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hongy 03-05-2015 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by tastic (Post 8605464)
Got an ecu and dsg flash for the roadster.

Unitronic?

vexor 03-05-2015 06:50 PM

Turned my bike into a hover bike :lawl::badpokerface:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...5c403fe28bffee

Actually just getting new tires mounted and balanced

kakucaekz 03-05-2015 07:03 PM

Tightened down the loose connections on the sub, since Fast Track had to take it out back in November to access part of an exterior panel. Got my bass back :D Also put in a switch to toggle my ricer interior lights, since they were always on by default.

duy- 03-05-2015 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by vexor (Post 8605569)
Turned my bike into a hover bike :lawl::badpokerface:

Actually just getting new tires mounted and balanced

looks like a protoss sentry:drunk:

Grim 03-05-2015 08:12 PM

mom always complained about how i never do my dishes..
and so i went and cleaned my dishes..

literally.

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...pstqshzkse.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...psy6df23wb.jpg


those are just the rears, the front is even worst... god damn OEM brake pads

tastic 03-05-2015 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by hongy (Post 8605559)
Unitronic?


APR

european 03-06-2015 09:03 PM

I used the 3M headlight restoration kit and polished my headlights.



I tried wet sanding a few times in the past but the 3M kit seems to work better for me.

*illegal 03-07-2015 06:01 PM

Installed prelude seats and cracked open my headlights to paint em
http://i57.tinypic.com/dxjxnm.jpg
http://i60.tinypic.com/4gm63n.jpg
http://i58.tinypic.com/qq8yfl.jpg
http://i57.tinypic.com/t6s22a.jpg

asian_XL 03-07-2015 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by european (Post 8606095)
I used the 3M headlight restoration kit and polished my headlights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpylbTtTiNs


I tried wet sanding a few times in the past but the 3M kit seems to work better for me.

I bought megauir's restoration kit, can u briefly tell me the procedure and tips? It seems u did a lot of sanding layers.

european 03-07-2015 08:18 PM

^
I followed the instructions that came with my 3M kit. I suggest you do the same if you received instructions as well. Here is a link to the 3M kit PDF file:

http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/7...stem-39008.pdf

This is what I did in the video:

I washed the headlights
Dried the headlights
Made two passes with P500 grit sand paper, changed to a new P500 and did another two passes.
Made two passes with P800 grit sand paper, changed to a new P800 and did another two passes.
Sprayed a lot of water onto the headlights and used the P3000 foam disc and made a few passes.
Polished the headlights with the 3M polish on the 3M orange foam disc until I felt it was acceptable in terms of how clear the headlight lens looks.
I finished it off by applying some Meguiars PlastX polish by hand with a microfibre cloth

I recommend getting a body shop to spray clear coat on the headlights after polishing or atleast apply a layer of LaminX. It will help keep the headlights looking like new after the polish.

I would return it and buy the 3M kit. It's better. I polished so many headlights. Starting with traditional wet sanding, TurtleWax, Mothers and Meguiars kit but the 3M kit is gives the best results. At least it does from my experience. Even though I've done this many, many times, I still consider myself a beginner so it would be best to triple check with other automotive enthusiasts or better yet, a reputable body shop will know the best way to restore headlights.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Mike

!Aznboi128 03-07-2015 09:51 PM

Mike why do you have to be so inspiring?!?!?!

Every time I watch your videos I want to go out and shoot!
Great job on the lights btw, I got the kit off amazon for 15 bucks can't wait till it comes

Akinari 03-07-2015 11:45 PM

Redid my rear fenders with ts14. Rear wheels stuck out farther with the 25mm spacers so the initial fender work I did a month or two ago was insufficient for the new setup. Had to cut pieces of the metal inner fender and essentially the entire plastic fender lip off. So far no rubbing...

Which is good because my plastic fender was literally melting onto my tires and I now have to peel pieces of my fender off of my tire sidewalls :badpokerface:

http://i.imgur.com/ylwczm0.jpg

european 03-08-2015 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by !Aznboi128 (Post 8606502)
Mike why do you have to be so inspiring?!?!?!

Every time I watch your videos I want to go out and shoot!
Great job on the lights btw, I got the kit off amazon for 15 bucks can't wait till it comes

I guess I better make more videos, hah.
I greatly appreciate you watching and liking the video. It really means a lot to me. Thank you.

inv4zn 03-08-2015 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Akinari (Post 8606542)
Redid my rear fenders with ts14. Rear wheels stuck out farther with the 25mm spacers so the initial fender work I did a month or two ago was insufficient for the new setup. Had to cut pieces of the metal inner fender and essentially the entire plastic fender lip off. So far no rubbing...

Which is good because my plastic fender was literally melting onto my tires and I now have to peel pieces of my fender off of my tire sidewalls :badpokerface:

http://i.imgur.com/ylwczm0.jpg

The angle of the picture makes it look like he's a 14 year old boy lol

Akinari 03-08-2015 02:41 PM

There's a reason why he's ts14 :troll:

ts14 03-08-2015 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Akinari (Post 8606677)
There's a reason why he's ts14 :troll:

Told u guys I was 14. :troll:

Shop day at ts14 huehuehue

aj94 03-08-2015 05:30 PM

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Finally decided to give it a wash and deal with my moldy seats :heckno:
And yes that's before my attempt to clean them.

twitchyzero 03-08-2015 06:35 PM

bled the brake system
old fluid was surprisingly not too dirty...except for the last one...much rust

Expresso 03-09-2015 09:06 AM

GJ twitchy!

Akinari 03-09-2015 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by HachiSix (Post 8606963)
I still can't wrap my head around why? Sorry thinking out loud here.

Do you have pix of the end game?

Because I was rubbing, why else :suspicious:

I'll take some later today.

Expresso 03-09-2015 12:55 PM

Time to throw those seats out aj94!

mb_ 03-09-2015 01:25 PM

Cause Akinari is a hipster. Lowering civics is too mainstream for him

trollguy 03-09-2015 01:28 PM

then fuck you hipster akinari

trollguy 03-09-2015 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by HachiSix (Post 8607072)
That's not what I meant. I meant the whole lowering thing which to one issue to the next. Like I said its probably cause I don't know what the end game would look like assuming someone else has done this before. Unless pioneer...

what is this game you speak of

Trak3 03-09-2015 01:32 PM

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After several weeks of waiting, my rear rotors finally arrived!!
Yey full set of DBA rotors!


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