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Looks good! A bit different to see a vR wing on a prefacelift for sure.
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Nice!
Always love the vR spoiler :)
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Dayum, looking so sleek. Now I want one :mrgreen:
Anyone happen to have a spare lying around, don't care what colour, I'm getting a respray soon as the red is ultra faded :lol:
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bjk wrote:Looks good! A bit different to see a vR wing on a prefacelift for sure.
haha yea, i'll probably get a facelift sometime in the future, but I dont mind the bar for now :)
Technikhaus wrote:Nice!
Always love the vR spoiler :)
Nath wrote:Dayum, looking so sleek. Now I want one :mrgreen:
Anyone happen to have a spare lying around, don't care what colour, I'm getting a respray soon as the red is ultra faded :lol:
Yea I think it compliments the car really well, especially from the side view! I was quite lucky to get one (thanks to jamzo). really have to get one locally as they are way to expensive imported for me. i'll keep an eye out for you :)
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Is it registered yet?..........
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    dstocks wrote:Is it registered yet?..........

    need to fix the horn and headlight wiring.. I have a friend who said he would help, as I'm no good with electronics. however he's been delaying it for a while as he's quite busy. think i'll just take it to an auto electrician to get it sorted..
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    Need some horns? Lol
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    not sure if its the horn itself or just the wiring.. ive managed to beep it once by slamming it really hard.. :s

    but its not the plastic piece either, ive replaced that
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    Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha that's the funniest thing I've ever heard!
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    the struggle is real :(
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    Version R wing looks great. Where the helldid you manage to find that?
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      That's from jamzo wamzo lol
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      dipped wheel black. pretty happy with how they turned out. I need to make the tyres look a bit darker and cleaner now too haha
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      Looking good man!
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      c0n13oX wrote:Looking good man!
      cheers mate, appreciate it!
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      No worries :)

      May be a bit delayed, but howd you go about painting the weather strips?
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      basically I took off all the old peeling paint of them first, it can be kinda hard as its paint/rubber? I did this by using a strong sharp bit of plastic (winshield scrapper works well) and getting underneath it and scrapping it off.

      I then sanded it all down to remove any rust and leftover paint.

      then its a matter of taping off everything near it with newspaper to avoid over spray. I used some primer then just a couple coats of matte black paint to redo it and it looks good as new :)

      few things to recommend are to make sure you get off ALL the old paint, otherwise it will show up and look bad. also it would be a lot easier to take the whole trim off, but I couldnt be bothered ripping it off in fear of breaking something or ruining my paint. it would make it easier though!

      pm me if you need more details!
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      Cheers man! Coz i need to do mine, but i wasnt sure how to go about it:P
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      They are able to be removed from the car with 5 screws holding each one on lol so much easier
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      haha I know, I have a habit of doing things the hard way though :lol:
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