Ricio's 2011 G37 Journey Sedan
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Ricio's 2011 G37 Journey Sedan
Originally Posted by blnewt
Looks like a great job there^^^
The gloss on that finish looks very good. How long did this take and what was the cost if you don't mind sharing that info.
Only thing I'd change would be the front grill emblem, the very front I'd go w/ the same color as your car body. Not the whole emblem, just the face.
The gloss on that finish looks very good. How long did this take and what was the cost if you don't mind sharing that info.
Only thing I'd change would be the front grill emblem, the very front I'd go w/ the same color as your car body. Not the whole emblem, just the face.
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Ricio's 2011 G37 Journey Sedan
Originally Posted by blnewt
Looks like a great job there^^^
The gloss on that finish looks very good. How long did this take and what was the cost if you don't mind sharing that info.
Only thing I'd change would be the front grill emblem, the very front I'd go w/ the same color as your car body. Not the whole emblem, just the face.
The gloss on that finish looks very good. How long did this take and what was the cost if you don't mind sharing that info.
Only thing I'd change would be the front grill emblem, the very front I'd go w/ the same color as your car body. Not the whole emblem, just the face.
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It's been a while but new upgrades coming this upcoming month, going for dual halos switchbacks, 3.0 STI-R lens, xb35 6500k bulbs! Made the purchase today and saved 20 percent with the retrofit source since I spent 200! So happy
Nice deal! Did you get the butyl tape too?
The only regret I have about the DIY light job was not testing a few different spacing options with the STiRs. If you can assemble the lens w/ a few different spacing sizes and see the difference in cutoff at 15 feet give or take I'd mess around a little w/ that. My cutoff is clean and crisp w/a nice blue edge (10x better than OEM) but I think just a bit more spacing would have sharpened it to perfection.
I didn't mess w/ trimming the shield, but that will take it to an even sharper level if you've got the time.
I didn't mess w/ trimming the shield, but that will take it to an even sharper level if you've got the time.
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Some updates, headlights getting worked on as of now by Jon in Ohio does great work, so first picture is showing my housing getting melted I won't have lines anymore since it melted as shown in picture but in having them sanded down, from what I heard it has occurred in the past with sedans and the black shows more than the chrome, Here are some sneak peeks at what I am doing, couldn't hold off ! Also the diode dynamics getting replaced with morimoto xb35 due to flickering issues the DD was occuring with my 2011 sedan witch when I bought it wasn't stated in the website that they were issues. Sti-R lense is replaced already too just waiting on paint tomorrow😬
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Originally Posted by blnewt
Those are going to look great! Did you decide on the spacing for the STiRs?
