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What have I been up too?

AliasJerk

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Many of you very well know that I am a pic whore, back when I had my old tour I would go out and take pics every other week and post them. That hasnt been the story with my new tour' Because of a few things, first of all keep in mind the car is not perfect, its a WIP (Work in progress), I have LOTS of plans for it, very few of which will be done before spring zing :( But the itch to post pics has been on my back for a while now, and I have finally decided to show you guys how the car has come along, plus some great scenery along the way

Also, you guys have to keep most of these pics were taken from a camera phone (actually I think they all were), as my camera has conveniently been home/MIA every time a photo op shows up (isn't that how it always goes)

Let me know what you think, oh and I should have an exhaust clip by tomorrow everybody that has heard it absolutely loves the way it sounds, and I cant get enough of it... I have forgotten my car has a cd player in it :D

First Mod:
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Some ST200 wheels to start her off, I ditched the stock steelies even before the title was in my name
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Outside a local coffee house in Ypsilanti (Bad pic I know)

I was really iching for this, I ended up going home for a weekend, so I busted out some of the chemicals, Since it was only in the low 60's I put off the Zaino kit for when I was home for the summer, this Detail job consists of Zaino Clay Bar, Meguiars Cleaners wax, and Meguiars NXT, not my best job, but damn it made the paint look SO much better.
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"Yay, I gets a garage nows!"
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New, very subtile looking exhaust, unlike my old tour with the giant ass gas can. I am going to post a clip of this tomorrow
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Late evening Photoshoot from the sunset today
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I am going to get some better pics very shortly, she is getting a full detail job tomorrow, Whole Zaino kit and whatnot.

Yes, if you can tell by the pics, the front bumper is chipped to hell, which is getting fixed in the next week or two, depends on when I got a couple other body parts
 

Knauberize/Debage is coming this week too, plus a few other paint based modifications :)

In my many trips to random junk yards, this little wonder was parked outside of junk yard.

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An original BMW M series :shocked:

It was a little rough, but so cool to see there.


Here is another pic I found after a nice washing at a local Pressure wash
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as promised, here is an exhaust clip. I will get a couple of the engine with load on it also, but this was just a quick one I threw together.



The exhaust was cold, when its cold there is an extremely small amount of rasp, but either way it sounds like :drool:
 
how much and where can i get one?

hahaha, he is joking.

Its actually a custom Setup:

Magnaflow 10424 SS Muffler in place of the stock Resonator

Stock piping from there too the back where a 2 inch pipe was welded in place of the muffler, then a 3 inch Oval Magnaflow Tip.

Looks very modest and classy with the car being red, and its not nearly as loud as you would think, it not having a muffler and all.

Crusing around town, keeping it under 4 grand it just sounds beautiful, then once you hit 65-70 you cant hear it at all. So its great to travel with too.

I am more then pleased with the way it came out, and yes Stazi did install it, and he did a very thorough clean job of it, a very satisfied customer to say the least.
 
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No problem Kevin.

Gorgeous day outside today, I couldnt pass it up as a pristine day to bust out the Zaino kit and give the new ZFX Flash Cure system for a test run.

The Beauty of ZFX is that it replaces the Zaino Z1 step (which takes a very long time) and lets you start directly at Z2, you use 2 ounces of Z2 mixed with 5-6 drops of ZFX, this will also make the wax Rapid apply so once you do a coat of wax, after 5 minutes of it sitting its ready to take off, with the same results as if I were to leave it on for say... 3 hours without ZFX. This Detail job consists of Zaino Claybar, Z2 W/ZFX z5 w/ZFX and Z7 as a final sealer. Took me about... 5 hours to clean up the car inside and out.

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