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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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the vg looks good, seems like they figured out how to attach the antenna mount to the car, mine has a slight gap. maybe i should see if they can swap it lol. . . .
No they haven't figures that out yet. I have a gap and my brother has a gap on his. We just covered them up with some weather stripping. I'm actually doing that to the entrire VG not just the dome to make it look cleaner.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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Here's a pic of what I'm talking about:

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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by CooLeh7


Nice engine bay. Plan to change out my vacuum hoses too...DO u remember what all the sizes are? 4 & 6mm? (sorry not sure what that works out to in inches)
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They are all 4mm Except for the a little one that’s 6mm. I had to buy all sizes and tested them to figure out wich one is the perfect fit.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by evoluXrichie
i want a rear diffuser, and i was wondering how easily it went in and how hard it was to remove the stock. i am planning on swapping the exhaust at the same time, will i have to remove the rear bumper?
You do have to remove the rear bumper. I may just make a how to since I was taking pictures and documenting the installation of everything. I had to sand one of the corners to make it fit just right. The screws that come with it are super small. You'll need to have someone else holding the bumper and the rear diffuser together while you try to screw them together. Beware that on some of the mounting points the screws will be too small. There is no way in hell you can screw them on, so I had to get longer screws to make it work. Also when both pieces are put together you will see a pretty good gap on both sides of the license plate. I put a rubber weather strip on betweek to get rid of the gap and it turned out pretty good. The last thing was the stock screws on bolts that you take off while removing the bumper will not fit once you have the CF diffuser so you will have to figure out a way to make it all fit and hold it together so it doesn't move with the wind. Just be ready to "make it happen" and do not expect a bolt-on job. Other than that it was a piece of cake

Let me know if you want further explanation and I can post some more pics so you can see what I'm talking about.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:49 AM
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hey can you take some close up pics of the top of the vg closest to the front of the car? i wanna see what they did to remedy the problem on the first batch

also how does the rear diffuser fit? did you take out the silver mesh by the muffler and license plate?
See above post for fittment, and yes I took out the silver mesh on the front and back of the Seibon products.

They use a mesh that looks like it belongs on a fixed up civic not an Evo, seriously Seibon? Chiken wire? I know they can do better than that. And on top of that its shiny aluminum.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:51 AM
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Hi

Would the vortex generator fit the Navi Base antenna? Thanks man.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by criptballer
Looking good, I swear I just saw you're car somewhere...... Thanks for coming down again.

Dallin this is my brothers car, and we should plan a meet soon!
No problem. I had fun installing those things on your evo yesterday. Let's plan a meet some time.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by saulbyu
They are all 4mm Except for the a little one that’s 6mm. I had to buy all sizes and tested them to figure out wich one is the perfect fit.
. Thanks for the info.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Spy007
Car looks really nice man....

It sucks to see the fitment issues and troubles you went through but thanks for pointing them out with your tips!

What kind of wheels are those btw?
Thanks. They are 5Zigen 19" Wheels, Sports Engine SC3000. I'm thinking about seeling them and getting some different wheels but can't figure out what I want. I take suggestions.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by R0ME0
Your picture here looks different than the one here:



Looks like the original picture had a rubber grommet where the antenna sat on or something? Can you explain a bit? Now its lifting but with no gromett?
The first picture is how it will look after one day when you install it. The second picture I used some plastic weather strip to cover the gap you see on teh first pic. I called APR and told them that it was lifting and the said I sould do it outside when the sun is out and put tape to hold it down. I did that but that doesn't work so I just covered the gap. We tried to do it again with my brother's (criptballer) and OctaneBlue was there also they can testify that you can't even hold it down with your hand (putting a lot of pressure) let alone tape. Fitment is poor on this piece, but we just made it work
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by ArchieBabes
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Would the vortex generator fit the Navi Base antenna? Thanks man.
I don't know what the Navi Antenna looks like. The VG covers the mount of the antenna and has a round hole big enough on the top to screw the antenna back on.

Here's a close up of what it looks like from the back ArchiBabes (I love your car by the way ):

Attached Thumbnails RR with Rexpeed, APR and Seibon New Carbon (Finally!)-close_up_antenna_back.jpg  

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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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The last thing I have to say for now is:

WARNING

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If you like your Sattelite radio do not get a VG. The signal is completly gone, it only works when you're parked but as soon as you move you'll lose it. I didn't know the black dome base where the antenna goes is the satellite antenna and is now completely covered by the VG.
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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the fitment of the VG is terrible imo but your solution to the problem is awesome.

i wonder now if thats the reason the OEM UK VG doesnt cover the antenna base but then again they dont have sirius or do they?
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by saulbyu
No they haven't figures that out yet. I have a gap and my brother has a gap on his. We just covered them up with some weather stripping. I'm actually doing that to the entrire VG not just the dome to make it look cleaner.
ah ok the weather strip looks good, can you link me to the stuff you used? i'm gonna go buy some and throw it on my x

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Would the vortex generator fit the Navi Base antenna? Thanks man.
i have the navi and the vg fits fine
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeyM3
ah ok the weather strip looks good, can you link me to the stuff you used? i'm gonna go buy some and throw it on my x



i have the navi and the vg fits fine

I would love to give you a link, but I counlnd't find anything I could use so I "custom" made my own. I'll take some pics of how I did it and post them here for you. The fitment is horrible if you ask me, but that's what we get for being the first ones
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