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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 03:12 AM
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ahhh nice Frank, hows it feel after the tune? Where'd you buy the cf hood at?
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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 03:15 AM
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ahhh nice Frank, hows it feel after the tune? Where'd you buy the cf hood at?
a little extra oomph off the line...still need new filters to take advantage of the tune. not bad at all.

cf hood coming from a friend who's parting out. lol
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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 03:20 AM
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ahhh lucky... Im gonna have to keep searching for someone selling one in classifieds or just pull the trigger and pay full price for a new one.
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 08:51 AM
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3m rubbing compound and 3M wax before switching to CF hood...haven't been this clean in a long time....


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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 09:16 AM
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 09:50 AM
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Paint looks great Frank! Amazing what a good polish will do to the finish. Can't wait to see your CF hood.
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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thanks glyn and john

pic of the 204 from the reflection lol
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 05:08 PM
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Can we get a shot of the front of your car. Like. Straight on, leveled at the apex of the front bumper?
I've always wanted to see what the carlsson bumper looks straight on
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 05:44 PM
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Can we get a shot of the front of your car. Like. Straight on, leveled at the apex of the front bumper?
I've always wanted to see what the carlsson bumper looks straight on
i can do that later...
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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here you go jim



with couple pic of the new mod


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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 01:14 AM
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nice frank looks good!
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 03:45 AM
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nice frank looks good!
thanks mike
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 01:00 PM
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That's hot.




edit: I just realized you have Twenty Thousand Posts+ Frank. ::blink::
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 02:55 PM
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Lookin good frank. Im interested to see how your CF hood looks. Could ya do us all a favor and weigh the stock one vs the cf one? Combining your light weight batter and lighter hood, ya think you helped balance out the car a bit more by taking more weight off the front end? or is the CF hood more for the looks than anything?
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 03:00 PM
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Car is looking great!
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 03:06 PM
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Love the diff heatsink. That is damn sexy
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 04:33 PM
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Lookin good frank. Im interested to see how your CF hood looks. Could ya do us all a favor and weigh the stock one vs the cf one? Combining your light weight batter and lighter hood, ya think you helped balance out the car a bit more by taking more weight off the front end? or is the CF hood more for the looks than anything?
i'm just picking up keven's cf hood. it's probably 10-15lbs lighter...not sure. won't have anything to weight it with tho. mainly i'm getting it because of that big dent next to my passenger headlight.
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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i'm just picking up keven's cf hood. it's probably 10-15lbs lighter...not sure. won't have anything to weight it with tho. mainly i'm getting it because of that big dent next to my passenger headlight.
lol... Your idea of a big dent must be tiny or near invisible. I dont see anything? :P Are ya gonna repaint it all black, or leave it the way it is?
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 05:42 PM
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lol... Your idea of a big dent must be tiny or near invisible. I dont see anything? :P Are ya gonna repaint it all black, or leave it the way it is?
the dent is at the top of the grille on the passenger side where you see that distorted reflection.

probably just leave it as how keven has it for now. because if i repaint the hood, i want to repaint the front bumper and fix the crack on the rear bumper as well and that's gonna add up to $1k.
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Old Aug 27, 2010 | 06:38 AM
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Old Aug 28, 2010 | 05:53 AM
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I use 3M rubbing compound and 3M high polisher on my car too. Stuff does wonders... I really need to do a buff/polish on my car, been a couple of months now. Cant wait to see the pics with the cf hood on it.
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Old Aug 28, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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ermm.. ok.. shoot me but i don't care.. i just want to know what's the heatsink for .. what it does and what car can it be used at..

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Old Aug 28, 2010 | 03:38 PM
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Old Aug 28, 2010 | 08:42 PM
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lol, yea...not necessary really in cold weather region and if you don't push the car that often.

anyway, CF hood is on...it's gonna stay looking like this for a while until I decide to re-spray the front/rear and the hood all together.

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Old Aug 29, 2010 | 04:37 AM
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sexy as always frank, hood looks great on the car!
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