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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by jmaS2knj04
Haha!!! Lid looks sweet man! Glad I could help ya out!! I'm guessing we had NO color match issues! And the lines both match up with the quarters?
Perfectly!
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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by S~Factor
The car is in one piece again.

New cut bumper with OEM rear STRAKES, Lowered Seats, Short Shifter

New Design Cut bumper:


OEM Rear Strakes:


Lowered OEM seat (all the way to the floor):


Short Shifter:
hey can you pm me and tell me how did you lowered your seats all the way to the ground?
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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 08:05 AM
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I actually get a lot of PMs regarding this.

There are a couple of drawbacks when doing this:
1. The seat will no longer be adjustable back and forth.
2. You will need to trim your railing by a lot, so if you're thinking of eventually selling your seats, that might cause a problem.
3. Everything is irreversible. So once you trimmed it, its gone!

The upside:
1. You get to lower your seat 2".
2. This will give you more legroom (leg against steering wheel).
3. Better hand placement on the shifter and steering wheel.
4. Your head will not stick above the OEM rollhoop if you're 6 to 6'2".
5. Since the seat is not adjustable, thieves can't steal it easily.


A couple of photos:



I made a custom bracket to lower the mounting hole 2".


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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 08:16 AM
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Nice, do you have pictures of where you do the trimming on the railing? Is it reversible in terms of bringing the seat back to stock height?
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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by DeadLock23
Nice, do you have pictures of where you do the trimming on the railing? Is it reversible in terms of bringing the seat back to stock height?
Just edited my post... its irreversible. To be honest, I have done this so long ago, I don't even remember what I've trimmed. I do know the most important one that needs trimming is where the back seat bolts on to. That needs to be cut fully. Also the mechanism that you lift to move the seat back and forth, that is in the way of lowering the front end of the seat.
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 03:48 AM
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your car is nice! also really like the heat shield!
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Old Sep 28, 2011 | 11:01 AM
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Been working on getting some cooler air to my (very) short intake. I actually been trying different set ups but I think this is the best way without actually cutting a hole somewhere (not that it has stopped me before ).

I finally opened up the small air ducts in the bumper.




The 3" air duct should be facing directly at the bumper opening.


The other end will be connected to a radiator heat shield I am making.



Waiting to be installed... I guess I can wait until next spring for these. Going to be installing these with 2" air brake ducts.

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Old Sep 29, 2011 | 04:31 PM
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Got a new toy, Ingells Stiffy Engine Damper.



Cleaned up the wirings on top of the intake manifold. Removed a couple of emission hoses. Completely shorten the throttle cable. Added a few steel-braided tubes.



Painted the radiator fans and shrouds black.




...and some finished shots of the trunk.

Battery relocated.



New subwoofer box with a new 10" Alpine Type E Sub.



Sub is hidden to give more trunk room.



Amp tray.

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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 06:57 PM
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Okay. I think I am done modding for the year.

Freshly Painted Heat Shields



Radiator Heat Shield Version 3



Added another layer of aluminum to soak up the hot air from the fans.



Fuel Rail Wire Tuck





Loving the laquer spray paint finish!





Radiator Stays



Header Wrap

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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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Wow that looks great Ray
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