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[civic99coupe]

You need some rims bro. But progress is looking nice. What ever happened to that Vadar Cluster? I always thoguht those looked cool.

[Black Magic]

Originally Posted by civic99coupe

You need some rims bro. But progress is looking nice. What ever happened to that Vadar Cluster? I always thoguht those looked cool.

yeah, I know. I really really need some rims. I'm trying to decide on what ones will look nice. I like these two...

Drag dr9





Drag dr21




Can someone try chopping them on my car please?

ps. I still have that Vadar cluster. It was ok, but the gas didn't seem perfectly accurate.

[Black Magic]

started sanding tweeter pod



got polk hat in the mail

[Black Magic]

Originally Posted by knivesout

Oh, ok yeah it is noticeable in that pic but you really have to be looking for it! Yeah, I'd say that's quite well aligned being that you did it in the daylight. I think your overall output looks fantastic though, that was your first retrofit right? I'm thinking about using the L bracket method just in case I can't get them perfectly level the first time. Do you think the the shrouds would cover the brackets well enough though?

yeah, its my first retrofit... i'm doing my friend's headlights right now too...




The shrouds should cover your brackets well enough. even if it doesn't, you'll barely be able to see them when the cover on.

[s_crowley 17]

Nice work brother.

[iBeast]

looks like you know what your doing when it comes to audio. i personally have always liked rockford fosgate i have two 12's which take up all my trunk space =[..

[DarkCreep]

Go with the RPF1 replicas.



How did you like the KYB AGX? I just got some for my car but I havent had a chance to try them on since the car is just sitting

[knivesout]

What projectors are you retrofitting the friends lights with? Oh yeah, and did you have any clearance issues with the projector and everything on the driver's side when you put the headlight back in? Not much room back there...

Sorry to bombard you with questions.

[Black Magic]

Originally Posted by DarkCreep

Go with the RPF1 replicas.



How did you like the KYB AGX? I just got some for my car but I havent had a chance to try them on since the car is just sitting

They AGX's are nice and the dampening adjustments worked well. Definitely no complaints. But I only had them for less than a year before I got the Tein coilovers.

Originally Posted by knivesout

What projectors are you retrofitting the friends lights with? Oh yeah, and did you have any clearance issues with the projector and everything on the driver's side when you put the headlight back in? Not much room back there...

Sorry to bombard you with questions.

np, glad to help. My friend bought e46 projectors. Honestly, I would probably never use them for myself because they're not as sharp as the TL projectors nor are they bi-xenon. But to each his own.

Just make sure your projector doesn't stick out too far and it'll fit no problem. On the driver side, I had to temporarily slide out the power steering after i installed the headlights in order to wire the projector and ballast. Other than that, you shouldn't have any problems. There is plenty of room on the passenger side... especially if you have an intake (stock one takes up more room).

[JerseyStrong]

glad to see someone doing their own thing, I can appreciate a good sound system.

[Black Magic]

thanks.


well, i finished my friend's retro and installed it yesterday...


I advised against the bright blue angel eyes, but he wanted them.



I'll be finishing my tweeter pods today (hopefully).

[cerasoli1188]

nice man, you definately like your audio lol I'd say go with the dr21 wheel wise..

have any pics of your tweeter pods finished up?

[Black Magic]

pods are almost done. i've been finding excuses to not finish them... like playing a lot of basketball. hopefully they'll be ready for paint by the end of this long weekend.... if nothing else distracts me

[mylovehx]

not too bad sir

[Black Magic]

ok, i've been extremely lazy the last few weeks but today I actually got some stuff done.

First I put on the EL trunk lid I bought.

before:


after:





I was able to get the spoiler brake lights to work too




Then I moved on to the tweeter pods. Now its ready for paint. I'm only doing the right side right now.

this is where i left off a few weeks ago:




I primed it to see where to sand more. Then I kept on sanding and sanding and sanding.






After going down to 600 grit i began priming:






now its ready for paint:




Last thing I did was change the halogen license plate lights to LED strips:








Oh yeah, I also got these since my last update:

stainless steel brake lines for brake kit. cant believe they cost me 90 bones




Some wheels. They're nothing special but I don't want to say which ones I got until I get them on the car. Still need to buy tires.