted 18's but we have so many potholes every year from winter I was afraid to crack my rim. Also to top it off two people before me at the store today had cracked rims. Both guys actually let me see the damage to the rims on their cars. Both were wealthy individuals and did not seem to care. I however dont so I settled for some 17's.
They are Drag DR-33'S High Black gloss
Looks like Im going to have to put off steels and cut back
I debated size for a while. I wanted 18's but we have so many potholes every year from winter I was afraid to crack my rim. Also to top it off two people before me at the store today had cracked rims. Both guys actually let me see the damage to the rims on their cars. Both were wealthy individuals and did not seem to care. I however dont so I settled for some 17's.
They are Drag DR-33'S High Black gloss
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I traded this in last year, but I did or had done more custom things with this car than any I'd ever owned.
2010 Camaro SS (quite a few modifications 525RWHP/548RWTQ)
Complete modification list:
Cosmetic: Heritage grille, smoked fog light covers, powdercoated calipers, MPD1 spoiler, afterburner taillights, custom painted rear bowtie, removed GM and Camaro lettering, swapped out the chrome taillight surrounds with a matte black finish and tinted windows.
Performance: Comp cam, valve springs, ported heads, Stainless Works long tubes with high flow cats, Roto-fab CAI, Whipple 2.9L Twin Screw Supercharger, Boost/AFR gauges, Borla exhaust, Brake Performance slotted/drilled rotors, Goodridge SS brake lines and Hawks' ceramic pads.
Suspension: Pedders' coilovers, BMR toe rods, trailing arms, rear bushings, tunnel brace and Eibach sway bars.
Audio: JL Audio component speakers for the front, 6x9 for rear and 12" W6 sub powered by JL amps.
Wheels:1st set were 20" TSW Vairano wheels and a year later I dropped down to a lightweight 18"x10" forged set up wrapped in Nitto 555s up front and 555r in the rear.
First day home
First time I swapped wheels
Whipple 2.9L Twin screw blower
Boost & AFR gauges
Custom powdercoated calipers
The way it looked when I traded it in.
Oh my I fxxxxxg love this car
I just ordered these side decals for my Scion.
Some carbon fiber vinyl wrap for my mirrors and then I'll place these Dope Scion decals which just came in yesterday on the back side of them.
Also got these three in the mail this past week too. I plan to wrap my fuel door in carbon fiber and placing the skull decal on top of it.
I was going to get the 18 inch Ace Alloy: Convex rims but found these Five:AD S7's that are 19 inch wheels, gunmetal grey which are much nicer IMO. Haven't ordered yet as I'm still trying to decide.
Got these racing extended lug nuts. I'll probably go ahead and put them on this weekend to try them out.
Replaced all my interior lighting with these LED 6000k white lights.
Also got these Halo Projector fog lights but I need to get a friend to help me install them.
Some carbon fiber vinyl wrap for my mirrors and then I'll place these Dope Scion decals which just came in yesterday on the back side of them.
Also got these three in the mail this past week too. I plan to wrap my fuel door in carbon fiber and placing the skull decal on top of it.
I was going to get the 18 inch Ace Alloy: Convex rims but found these Five:AD S7's that are 19 inch wheels, gunmetal grey which are much nicer IMO. Haven't ordered yet as I'm still trying to decide.
Got these racing extended lug nuts. I'll probably go ahead and put them on this weekend to try them out.
Replaced all my interior lighting with these LED 6000k white lights.
Also got these Halo Projector fog lights but I need to get a friend to help me install them.
I've found Powder Coating to the rims to be awfully flashy and would definitely catch more attention than a non powder coated rim. Very nice indeed . There are so many thousands of options to go with trying to decide on a set of rims, it's very difficult to decide on what I want. Found a couple of places here close to where I live that will powder coat each rim for $100. I looked around and that's not really a bad price. Anyways I found these that this color would go really nice with my new car.
. There are so many thousands of options to go with trying to decide on a set of rims, it's very difficult to decide on what I want. Found a couple of places here close to where I live that will powder coat each rim for $100. I looked around and that's not really a bad price. Anyways I found these that this color would go really nice with my new car.
Very nice Acid what type of Scion do you have?
Nice powder coat btw !
Well wanted to share my updates with my civic. Late last year someone scuffed my rear bumper badly but thankfully I had a nice layer of wax put on the week before so it all Buffed out besides 1 tiny hairline scratch at the bottom bumper. So I decided to plasti dip the rear bumper.It is basically rubber paint that can be removed at any time, I also did the mirrors door handles gas lid and part of my tail lights. I installed underbody lights as well in the middle of winter TERRIBLE idea with no garage.
Jan of this year I had a family loss which really brought me down and in my state I splurged on a Carbon fiber hood. I also got colored H emblems ordered from canada. I have a Bunch of emblems on my car Avengers Xmen Transformers Serenity ect.
In March Honda announced several new makeovers and body styles for 2016 and up starting with all civics will have Turbo engines. So I decided to pause work on the car ...A week or so later a 2010 scion TC caught my attention a the dealer across the street and I had to have it for the price they were offering. Only mods so far is I got rims in for it today.
Nice powder coat btw !
Well wanted to share my updates with my civic. Late last year someone scuffed my rear bumper badly but thankfully I had a nice layer of wax put on the week before so it all Buffed out besides 1 tiny hairline scratch at the bottom bumper. So I decided to plasti dip the rear bumper.It is basically rubber paint that can be removed at any time, I also did the mirrors door handles gas lid and part of my tail lights. I installed underbody lights as well in the middle of winter TERRIBLE idea with no garage.
Jan of this year I had a family loss which really brought me down and in my state I splurged on a Carbon fiber hood. I also got colored H emblems ordered from canada. I have a Bunch of emblems on my car Avengers Xmen Transformers Serenity ect.
In March Honda announced several new makeovers and body styles for 2016 and up starting with all civics will have Turbo engines. So I decided to pause work on the car ...A week or so later a 2010 scion TC caught my attention a the dealer across the street and I had to have it for the price they were offering. Only mods so far is I got rims in for it today.
I have a 2012 Scion tC Release Series 7.0 #81 out of 2200. Picked it up for 18k and only had 17,200 miles on it. It comes stock with a TRD racing package. Front and side splitters, racing seats, push button start/stop, remote and keyless entry. I've already modified the engine and put a Weapon-R Secret Weapon cold air intake in it, changed the factory taillights out to LED ones. Also changed all the interior lighting out to 6000k white light LED's as well as the licence plate lights too. Also bought some racing petals and some red with blue caps extended tuner lug nuts. Here's some pictures.Very nice Acid what type of Scion do you have?
Nice powder coat btw !
Well wanted to share my updates with my civic. Late last year someone scuffed my rear bumper badly but thankfully I had a nice layer of wax put on the week before so it all Buffed out besides 1 tiny hairline scratch at the bottom bumper. So I decided to plasti dip the rear bumper.It is basically rubber paint that can be removed at any time, I also did the mirrors door handles gas lid and part of my tail lights. I installed underbody lights as well in the middle of winter TERRIBLE idea with no garage.
Jan of this year I had a family loss which really brought me down and in my state I splurged on a Carbon fiber hood. I also got colored H emblems ordered from canada. I have a Bunch of emblems on my car Avengers Xmen Transformers Serenity ect.
In March Honda announced several new makeovers and body styles for 2016 and up starting with all civics will have Turbo engines. So I decided to pause work on the car ...A week or so later a 2010 scion TC caught my attention a the dealer across the street and I had to have it for the price they were offering. Only mods so far is I got rims in for it today.
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What kind of rims did you get? That carbon fiber hood looks exactly like the one I want, is that a Carbon Creations or Seibon hood? I'm not really keen on plasti-dip but I like carbon fiber a lot so I'm going to wrap my side mirrors and fuel door and few other little things in that 4D Carbon Fiber vinyl. I also changed my mind at the last minute before I bought the side decals above because there are so many options now I have some tribal graphics in mind for the racing decals.
That is AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!! Mine is a 2010 Release Series 6.0 #963 our of 1,100. Mine had 36,900 on it when I got it just under $14k with taxes. I am looking at Headlights and taillights install over the next month because my headlights have very poor visibility they were just buffed out to remove the cloud build up. I will be getting all the windows re-tinted when I am out of state in the fall to match my civic %.
Next thing up tho is I am working on removing the silver trim inside the car and re painting it.
The rims I picked up are 18 inch Drag DR 34'S white with machined lip.
The civic hood I picked up is by Seibon and its sooo sweet . It has gotten me a lot of attention and comments when I am out .
Are you looking to do a HID conversion on your lights or an entire light replacement?
Looking to do both. Will do the housing first for sure and since I will have to take the bumper off I want to do a grill swap as well so if I do that I may wait a few months to do a HID conversion so I can just spread cost out.
If your going to install a grill I recommend Grillcraft as they tend to have good quality grills and thorough instruction, I've don't quite a bit of research on them because I want one for mine too.
Once you do get ready for a HID conversion kit I would recommend this Kensun and the Kensun Relay Harness so as to prevent the flickering that most folks talk about after installation, it's caused by low electrical current and the relay will allow it to maintain a constant rate.
As for a full replacement on the headlights I would try at these places. Fast Scions; Andy's Auto Sport & Carid and if you want quality halos I recommend Oracle of Houston.
I was actually looking at some Grillcrafts on ebay they are really beautiful grills. And thanks for the HID tip I had not started researching for my scion Yet.
Thanks for those other links I have been looking on carid quite a bit since I know a few people who have ordered parts from them. Right now I have been looking at possibly getting the Spyder Halo led projectors I really like the smoke however I hear it defeats having the Hids so I may just go for the regular spyder.
@Xavier I have those Spyder Halo Projector fog lights, I'm just waiting for a friend of mine to help me install them. They are very high quality fog lights. The fog projectors are independent from the halos, meaning they each have there own switch so you can use just the halos as DRL's.
@Xavier Here's a picture of mine so you can see the quality of them and the dual rocker switch too.
The instructions they include are just one piece of paper and you really can't read it that well because it's of a photo copy of a photo copy of a photo copy etc, if you know what I mean. I've included the PDF file in this post which is pretty much universal for those Spyder fog lights. I had to search high and low to find it but I finally found it on the ScionLife forums buried 10 pages into a section.
The instructions they include are just one piece of paper and you really can't read it that well because it's of a photo copy of a photo copy of a photo copy etc, if you know what I mean. I've included the PDF file in this post which is pretty much universal for those Spyder fog lights. I had to search high and low to find it but I finally found it on the ScionLife forums buried 10 pages into a section.
