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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 10:07 PM
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Went with ijen hard piping wish I went with ets
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 12:34 AM
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Coilovers prematurely... Not a great mod when it's your daily and now have a baby haha!
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by lockadam2112
Went with ijen hard piping wish I went with ets

And ditto... Lower injen pipe is a joke...
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 01:28 PM
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for what it's worth, i regret this K&N cone filter...I shpuld have gotten the Perrin...i guess i still could
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 02:37 PM
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My regret is rolled rear fenders.. going back on it I would of shaved/cut them.

On my cast endtanks AMS IC, the mounting holes didn't line up only on one side.... nothing a die grinder didn't fix in 3 seconds..... Ok, it took like 30 seconds to get it out of the draw.
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 02:40 PM
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what happened with your fenders man?

i just had mine cut, didnt want to go the rolling route
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by EvoJoeIX
what happened with your fenders man?

i just had mine cut, didnt want to go the rolling route
Joe I think we know a lot of the same ppl as I grew up in Bel Air.

Fenders bulging, try to pull them to even it out... now they're wavy at the spot welds.
Live and learn I guess.
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 04:15 PM
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really? i dont live in bel air but i do hang out with a lot of people from up there

and that sucks on the wavy fender thing bro. thats what i wanted to avoid to i didnt get huge offset wheel. i had my fenders cut at CBRD, they did an awesome job. you would think it came from the factory cut when you look at it
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 04:25 PM
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Upgrading my oem Hids with DDM bulbs and 55w harness. First and last time I get suckered into buying cheap products.

I wired it correctly and got it to work. Takes a full 15-30 seconds to fully "warm up". Bulbs were different colors. 4,300k and 8-9,000k. Wanted 5,000k. They would exchange them, but why pay $10 in shipping for a $15 product only to wait another month to see if they got it right this time?

And never get an apology.



Another is ETS normal route uicp. Awesome quality, should have just got a mini battery and went the short route =/. My ARC induction box doesn't fit with the normal route.

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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 04:34 PM
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I don't regret any parts but I regret what I did to my car is my build order. Wish I would have build my block first before upgrading my turbo. But Ohh well
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Old Mar 18, 2012 | 09:17 PM
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I regret not selling the VIII sooner and getting a IX. I waited a long time
do you regret going 9 to the 10?

as far as regrets none yet. but then again i read all your ups and downs and regrets
for that thank you.
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 09:06 PM
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i regret not researching little better b4 buying my car lol (bunch of little things but still...) i dont regret the BR exhaust- dude it just sounds amazing, not to loud but deff not quiet. no drone AT ALL!! deff rec. it
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 09:18 PM
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This is a great thread which I had missed, I just went back and read the entire thing.

Glad to hear noone regretting getting GSC S2 cams since they arrived in the mail today. I've gone this far and I'm quite pleased with the results. Yes the power is not as "instant on" as it was stock, but it's still very drivable, so damn fast and yet not much louder than stock when putting around town.

So, I'm going to finish the job, get the S2s installed plus add a pierburg EBCS and call it a day. and hopefully I won't be the first to come back here crying about S2s.

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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 05:41 AM
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My only regret is purchasing the HKS Hi-Power exhaust. It is not the performance but, the actual look and sound that is a problem. It gets the attention of police in my area and I get a ticket almost every month ( ...the last few tickets were not even for noise but, for the actual shape / look of the exhaust ). In the I wish catagory, I would have to choose the Apexi Noir.
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 06:40 AM
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Sometimes i'm glad i live in SA.
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