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Old 04-14-2015, 04:05 AM
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My Build Thread

I thought I would start my own build thread to add to as I progress. Purely cosmetic at the moment.
Vinyl wrapped the chrome window surrounds and front grill. Plasti dipped the rear badges and carbon wrapped the drl surrounds and front splitter. Rear diffuser has been hydro dipped.

Next mod is to get the car lowered and get 12mm spacers all round.
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Looks great! I love the carbon wrap of the DRL surrounds and splitter. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice job. Are the photos taken on a taxiway?
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nice car. one thing tho.. if you are lowering and want to run bigger tires in the rear it might rub on 12mm. most people that lower their c have 12mm front and 10mm rear. I only know about sedans but gl !
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Hi,

Where diod you get your diffuser done? What sort of cost?
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Nice job. Are the photos taken on a taxiway?
Nope, on the piano keys of the main runway. It's a private airfield so when we are closed I have a nice test track
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nice car. one thing tho.. if you are lowering and want to run bigger tires in the rear it might rub on 12mm. most people that lower their c have 12mm front and 10mm rear. I only know about sedans but gl !
That's good info. Thanks for that
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Hi,

Where diod you get your diffuser done? What sort of cost?
I had it dipped by a local hydrodipping company. They did all the prep work to smooth the diffuser as it has a rough finish, then dipped it for £100.
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Was the £100 for all of it, smoothing and dipping?
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Was the £100 for all of it, smoothing and dipping?
Yep, that was for everything.
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Great stuff, if you wouldnt mind, could you pm me there details etc, looks a great job!
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Originally Posted by the_big_1
Great stuff, if you wouldnt mind, could you pm me there details etc, looks a great job!
No problems. Im guessing you are based in the UK, if not these details wont be much use to you.

Comany website is http://a1hydroprint.co.uk/ The person you need to speak to is Jonny.

Hope this helps.
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Great stuff!!! Not to far from me in Cov.
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Originally Posted by the_big_1
Great stuff!!! Not to far from me in Cov.
Just down the road then.

They have my wing mirror covers at the moment having them dipped the same. Hopefully picking them up on Saturday morning.
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Congrats and very great looking C63! I really like the diffuser pics
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Congrats and very great looking C63! I really like the diffuser pics
Thanks for the kind words.

I've actually just come back to the UK from Kansas. 3 weeks at Hawker Beechcraft in Wichita. I can safely say it was the weirdest weather I've ever known. 24 degrees C and sunny one day and the next we had freezing rain and below zero temperatures. Very surreal.

Oh and our flight from Dallas into Wichita had a lightning strike which was interesting. As an aircraft technician I wasn't really concerned which is more than I can say about a lot of the other passengers

One thing I can say about Wichita though is that you will never starve. So many places to eat and drink. I put on almost a stone in 3 weeks. The ladies seem to like the English accent as well even if most of them thought I was Australian !!
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Thanks for the kind words.

I've actually just come back to the UK from Kansas. 3 weeks at Hawker Beechcraft in Wichita. I can safely say it was the weirdest weather I've ever known. 24 degrees C and sunny one day and the next we had freezing rain and below zero temperatures. Very surreal.

Oh and our flight from Dallas into Wichita had a lightning strike which was interesting. As an aircraft technician I wasn't really concerned which is more than I can say about a lot of the other passengers

One thing I can say about Wichita though is that you will never starve. So many places to eat and drink. I put on almost a stone in 3 weeks. The ladies seem to like the English accent as well even if most of them thought I was Australian !!
Haha awesome, I'm sure that was an experience. I live in Olathe, about 3 hours from Wichita but yes...the weather is very bipolar. Yea....not the brightest people in Wichita but we definitely know how to eat!

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