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Never realised this thread existed, only saw one pic u had in the 34's thread. And i didn't realise u wrapped it in vinyl!!!!! thats crazy man! haha but i think it looks mean as. Funny tho at one stage i had the exact kit that u want to put on sitting in my garage doing nothing. But i sold it, just changed my mind and went for somethin more simple. I cant wait to see it all done complete with wheels etc. Even without the kit on and just a good suspension setup with wheels would do it for me.

Smoked indicators will suit much better than clear now that i think about it. Well done dude from photos it looks flawless, probably easier to see dents it seems, but i couldn't see any from pics!

Personally i would strip the weather shields off they look much more noticeable now. Wicked man :thumbsup:

Cheers dude, trying to work out a good offset atm as ive already found the wheels i want :) gloss black too.

Im considering wrapping the weather shields, will see how i feel, might go carbon vinyl wrap.

one word - sexy!

thanks dude :D

and here is an update, Nismo smoked front and side indicators, will take better pics when i have the chance.

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Thanks guys

Have already considered the rims, just got a few other things taking up the $$ atm

definitely going black on black

Got the indicators from Perfect Run, great turn around time, and easy to deal with.

They were about $230-250ish delivered from Japan for both the front and sides

If you peel of that vinyl, would the paint go with it? or how easy isit to get it off if you get bored of it?

If you paint is in good condition then it shouldnt come off when removing the vinyl, that said, if you have stone chips or its peeling, then you can expect to remove some paint when peeling it off.

It is quite easy to remove if you want to revert back to the old color

Can anyone tell me the best way to remove and reattach the weather shields?

Just thought I'd tell you something.

If you happen to accidentally snap a weathershield, you can easily superglue it back together and use vinyl to wrap over it, and you wouldn't even see the crack.

Speaking from experience because my mate snapped his and I wrapped it and you can never tell it's been snapped before :D

Just thought I'd tell you something.

If you happen to accidentally snap a weathershield, you can easily superglue it back together and use vinyl to wrap over it, and you wouldn't even see the crack.

Speaking from experience because my mate snapped his and I wrapped it and you can never tell it's been snapped before :cool:

That is really good to know lol, hopefully it wont come to that, but definitely noted lol

So putting a little attention towards the interior, :)

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Also worth noting, the bootlid has been re-glassed, as long as it doesnt crack or have any issues in the next few days, itll be getting primed and paint hopefully during the week, and then wrapped maybe around sunday *fingers crossed*

might be getting a tad carried away...(nothing that hasn't been done before though)

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and installed...

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Also re-wrapped the dodgy tail light that i had previously neglected to fix, not that you could tell from the photos lol

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