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Old Nov 24, 2011 | 01:48 AM
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Originally Posted by FrankW
black lower center looks good on the rep bumper with wider mid section.
Yea, benefits of having the replica. I think the wider mesh looks more aggressive

Originally Posted by I_C_Class
I wonder if anyone's tried instead of painting the black part vertically down but instead, follow the diagonal edges of the bumper...does that make sense? haha
I've seen a couple like that. Wasn't a big fan so I went with vertical
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Old Nov 24, 2011 | 01:59 AM
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I want to see! Where are these pics?
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Old Nov 24, 2011 | 02:18 AM
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Not sure if this is exactly what you meant but there's one in harrison1277's thread

It looks good, vertical is more for my taste though.

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Old Nov 24, 2011 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by giannidy
iPhone pic!

Nice plasti dipped bumper


Originally Posted by I_C_Class
I wonder if anyone's tried instead of painting the black part vertically down but instead, follow the diagonal edges of the bumper...does that make sense? haha
I tried to Do it at an angle on mine

cant wait to see what it will look like with the lip
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Old Nov 24, 2011 | 11:14 PM
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^Oh i see! I like it
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Old Nov 25, 2011 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by giannidy
Not sure if this is exactly what you meant but there's one in harrison1277's thread

It looks good, vertical is more for my taste though.
i gotta say that look is growing on me

I liked mine originally because the black line followed the line of the mesh grille down, but the vertical approach looks more aggressive

im gunna try that whenever i re-do mine
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 12:45 AM
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haha cool. is the grill plastidipped too? I was thinking of trying that out but I do highway driving everyday...
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 2nice
haha cool. is the grill plastidipped too? I was thinking of trying that out but I do highway driving everyday...
Nah, my current grille is painted. But my stock grille I had on it before was plasti-dipped. Plasti dip holds strong. Never got a chip on my old grille. Plus, if anything does happen which is a small probability, you can always redo it.
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 03:53 AM
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I really like the look of the plastidipped front bumper I might have to steal the idea
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by MbzShah
I really like the look of the plastidipped front bumper I might have to steal the idea
Haha go for it. I'm gonna strip mine off and get it painted, just wanted to make sure I like the look of it before I actually painted it.
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 12:34 AM
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So I got the halo fogs installed! Kept the original mesh pieces. It really doesn't create a huge gap, with the smaller fogs, so it still looks good!

Only problem when we installed. My friend who was making the custom brackets for the fogs forgot about the gap in the halo lights (which I warned him about ), so the gaps aren't facing the same direction...

Doesn't really bother me but I'm definitely still gonna get it fixed because it doesn't look good in pictures, but honestly rolling down the street no one notices it and it looks sick!

The halos match AZN's 5000k parking lights, and instead of wiring it to its own switch we just wired them to the parking lights.

Here are a couple pictures.

During the day:


The iPhone camera makes em look like they aren't even halos
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But I turned the headlights on and adjusted the exposure. Still doesn't look like it does in person. The halos are much thinner.



I will try and get some better pictures but you guys have an idea of how it looks for now!

This was one of my favorite mods. Its by far the most original thing I've done, and it looks so nasty in person!!!
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 12:36 AM
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loving the halos Giannidy !!
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 12:46 AM
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Pretty sick !
Did you do toggle switch ?
Or city light circuit
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ahmadk
loving the halos Giannidy !!
Thanks for the support ahmad!

Originally Posted by havoc_vulture
Pretty sick !
Did you do toggle switch ?
Or city light circuit
Thanks man! We just wired em to the city lights.




Oh yeah I still kept the 3000k's in there. Forgot to take a pic, but it looks cool with them on with the halos!
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 02:19 AM
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Looks good man. Thought they'd a bit larger though lol Think about running them to a 12v constant so its on all the time?
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 04:16 AM
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I love this so much
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by phister
Looks good man. Thought they'd a bit larger though lol Think about running them to a 12v constant so its on all the time?
Yea I wish there were bigger but those were the biggest I could find on ebay that had the CCFL rings instead of LED lol. Honestly looks better in person though, the size looks perfect until I take a picture of them haha

And yea thought about it, but I wasn't sure if I wanted them on all the time so I just took the safe way out

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I love this so much
Thanks! Me too
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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Newest mod to my car. Antlers make my car more aerodynamic also adding 50 horsepower.

Lol, Christmas card anyone?

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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 09:18 PM
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May I join in?
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 10:47 PM
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Lol go for it man the more the merrier. I got the set from walmart in the car section for 7 bucks haha
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Old Dec 25, 2011 | 04:37 PM
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I Like the car man very nicely done. Ride looks clean nothing too much seen a lot of 203z here but some of the people are tasteless but your car looks nice.
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Old Jan 2, 2012 | 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Normandie4life
I Like the car man very nicely done. Ride looks clean nothing too much seen a lot of 203z here but some of the people are tasteless but your car looks nice.
Thanks bro! Like your car too
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Old Jan 3, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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Yo gianni car is lookin nice! I haven't been on here in a long *** time but I'll be back for a bit. Gotta catch up on what everyone's done here.
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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 03:24 AM
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Real nice looking car G.
Im new here, just started a couple mods on my blk c320.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 09:38 PM
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giannidy your whip looks dope man.

i saw you transformed your grill, where did you get it from? i want to change the stock look of it but i love how you kept it classy with the star
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