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Old 04-10-2017, 12:29 PM
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WOW, now that looks great.
 
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What did you have to do to get the lens off?
 
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Love this. Your S/N is familiar. Are you on Audizine?
 
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Headlights look great. Curious how you got the shroud off of the projector? I got the lens off the headlight no problem (heat gun loosened it right up) but the shroud doesn't seem to want to come off.
 
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What did you have to do to get the lens off?
Just a heat gun. Pretty simple
 
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Originally Posted by z_wrecker
Love this. Your S/N is familiar. Are you on Audizine?
Yes I'm on the audizine and 6speed. )

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Headlights look great. Curious how you got the shroud off of the projector? I got the lens off the headlight no problem (heat gun loosened it right up) but the shroud doesn't seem to want to come off.

I used a long skinny screwdriver and poppedal it off the clips
 
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Thanks you!
I used a heat gun. But I think u can use a blow dryer too. It didn't need to get that hot
 
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My new lip. Since I lost my old one. Gotta customize this to fit. Believe it came off a r50
 
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Just using the top section? Or are you going to add the bottom? Top looks good.
 
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Just using the top section? Or are you going to add the bottom? Top looks good.
I do and I don't. It looks good with just the top but it kinda looks stock still. I may sport it for a while with just the top then install the bottom when I'm bored with it
 
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Yea, i like it with just the top section.
 
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Yea, i like it with just the top section.
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I like it with just the top as well as the bottom wants to look functional but really isn't...
Seems like you are good with tools, so, may I suggest that you make the bottom part removable? So for things like shows/meet-up or a track day (not sure if it is just cosmetic or functional) you can pop it on and off relatively quickly with a few bolts or something.
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Originally Posted by Thought of a good one
I like it with just the top as well as the bottom wants to look functional but really isn't...
Seems like you are good with tools, so, may I suggest that you make the bottom part removable? So for things like shows/meet-up or a track day (not sure if it is just cosmetic or functional) you can pop it on and off relatively quickly with a few bolts or something.
Full disclosure - I'm full of terrible ideas like this.

I was thinking about doing that too. Trust me, I'm also full of terrible ideas too. Hahaha. But for some reason I make it work sometime. As for it being for cosmetic or functional? It's only for cosmetics. If I want it to be functional then I will have to make a custom splitter that runs under the engine. I'm actually looking to see where I can pick up a big fat sheet of abs that I can do a custom splitter cutout.
 
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Look what I got.

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Which coolant tank is that?
 
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Old 07-23-2017, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by rosaymaan
Which coolant tank is that?
It was an eBay one. It fits great and works better then stock. So far no problems with it. Below is the link from the seller I got it from

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Radiator-Hea...72.m2749.l2649
 
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