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Old 04-14-2016, 11:17 PM
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Amazing work and outcome as usual Chris. How I wish I knew a guy like you locally I could trust for custom work like this!
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What brand / model are those wheels? Beautiful!
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Like this. Also in Beautiful ALU..
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Getting close to finnished....











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Well Done.......! Good work Brother....!
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WOW..Months of work and 2 coments..Guess it was not that of a big deal then..
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Amazing work Chris! Looks awesome!
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WOW..Months of work and 2 coments..Guess it was not that of a big deal then..
I liked it before. Just kidding! hahaha

Where are the interior shots??

And you KNOW it looks good
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Looks great. I might want to do a front facelift in a couple years or so.
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WOW..Months of work and 2 coments..Guess it was not that of a big deal then..
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It's a big deal.... I'm just speechless and have update envy.

Great job!!
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Awesome job! And thanks again for taking the time to document the process!
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There we go..Thanx a million...Now I feel better..

Interior pics are comming as soon as I am 100% finnished..
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Hey Chris, I truly believe we all speechless.....man that was one heck of a project......great work man great work.....now don't be upset when we lean on your expertise....lol thanks for sharing
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Appreciate your time and effort on this. Good job!
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wow just wow, such a helpful fella too, thank you for the amazing details
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I wish there were an aftermarket grille exactly like that for the pre-facelift model.
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Awesome mods! Love the front end facelift. Looking forward to the final interior shots.
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Where is a "Chris the 'Merican" so we can have someone awesome like this on this side of the pond? haha
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Get me a green card and I move there and start up my business there as well.. Thats my dream...
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