a new face for my Evo... countdown begins
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this car leaves me speechless. its my dream evo. dude F*&k the haters and keep on doing what ur doing. these jerks dont even have an evo and theyre hatin on urs. but your evo is beautiful and i envy u
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Originally posted by DriftRunSir
eh got bored...
eh got bored...
cheers...kinda close to what i have in mind.... but i wanna make a two way air duct... one that divert....to brake and up into airfilter..
of course carbon/kevlar.... hehehe
just hope i can pull it off!!
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Originally posted by eldanoloco
TV with some oh oh oh get this.....cabon fiber rabbit ears for reception.
TV with some oh oh oh get this.....cabon fiber rabbit ears for reception.
okay ur taking that a little far.... hahahahah
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Originally posted by eldanoloco
Hey man, were just looking out for you intercooler.
Hey man, were just looking out for you intercooler.
Thank You So Much !
Originally posted by DriftRunSir
people are quick to knock on your kit because everyones heard nothing but negative things about Accolade and just because these people hear things about something they straight believe it with out experiencing it...IMO i think everyones being **** about fitment issues with Fiberglass...there will always be some bad fitment issue some how from an aftermarket kit and from what i see from the images that bumper fit pretty snug onto there...second you people shouldn't expect perfect fitment fiberglass bumpers unless its a f*in corvette especially at prices you guys are looking for! exact OEM fitment fiberglass like Kaminari comes at a hefty price. also...who the hell said JDM bumpers fit like a glove??? when i worked at a local shop here we used to get JDM kits by special order all the time for our customers NISMO,TOMS,MUGEN,CWEST, RE Amemiya now ok yeah i agree their quality is very present in the kit but fiberglass is fiberglass when it hardens from its cure process it tends to shrink so a main plug can end up being junk because the guy that made the mold for got to measure out the plug so all the copy kits that make out of it come out in a decent fit. anyway i have some pictures of REAL JDM aftermarket FRP kits and have had minimal to serious fitment issues...just because its JDM doesn't always mean its better.
from what i've been seeing lately is that Accolade is trying to fix things as much as possible...and yes they are slow at it but what do you expect if your trying to deal with people half way across the world? especially if they are all *****ing at you at the same time. so dont be so quick to judge about things that you've heard about unless you've actually experienced the same problem with that certain product.
anyway onto the kit...when i first saw it on the site they didn't have it installed on a car yet and just seeing it sit there on a white background made it look nasty...until i saw these pictures especially since its installed on a similar color car [btw i agree color match it to the US EVO Yellow not that yellow] but now that i see on your ride with that sweet lookin carbon hood i had second thoughts and the fitment on that kit is snug just right...but one thing still bothers me about the kit...its the fact that accolade dropped the front bumper by like 1-2inches which seems to give you less room to lower your car for any suspension tuning...
oh yah you do know you can buy carbon/kevlar or carbon fiber tape? right? its real carbon-kevlar/carbon fiber single layer with an adhesive[sp?] backing perfect for your logo idea...also dont get rid of that triangle in the middle although im not a big fan of it on stock evo's/mitsu's to be exact but it gives it that MITSU look...so no-ones gonna mistake it for a mustang or a riced out honda accord
its also good to keep it there for structural purposes the rest of the grill doesn't seem thick enough to hold on its on...its possible that if you do take out the triangle in the middle that the rest of the upper half of the grill which is covered by the hood will warp from all the heat from the environment and the pressure put upon the bumper.
enough ranting good luck with your car and hopefully it gets done soon so we can see the finishing results!
keep it up i think its looking good.
people are quick to knock on your kit because everyones heard nothing but negative things about Accolade and just because these people hear things about something they straight believe it with out experiencing it...IMO i think everyones being **** about fitment issues with Fiberglass...there will always be some bad fitment issue some how from an aftermarket kit and from what i see from the images that bumper fit pretty snug onto there...second you people shouldn't expect perfect fitment fiberglass bumpers unless its a f*in corvette especially at prices you guys are looking for! exact OEM fitment fiberglass like Kaminari comes at a hefty price. also...who the hell said JDM bumpers fit like a glove??? when i worked at a local shop here we used to get JDM kits by special order all the time for our customers NISMO,TOMS,MUGEN,CWEST, RE Amemiya now ok yeah i agree their quality is very present in the kit but fiberglass is fiberglass when it hardens from its cure process it tends to shrink so a main plug can end up being junk because the guy that made the mold for got to measure out the plug so all the copy kits that make out of it come out in a decent fit. anyway i have some pictures of REAL JDM aftermarket FRP kits and have had minimal to serious fitment issues...just because its JDM doesn't always mean its better.
from what i've been seeing lately is that Accolade is trying to fix things as much as possible...and yes they are slow at it but what do you expect if your trying to deal with people half way across the world? especially if they are all *****ing at you at the same time. so dont be so quick to judge about things that you've heard about unless you've actually experienced the same problem with that certain product.
anyway onto the kit...when i first saw it on the site they didn't have it installed on a car yet and just seeing it sit there on a white background made it look nasty...until i saw these pictures especially since its installed on a similar color car [btw i agree color match it to the US EVO Yellow not that yellow] but now that i see on your ride with that sweet lookin carbon hood i had second thoughts and the fitment on that kit is snug just right...but one thing still bothers me about the kit...its the fact that accolade dropped the front bumper by like 1-2inches which seems to give you less room to lower your car for any suspension tuning...
oh yah you do know you can buy carbon/kevlar or carbon fiber tape? right? its real carbon-kevlar/carbon fiber single layer with an adhesive[sp?] backing perfect for your logo idea...also dont get rid of that triangle in the middle although im not a big fan of it on stock evo's/mitsu's to be exact but it gives it that MITSU look...so no-ones gonna mistake it for a mustang or a riced out honda accord
its also good to keep it there for structural purposes the rest of the grill doesn't seem thick enough to hold on its on...its possible that if you do take out the triangle in the middle that the rest of the upper half of the grill which is covered by the hood will warp from all the heat from the environment and the pressure put upon the bumper.enough ranting good luck with your car and hopefully it gets done soon so we can see the finishing results!
keep it up i think its looking good.
regards
Accolade
Last edited by ACCOLADE; Oct 21, 2003 at 06:58 AM.
heh heh 