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Old 02-29-2012, 11:19 AM
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A little build thread

its a 2010 hhr lt flex fuel. most loaded car ive ever had(no sunroof and no leather).
how it sat at the dealer
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blacked out the grille and took off the hubcaps and painted the steel wheels
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also did the bowtie
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got my smoked bumper lights in with my leds
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still cant find the rear bumper lights in smoked if anyone has any idea on where to get those. for now my rears are smoked by me but i dont really like the red tint in it.

also got my new wheels on
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got my black lug nuts in yesterday so those are now on and during the swap of lug nuts i painted my calipers and drums gloss black. now just need to paint the center caps of my wheels so they arnt chrome.i will get newer pics of the wheels and lugs today


next up is probably to lower it and then tint it
then im going to colormatch the inside of my headlights when i get my colormatch paint in.
also thinking of smoking my taillights but havnt quite decided yet.
and the wife says i have to wait till next month to order my drop so i have to listen


also got around to detailing the whole car this weekend.took 6 hours total and got a ton of the scratches out that were in this thing.sometimes i hate black but its worth the time.next day though it sprinkled.i was rather angry
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Old 02-29-2012, 11:24 AM
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Nice shine, hey if you cant find your key it's laying in front of the car, pic #6
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Old 02-29-2012, 01:04 PM
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Getting more sinister by the day, and yeah black is a PITA to take care of, but when it shines....it shines.
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Old 02-29-2012, 01:07 PM
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Lookin good Codster!
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Old 02-29-2012, 02:14 PM
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Really getting the "murdered out" look going !!!
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also check out the black led IPCW tail lights, pricey but worth it. Depo black housing headlights too.
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Old 02-29-2012, 04:29 PM
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ssfan-haha i didnt even notice you could see my keys.and i also noticed above the light you can see my f250.lol

843de-agreed.my wife has a black car too and its rather tough to keep up especially when we drive both these as daily drivers

turbo-thanks

sleeper-its getting there slowly

prod- are those the led tails? i found some online that were black background led tails and i really liked them but they were like 250-300.and as for depo headlights i didnt have good luck with them on my chevy. the clear outside started yellowing within a year. i basically bake my headlights till where they split and then sand and paint the housing of the oem headlights.then silicone them back up and you can never tell you've been in them except for the black background instead of the chrome. once my colormatched paint comes in ill be doing this and if anyone is interested i can do a write up on it.also will be sanding and respraying my grille with the colormatch paint



also i decided to hit this ugly exhaust up with some high heat paint.looks a ton better and doesnt stick out like a sore thumb anymore

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Old 02-29-2012, 04:38 PM
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prod- also what size wheels and drop do you have? that looks good


kyle i just realized thats you! whats going on man?
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It's said that I think your stock steelies look better than my factory wheels! Car looks sick dude! Eventually, I want to head that same direction with my car.

Eventually plan to get mine to the body shop and have a few dents pulled, and in the meantime spray my handles/mirrors/grill/rear bar all black to match, and get new wheels.

All in due time I suppose.
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thanks man.if you're interested to pay for shipping i wouldnt mind hookin you up with the stock steelies for free.somethin to keep in mind.if not im giving them to the scrap guys that come to my house
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