Abigail Begins Her Makeover Updated 1/30/14 [COTW 9/14/15]

[Aequitas & Veritas]

Okay, the car went into the shop on 1/14/14 (good date to remember right?) but before that I tried to get the hood into the vehicle that was transporting the rest and giving me a ride home but the hood would not fit. So I had to audible, and install myself, which was straight forward but the two parts that I got stuck with were the wind shield washer bracket (I hate push pins) and then the hood prop (little metal half circle) getting it off was easy back on not so much.

Here are the photos from that day though

No hood



New hood



Dropping her off at my shop



Now before I get to how she turned out I’ll do a recap on what I was having done.
- RKsport Ram Air Hood painted to match with white stripes
- Seibon ST trunk painted to match with white stripes
- ZL1 rockers smoothed and fully painted to match
- ACS T4 splitter painted to match
- ACS T4 undertray painted to match
- ACS Wind deflectors painted to match
- BBK Stainless Steel headers with high flow cats

My guy didn’t install the Xpipe I bought and I agree I like how it is, no rasp that I have noticed yet and the drone in the cabin is barely more than I already had from the MRT exhaust.

I got quoted on a week and a half but it turned into 17 days because they painted the hood and trunk in the booth and it was all fine then they installed them and the Orange didn’t match. This was because the color code they got from the manufacturer has changed since my Orange came out. But they are an excellent shop, called me up and told me the problem and that they will make it perfect. I love perfectionists just like me. So it was back to square one with the hood and trunk.

Went to pick her up today and I saw her nose poking out of the parking lot when I was driving up and I was like WOW!! I think she looks amazing. The front is so much more awesome with the new aggressive hood and the splitter!

And then when I got out of the car I came in I saw the trunk and this is my favorite piece. It’s so subtle unlike the rest of my car lol

So I talked with my guy a little before I went to leave, after I paid though lol, and when I cranked her up, she is a lot louder now. And now I am in love all over again.

Half way before I got home the CEL kicked on but I knew that was coming and last week I ordered an NA IPF Tune from Matt@FSP (awesome gent and thank you!) Ten minutes later the CEL is cleared! And I turned it over in the garage, soooooo much louder. It was awesome!
It was louder than my neighbors ZL1 while garaged with just the MRT exhaust (he agreed) and now it's like two cars are in the stable.

And the hood has great fitment in real life in the photos looks like the gap is bigger than it is, stupid photos...

Sorry for the story and as well as the photos, in the middle of a camera upgrade so I don’t have my Nikon body and the sun wasn’t out today (snow/sleet/rain) so it doesn’t look too Orange and there is a small White Pearl in the stripes but you can see it under light and they said in the sun so once the sun comes out I’ll do a photo shoot next week.

Here they are, enjoy!

[Aequitas & Veritas]

Painted my radio face and installed it!

Masked



Painted



Finished



Installed






And also added some white gill stripes from Rider Graphix

[laditee]

Very nice...I luv that u do most of ur own work....luv the personal touches...subscribed

[Behic2320]

Love the journal man, congrats on a great start to your build. Those white wheels are going to be fun to keep clean

[Behic2320]

and by the way, Lets see if my wife will let me have a section like this

Christmas gifts to myself
- Magnaflow X-pipe (help with the headers)
- Trifecta Tune (help with the headers)
- Ported Throttle Body
- Vmax Ice-Olator
- Framless mirror too when I install the painted radio face since I'll be at it


Haha Ill let you know how my sale goes tonight

[Aequitas & Veritas]

Originally Posted by laditee

Very nice...I luv that u do most of ur own work....luv the personal touches...subscribed

Thanks, I wish I could do it all but minus tools and time sort of gets in the way lol

Originally Posted by Behic2320

Love the journal man, congrats on a great start to your build. Those white wheels are going to be fun to keep clean

Yeah I love them, they do get dirty but I'll be swapping them sometime for some better ones. Already been in contact with Nineball!

Originally Posted by Behic2320

and by the way, Lets see if my wife will let me have a section like this

Christmas gifts to myself
- Magnaflow X-pipe (help with the headers)
- Trifecta Tune (help with the headers)
- Ported Throttle Body
- Vmax Ice-Olator
- Framless mirror too when I install the painted radio face since I'll be at it


Haha Ill let you know how my sale goes tonight

Haha good luck! Being single 22 and an LT I have that option of buying lots of things for myself (just get her something nice and heart felt then she should be good with it)

[Aequitas & Veritas]

Got a few new things in.

Headers - at my house
ZL rockers - at my house

Pedders Supercar Coilovers - installed today and in an above update slot!

[vroomapunk]

Looks great man!!

[Aequitas & Veritas]

Big update of parts in post #28. More to follow in the weeks to come so stay tuned!

[Aequitas & Veritas]

HUGE update in post #29 just got my car from the shop today and she looks amazing!

[kjkjr27]

Car looks really good with the new mods! Makes me really miss mine haha

[menendez1293]

Originally Posted by Aequitas & Veritas

HUGE update in post #29 just got my car from the shop today and she looks amazing!

That she does. Congrats dude it looks awesome.

[Aequitas & Veritas]

Originally Posted by kjkjr27

Car looks really good with the new mods! Makes me really miss mine haha

Originally Posted by menendez1293

That she does. Congrats dude it looks awesome.

Thanks guys! Should be able to install my interior mods tomorrow. Maybe my gills but might have to do those inside since it is supposed to snow sometime tomorrow...

[JDP Sales]

Sweet! The car is coming along nicely! I'm really liking that trunk!

Best regards,

Tyler
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