Well Scott came to me asking for the kit to be painted and put on. So after 2 days of working in the garage and getting high off paint fumes the work is done. Fruits of the labor can be seen below:


Overspray all over the garage floor


My nice new lightning yellow table


Target practice was done on this poor defenseless peice of cardboard


Sweet looking car


Closeup of the bumper


From above


CF Hood


Sweet rims (I might be buying em soon )


Nice tail lights and bumper


Magnaflow muffler (We painted so good we even painted the parts that arent directly visible )


Skirts look awesome.


Engine bay


Hmmmm... yup the hood is made by VIS


Nice and agressive stance


Another nice pic


Nice ***


Awesome pic


Lookin' sweet, the car and scotty are lookin hotty

 

Nice color matching- where'd you get the paint?

 

Paint was bought at my neighborhood auto paint store (they mix the paint according to the dealer color code).

 

Nice job you guys! That is one tight looking ride, I hope to get some decent pics of it tomorrow. And I'll send some to Kareem for his portfolio (if he's making one). Now all you need is a turbo and a nice big FMIC to show in that huge opening on the front clip!

 

llooks pretty ill.. i heard some peeps who bought the vis, sayn they had problems with the fittin..did it fit coo>???

 

for SURE. the turbo is definitely next on my list (after a little bit of necessary clean up on the kit). i gotta say, i was skeptical about taking my paint job to Kareemco, but i'm very impressed with the final product. color matching is perfect, fitment is right on (take that all you accolade haters), and there are only a few little mistakes that we need to take care of. all in all, a successful project, and i probably saved $300-400 by doing it myself.

big BIG HUGE MAD propz to kareem (iamkar33m) and mark (imapunkclaimer) for help with fitment and painting, and accolade (through US distributor stradausa/dave) for a great fitting kit with no modification necessary. i think we're a little dumber for having sat in that fume-filled garage for two days, but it was lots of fun.

man, i'm tired.....

EDIT: VIS fitment isn't perfect; there are gaps on either side of the hood... but nothing a little creativity can't solve.

 

That looks hot !! Now come over and fix my bumpers for me !!

 

pimp it

 

Whoooaa!! Real tight!!! Madd props.. And that is reall smooth.. How many paint coats and clear? Did you do only the kit or the whole car?

 

I have read that the Ken kit has some issues at the tail pipe section.
if you have some time can you take a pic of the rear bumper where the muffler is.
I just want to make sure because I may be buying this kit very soon.
Also is an Accolade kit or a rush kit.
Thanks
Looks great man!
Mike

 

good **** kareem.. thats one good *** paint job. and racinmylancer, thats one hot *** car too.. props to all of you

 

how many coats did you use? and how many clear coats? any pearl in the paint?

 

about three layers of paint, and just one of clear. we just did the kit, to do the rest of the car, we would've had to sand and primer everything! you're talking LOTS of paint!!!!


sup corona. the stock tailpipe would fit fine. i've got a magnaflow and it's a TIGHT fit (i think to feel comfortable i would have to lower my muffler maybe half an inch, but that's totally possible), but it does fit, and it doesn't touch at all. my tip's pretty big, but i know some peoples' are bigger; in that case, i would recommend caution with the kenstyle kit (or, i imagine, any kit!), but bottom line; the kenstyle opening is in the exact same place as the stock opening. and corona, if you do go with this kit, i highly recommend david with stradausa. good guy to work with, and he's got quality kits here in the US. accolade's made some big improvements.


see answer above. no pearl in the paint.

PS guys: just added the pics to my registry... vote for my car!! (if you like it...)

 

very sweet. btw, where did you get the body kit, rushkits or accolade?

 

got the kit from accolade's US distributor here in socal; david at stradausa. you can email him at david@stradausa.com if you're interested. great guy.