My name's Josh and I'm addicted to modifying my car.
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My name's Josh and I'm addicted to modifying my car.
Heya kids,
As some of you know the Dragon is in for another round of mods and they're actually a little more extreme than I've previously let on...
Here's a teaser of the car partially completed:
Muwahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I'll post all the details and build pics over the next few days...
Keith, I'm coming for ya', Buddy!
Josh
As some of you know the Dragon is in for another round of mods and they're actually a little more extreme than I've previously let on...
Here's a teaser of the car partially completed:
Muwahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I'll post all the details and build pics over the next few days...
Keith, I'm coming for ya', Buddy!
Josh
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And moving around back... 2012 tails.
Got my SAM coded by whipplem104. They work perfectly and he got the coding done quickly.
I got them tinted and polished at evosport. Also quick and clean service.
Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic...
Josh
Got my SAM coded by whipplem104. They work perfectly and he got the coding done quickly.
I got them tinted and polished at evosport. Also quick and clean service.
Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic...
Josh
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And inside the beastie... I finally got my seat bracket powdercoated. I was driving around with a rusty, unfinished bracket I made at Tecnocraft for over a year, and got tired of getting heckled for it:
(and again, sorry for crappy cell pic.)
Josh
(and again, sorry for crappy cell pic.)
Josh
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And would you mind sharing where to get this done in SoCal?
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I paid a mint for it, but he said he'd cut a deal for a group buy.
Just take this puppy out and ship it to him, and voila:
And yes, at first it seemed like it was a bit of a PITA to dig out of the back of the car, but now that I've done it, it's pretty straightforward.
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Yeah, I would have the front splitter back on the car too, but it uses UHB tape along the sides (with 5 M8 bolts and fender washers in front to keep it properly attached) and I didn't have any more handy...
Email them, they'll get you the deets:
sales@tecnocraft.com
Josh
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Thanks bro!
Yeah, I would have the front splitter back on the car too, but it uses UHB tape along the sides (with 5 M8 bolts and fender washers in front to keep it properly attached.) and I didn't have any more handy.
Email them, they'll get you the deets:
sales@tecnocraft.com
Josh
Yeah, I would have the front splitter back on the car too, but it uses UHB tape along the sides (with 5 M8 bolts and fender washers in front to keep it properly attached.) and I didn't have any more handy.
Email them, they'll get you the deets:
sales@tecnocraft.com
Josh
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So long as I'm getting thorough, this also happened:
Ceramic coated my evosport headers and added spring retainers FTW.
Because black parts are faster. That's why, futhermuckers!
And less heat in the engine bay is never a bad thing...
Josh
Ceramic coated my evosport headers and added spring retainers FTW.
Because black parts are faster. That's why, futhermuckers!
And less heat in the engine bay is never a bad thing...
Josh
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Yeah, the angle isn't the best. In person it has a bit of an E46 M3CSL effect to it, which is one of my favorite cars. I've always thought the front of our cars were too busy with all the cuts and openings and whatnot and adding a splitter didn't help that. So now: no side markers, no headlight washers, no fogs and no problems.
Thanks Dome!
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No coding required. Resistors are your friend:
25ohm/25watt for the side markers and 6-8ohm/50watt for the fogs and I'm error free all around.
Although, it would be nice to get rid of the resistors too...
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Great job Josh... your car has always been my favorite cuz of the flawless job on the wide fenders... looks stock which is good!
BTW, back on HRE? What happened to your ADV?
BTW, back on HRE? What happened to your ADV?
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not sure what you've done, but lots of ppl have to stick them against the metal parts/frame with heat conductive adhesive. luckily we're in SoCal where raining days are not many, or else you would really have to worry about the water proof issue
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Heya kids,
As some of you know the Dragon is in for another round of mods and they're actually a little more extreme than I've previously let on...
Here's a teaser of the car partially completed:
Muwahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I'll post all the details and build pics over the next few days...
Keith, I'm coming for ya', Buddy!
Josh
As some of you know the Dragon is in for another round of mods and they're actually a little more extreme than I've previously let on...
Here's a teaser of the car partially completed:
Muwahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I'll post all the details and build pics over the next few days...
Keith, I'm coming for ya', Buddy!
Josh
Looks trick!! Nice job on the mods. Are you going to share any of the performance mods yet?
Coming for me - get in line. LOL
