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Too much work to change the color. It'll be the same color, or we may try to just go a shade darker.

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We can do our own meet, some of those guys are crazy loud and obnoxious and not appropriate for public. (Swearing and talking about inappropriateness with kids/families around)

I like the current color, can't wait to see what it looks like all fresh.

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Brick's, been there once and will never go back. Wild Bill's patio is nice, we met there a couple years ago.

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Roger that, makes sense. Your current color was nice, just wasn't sure if you were going to mix it up.

I haven't really been to one of those recently honestly. I have avoided car related events in general as it just depresses me thinking about my car not running lol. So until my car works I will prolly just hold off.

As long as its not later this is a good suggestion. Lot of dbags show up on Friday/Saturday nights for the party time goodness, so best to avoid then.

Not sure if you guys have been to Bluzy's, but the beer selection there is good and good burgers. It's new, right on 125th off central by the perkins.

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Drove by it a few times and wondered about it, but have never gone in. Me personally in the summer I like being outside, do they have a patio?

Honestly though, weekly meets don't interest me that much anymore. But if we had a local one with just a few of us just a couple times over the summer, I could probably do that. Or even just do a local cruise by Stillwater or something on a sunny Saturday for a few hours.

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Yes, big patio I believe. I haven't been there since its been warm though but 99% sure it has a patio.

I agree on the weekly meets. I get way too busy with other parts of life, gf, working late, traveling for work and hanging with normal friends (cabin trips etc), so I can never make stuff weekly typically.

Cruise to stillwater sounds as good or better actually. I don't think we need to setup anything on occurrence, just set something up sometime this summer, maybe shoot for early June or something.

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Bluzy's is cool, i've been there and cheap on happy hour.

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Date setup for Tuesday to drop the car off for body work. I have a work trip the week of the 19th so hopefully once I get back from the trip the car is ready to come home. Perfect timing!

Today I installed a set of 15mm hub centric wheel spacers up front with longer studs so the front wheels are a little more flush and not so sunk in. I'm really happy with how they turned out! Some people run 20mm, but this is perfect for me, especially since the next set of tires will be a hair more meaty. pics are hard to tell from the angles, but looks so much better than it used to in person.

I also bought a set of 5mm spacers for the rears that should be here Monday.

Angle kind of sucks, but here's some pics.


Longer Studs
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1399586178

Hub Centric Spacer Installed
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1399586178


Before
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1399586178

After
http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1399586178
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Very nice. I work at 3pm on tuesday if you want to drop it before then. If not I work until 945ish depending on work load.

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Wow those spacers made a big difference! This thing will be pimp shit when its done!

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Car has been dropped off at the body shop. Tentative finish date is 5-27. It'll either be painted the same 6m2 color, unless he finds the similar 6m1 color is more accessible/cheaper. Can't wait !!

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going to be the longest 2 weeks evar!!

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You're telling me :)

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Some teaser pics the body guy sent me. Running a little behind schedule but no biggie.
:)


Imperfections straightened out and prepped:

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1401481165

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1401481165



Painted using PPG Omni Plus paint (code 6M2) and 3 coats of clear:

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1401481165

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1401481165

Just needs to paint the pieces that were removed and assemble. Hopefully will have it back in a few days!

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Oh dang dude! I didnt think they were repainting the whole thing! Why not go with a different color? I suppose a lot more work with door jams and engine bay, etc.

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Looking real good. Can't wait to see it in person.

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Looking good. Those spacers made a big difference.

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Yep whole car. And a different color was just too much of a PITA with having to do all the nooks and cranny's, and engine bay, etc.

I did ask if we could go a shade darker, which we could have but it would have just been eyeballing some black paint into the mixture and hope it turned out good, and in the future if I ever had to repaint one part it'd be tough to match. So just said screw it use the same color. We tried to find an OEM paint code that was similar but a little darker but this was the darkest we could find actually, so oh well. It'll still look good I think.

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Thanks, I have some 5mm ones waiting at home for the rears when it gets back. Hopefully that'll look nice. If there's still more room left, I may try some 10mm's instead but I think 5mm back there will be just fine for my taste.

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Looks great. I cant wait to see it in person some time.

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Looks awesome, I don't get why everyone is so obsessed with making it darker.

I want my cars painted!

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Very nice, looks great.

Feel comfortable sharing how much he charged? Just kind of curious for something like this. I could see myself wanting to do this to the evo in the next few years just to clean it up. Assuming the price isn't super high.

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I mentioned the price earlier, but he told me prices have gone up now because he has been getting so many jobs lately he can't keep up. If you are truly interested I can give you his number, but I'm waiting to see the actual final result with my own eyes before recommending him. So far though he's been great to work with, great communication, couldn't ask for anything more at this point. I hope the results are just as good as well.

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If I did change the color, some of my top pics would be that metallic graphite color my Envoy is, or a metallic burnt orange like on corvettes, or the supra anthracite color. Maybe someday if I build another one and tear it down to nothing I will do a while new color :)

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Sorry, i missed it I guess.

Understood though. I guess let us know how it turns out in person!

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Yeah for sure, in person will be the true test. I have high hopes.

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Build another SC300?

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Just drove her home this evening. So happy with the results! Looks great, exceeded my expectations and what a cool guy to work with. Did this all out of his garage for a very reasonable price. Would recommend this guy to anyone looking for quality work at a slightly reduced cost. He does want me to bring it back in a couple weeks so he can do one final buff as there's a couple imperfections he wants to clean up (he's picky as hell because I barely even see these imperfections).

Here some pics. It was getting dark out so the camera lightened things up which kinda makes it a lil grainy. By far the hardest thing he said was this rear lip. It doesn't sit flush by the license plate which a lot of people are having issues with and nobody has found a perfect solution. I told him just throw some bolts in there with caps on them or something, just keep it symmetrical and it's good enough for me. So that's what he did and you'll see I took a zoom pic of that. Now just gotta get it back to DB to finish up the last section of exhaust!! :)

You'll also notice I put a couple coats of NiteShades on the tails. Might put one more coat on them (just want them tinted looking, not blacked out), then buff em so they have a nice glossy shine to them.

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1402022244

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1402022244

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1402022244

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http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1402022244

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1402022244

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1402022244

http://mitsustyle.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1402022244

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WOW! that turned out very nicely.

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Looks great B!

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So sexy!

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Yeah, that looks great! Love that front lip.

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Very sexy, taillights look awesome, I would leave them as is for darkness.

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Looking good. The fresh paint a cleaned it up nice!

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You may be right. I think they look a little lighter in the sun though. Either way they need to be buffed because they look kind of dull right now. Time to bust out that new buffer :)

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Looks so nice! At least in these pics I say leave the tails where they're at, I think they look awesome. Buffing fo sho.

Congrats dude!

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Looks really nice!

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Very nice, looks great!

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Looks good. What are you going to use to polish the tails?

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Looking good B-man!