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Just finished replacing the power window motor on my drivers side, me and a mate did the job in just under 2 hours and neither of us have replaced a window motor on these cars before. Now we are just doing a bit more research into the door lock actuator replace because it looks very tricky.. then replacing the door lock actuator tomorrow morning.

Finally i have a normal window rather than a slow one and i now have the "auto" up and down feature back lol.

Went to test fit the KF today, One nut was a bitch to take off. Got it about half a turn then it seized... needed to usle a heap of leverage then this happened FML

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Fit it up anyway still with the 15mm spacer so effective 18x9-4

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But then had a think about it, really hard to find just a pair of 19in KF's (haven't seen one yet). Even if I find a cheap pair by the time I get them, buy new lips, get them cut off and welded back on get the centers of all 4 painted to match. I'm going to be well over the price of just buying a boss set of 19's off Yahoo if I include the purchase of the 18's

Have a my eye on a few sets so will see what happens

GT-S are for sale, 2k ONO

But then had a think about it, really hard to find just a pair of 19in KF's (haven't seen one yet). Even if I find a cheap pair by the time I get them, buy new lips, get them cut off and welded back on get the centers of all 4 painted to match. I'm going to be well over the price of just buying a boss set of 19's off Yahoo if I include the purchase of the 18's

Have a my eye on a few sets so will see what happens

plus you can get something that fits, and doesnt need spacers - which is always a plus.

i love vs-kf's - but i think even in 19's, this car makes them look small.

i'm sure you'll find somethin aggro though. cannot wait for my rims to land!

Just painted the OEM Grill Gloss Black. Looks badass :). Might post pics later.

i'm interested to see how long it lasts.

i painted a chrome badge on my last car - it was showing signs of chipping with a couple of weeks - i was amazed. figured the v35 grill would do the same so held off painting it. or did you plastidip?

How did you go about that mate? Looking at doing the same next weekend.

Bought a kit from autobarn that had a cleaning solution sandpaper and a uv sealant. So hopefully lasts a little while. Just took me a few hours because I took the lights off the car

My grill was rattle canned. It was covered in chips when I bought it so got an oem style black plastic one

My grill has been rattle canned in satin black. We sanded it down, prepped it with plastic primer and then put a crap load of coats of satin black on. Very thin coats over the whole weekend. Pretty much a coat every 30-45min or so. Covered it with a few light coats of clear and it's still fine 3 months later.

Still looks wicked.

hey locky - have you got a link to the grill you bought? I want to buy one and vinyl wrap it - without stuffing up my OEM one.

this was my achievement for the weekend. I basically disappeared into the garage on sat morning and didn't reappear until midnight on sunday. But have now installed the DD H/U - ran new larger power wiring to the amp, ran all my RCA's, camera, trigger wires etc and vinyl wrapped the center console - which was such a stupid amount of work I'm embarassed to even say how long I spent doing it.

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Just one i grabbed off ebay. I bought to hold the Cobb Accessport for my Mazda - but it fits the iPhone perfectly. I love it. Cost about $35 - type in 'floor mounted phone holder' in ebay - should be able to find it. It bolts to the front corner bolt of the seat mounting point. The mount and the column are made from metal - it is bomb proof. It bends, swivels etc so you can position it perfectly - I can pretty much rest my hand on the gear shifter and then just control the iphone with my finger......not that I condone that while driving.

Hey Mat. Are you after a girll with or without the emblem? You can get a emblemless raw fiberglass one from Iconic Dynamic. That's where I got mine then I painted it satin black.

thanks tyler, yeah have seen those ones but they're v expensive! I was going to have a go at wrapping mine first - but i have seen there are some on ebay for like 140ish - just wanting to know how they fit, and if thats what Locky is using.

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