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Old 30th July 2008, 10:44 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How far your cars have come?

An idea I stole from Jspec forums, sort of a combination of post your whore and build thread. Post up pics of your car when you first got it, and pics of it now. I will start it off:

When I got it (October 2006):










Now (July 2008):






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Old 30th July 2008, 10:51 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

fark, only wish i still have my cars.

all my hondas have pretty much come a long long way, too far they are all gone now
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Old 31st July 2008, 05:08 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

mine came a long way since i brought it in november 2001

didnt really start modifying it till end of 2003

and finally stoped in 2008 when it got written off









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Old 31st July 2008, 06:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?



just after i got it, put wheels on and tinted







fresh paint and shaved everything cept door handles



changed colour of wheels




changed wheels after one broke, and more lowering





now
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Old 31st July 2008, 07:07 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?



to this

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Old 31st July 2008, 07:15 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

2004:


2008:

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Old 31st July 2008, 07:23 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

From this.




To now (still unfinished however )


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Old 31st July 2008, 07:27 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

damm when i got my da it had red bumpers and primerd body, lol ile see what i can find
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Old 31st July 2008, 07:57 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?















I'll let you guys guess which is the before and which is the after.

This is the current project for it, 80mm shorter than stock at full droop:
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Old 31st July 2008, 08:05 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

Oh, the other one:

As purchased. Yuck.










And for a quick lol:
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Old 31st July 2008, 01:07 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

EF9:
Before:




After:






DC2 isn't finished yet, never will be either
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Old 31st July 2008, 03:58 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

First Car:
1996 Nissan Wingroad

Before:


After:



Second Car:
1999 DB8R

Before:


Current (well close to current):
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Old 31st July 2008, 04:19 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

Quote:
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changed wheels after one broke, and more lowering





now
Although I really like this, I can tell it's from the Tron Bet it spins the rears up easily
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Old 31st July 2008, 04:38 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

From this


to... this


nothing else much changed. also have installed rear disks to get rid of gay drums
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Old 31st July 2008, 04:59 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I know where this is. If only people knew the truth
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Old 31st July 2008, 05:10 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

Then:


Now:


Nothing much changed externally. Just wheels.
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Old 31st July 2008, 05:26 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

this is what it looked like when i brought it



and here is what it looks like now (has a different plate now)
(at the track)
as it sits tonite
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Old 31st July 2008, 05:50 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

Looks alot nicer without that massive front bumper.
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Old 31st July 2008, 06:14 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

before i bought the prelude..


after i bought it..



and NOW..

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Old 31st July 2008, 06:51 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

brought my car in august 2006 pretty stock







i then decided in 2007 n/a wasnt enough so turbo time





turbo fail!!!



then swapped my new engine and turbo kit for some b18cr n/a power







Then near the end of 2007 it was time to step it up a level and make use of my engine setup recent pictures below











sorry about all the pictures
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Old 31st July 2008, 07:21 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

nice style for that dumped L300 van.. now I need to lower the hiace more hah
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Old 31st July 2008, 09:34 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

a wee way on my DA6 I have older pics even worse I just have to get them off 3.5" disc LULZ









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Old 31st July 2008, 09:50 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

from begining




to end

to gone
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Old 1st August 2008, 01:30 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Re: How far your cars have come?

First attempt.
Munted up kitted eg6. Tidied it up, caged it and stuck a b18c in it.


Second attempt.
NZ new LXi in fairly tidy condition from some nana in Whangerei.
Resprayed to bronze, euro-r swap, full works.

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Old 1st August 2008, 05:04 AM   #25 (permalink)
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