well, it was complete last thursday but has been raining every day since and i never had a chance to take pics..

before:




after:






i kinda made a "mistake" by getting the entire grille painted (didnt leave the back black)..oh well it still looks good i think..

next on the agenda: complete respray of the car (midnight blue) and wheels..

 

dawg, beautiful. I prefer the grille painted same color as car. I'm going to paint mine same color as my car. Beautiful man. Nice upgrade. How much that bumper cost u?

 

very nice ... any fitment issues? or is everything just fine and dandy

 

you need OEM fogs... and havin the grille painted all the same color looks bad, shoulda left the mesh part black.

Ant

 

i priced the bumper online and the best i could find was like 100 shipped from ebay.. so i went to a local auto body parts store (certifit) and it was 35 bucks.

everything is direct bolt on except for part of the bumper

 

i think the painted grille only looks weird because its such a light color.. it'll look better in midnight blue

 

kinda looks like the infamous "tooth" on new nissan's painted like that.

looks good though. how's the fitment with their bumper covers? did you just change the cover or did you change the reinforcements(or whatever they're called) that makes the 97+'s better in crashes? how much was it to be painted? ok done asking questions

 

car ROCKS. now time for the rear. very sexy

 

TO MECCANOBLE

Dude if your the first reply don't ****ing copy his whole post and waste space...

 

the "tooth" isnt as noticable in person as it is in pics for some reason.

i only changed the cover and i paid 30 dollars to get both the grille and bumper painted (good friends with a body shop)

 

looks great, i was pricing it out before i saw this post and i had a much higher price...what store did you use for the bumper and the grill, and how much did the headlights run you? thanks

 

well, like i said, check for local auto body part wholesalers.. the one here is called Certi-Fit. the bumper was 35, grille 20, corner lights 20/each, and headlights 99/ea. it was a LOT easier than finding the best prices online and dealing with shipping etc. not to mention those were the best prices i could find except for the headlights (90-ish/each on ebay)

 

nice...how much did the painting cost ya?

O

 

Very nice Wope. Are you going to get a kit too? If you do, get the Stillen kit, clean/simple yet still looks great.

 

you are right, but it is mainly the flash/lighting. Like you said, you dont notice it in real life. Yours looks great, congrats! and very similar to something I did this weekend

flash


no flash


even had my bottle painted body color

 

looks nice Hal

 

nice

 

no plans for a kit (yet)

 

Very nice. Why would you do the conversion though if you were selling the car?

 

WTF? Only $30 to have it painted? Lucky

$35 bumper + $20 grille + $30 painting = $85 Only $85 bucks for that much! You could've gotten the headlights and corners from the Classified section for less.

I'll be doing the conversion in Spring

 

and that my friend is New Orleans for you. Thats why I got my bumper painted prior to coming to Atl. Ill be back in Feb to get a new bumper painted

 

same reason I sold my turbo this week.. and am upgrading. because the car isn't sold, yet.

 

looks nice~ :-)

 

anyone know where to find a trunk lid?

 

looks good

 

i'm not interested in fog lights since i have HID

 

Looks like it was well done.

 

What part is that?