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Old 05-01-2016, 03:45 AM
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Thanks b5boy!
Old 05-01-2016, 03:56 AM
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Well it was tax return season! Hello big box! After being told I would have to wait 6 months I was about to cry. But then 2 months later... BAM!



Test fitted, then off to paint.



A pic of it in the paint booth.



About a week or two later I got my hardtop back.



On the hardtop instructions it says you need two people to install the hardtop rear window. Well unfortunately none of my friends could come help me, so I attempted to install by myself. And yes it is possible.



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I never cared for being a convertible. I mostly always kept my soft top up. Now that I have a hardtop I can completely remove the soft top.



Also got my engine bay detailed! IMO looks so much better!

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awesome!
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Old 05-01-2016, 11:10 AM
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After painting my hardtop black I thought it looked to much like a panda. I always regretted selling my set of s2k spec mf10s, so I was searching for another set the past month or two, and finally found some (rather they found me). Someone saw on Instagram that I was looking for a set and he DM'd me and gave me a good price. Unfortunately shipping was $800 . But the rims came with Toyo R888's so I was pretty happy.




Showed the car at Offset Kings 2016.

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For someone reason the previous owner put 235/45r17 size tires in the front. I don't know if you can tell in my pictures but the front tires look way to big. I went on tire rack and ordered some new r888s in the correct size.

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Man I love the way this car looks, so simple and yet so clean.
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Thanks for the kind words.
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Sick build! I'm a big fan of clean and simple builds.


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