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Old Jan 7, 2014 | 02:27 PM
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Twiggs absolutely LOVE the rally blue you choose. Def has always been one of my fav colors and im def jealous that my sedan is black. Im subscribed, you plan on a CF rear diffuser and possibly CF front lip to complete your look?
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Old Jan 7, 2014 | 04:06 PM
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Thank you and yes Absolutely. Those are def on the list for the future.
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 08:44 PM
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On my way to pick her up.... Standby for pics in about an hour
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbotwiggs
On my way to pick her up.... Standby for pics in about an hour
I cannot wait to see these pics.
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by aktif8
it's worth mentioning - YMMV, of course - that some of us with grounding kits experienced strange battery issues. there's a note in the FSM that grounding kits do not play well with some sort of at rest battery voltage regulator in the car, and this can lead to your battery potentially not fully charging / dying an early death. Mine died within 2 months of getting a kit. My dealership also mentioned the grounding kit issue when I brought it in for an unrelated electrical problem.

It may or may not be related, but I disconnected my grounding kit, got a new battery, and no issues since, 20k miles ago.

This is hearsay - do your own research. Many people have them without issue!
Just for knowledge/research sake, which grounding kit did you use and what did you use as the mounting points? Also, what battery were you using?

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I've had my grounding kit for more than 6 months now, no negative effects seen.
No negative effects, but any positive? Do tell.
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbotwiggs
On my way to pick her up.... Standby for pics in about an hour
Just in this thread, you've got 17 people pretty curious. Take your time... lots of pics.
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 10:51 PM
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Just in this thread, you've got 17 people pretty curious. Take your time... lots of pics.
Yes Turbotwiggs take Rochester's word for it, he took his time and counted !
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 11:22 PM
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Ok so here are a couple that I took when I got there but it was late dark and cold so I didn't do a whole lot. Over all it looks really good. He went a little crazy with his company stickers lol and also the paint work around the windows need some fine details cleaned up on it. I'm pretty happy with it.


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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 11:23 PM
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Also blacking out the headlights now is an absolute must!!! That will probably happen this weekend..... But man does it feel good drivin my baby again!
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Old Jan 8, 2014 | 11:40 PM
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Being they're dark pictures, it's looks incredible!!!
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 12:33 AM
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Love the body color and I think the CF Hood, trunk and black roof go well together, only thing I'm not feeling is the window trim in blue, I think w/ your other black accents the trim would be much better in gloss black vinyl wrap.
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 02:16 AM
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^what he said.
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 02:54 AM
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The blue looks a lot better than I thought it would. It might just be the lightingbut I'm still not really feeling the carbon fiber. I'd still be interested in seeing pictures out in the day light.

Keep up the originality.
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 06:19 AM
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Ya I'm still iffy on the window trim. And his tape kinda messed up around it too so I'm gonna have to figure out what to do with the window trim and rubber seals.

Does anyone know how difficult it is to take the trim off??
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Old Jan 9, 2014 | 08:07 AM
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First impression on the first pictures on the first day... I dig the color. Very, very pretty. Certainly unique.

Not liking the color-matched window trim at all. It should go black, probably satin black, because of the hood/trunk/wheels.

I see the gold grille isn't gold anymore, unless the lighting was goofy on that original pic and I'm misinterpreting things here.

Between the CF hood and the CF trunk, I'm liking the hood better. But really, I don't like either because neither of these body panels have a distinct separation from the rest of the car's design. On the G, they're designed to flow into the overall look from one perspective to the next, and now they don't. Know what I mean? You're creating a separation where one never existed before, and it looks very awkward (IMO). Can't you paint them?

Ditch all those huge window stickers. OMG, no. You're not 16 anymore, Twiggs.

Putting the G37 trunk emblem in the bottom-right corner like the old G35... that's pretty interesting. Nice idea.

Black trim on the fogs... that looks good.

OEM Journey rims look like 17" Journey rims, no matter now nicely painted or powder-coated. I suspect you'll be replacing those as soon as you find the cash. In the meantime, the darker color is better than otherwise, considering the rest of your car.

More pics, please.

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