Ryan's part, Crystal's request of new project

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:03 pm

Ryan (sidepipe) and I met up yesterday in Ohio to swap out some parts...er whatever (check his project log, pg. 12 I believe). Anyway, he got my SRT rear and I got his '03 boobied bumper with the lip, with the center painted black and R/T exhaust cutouts. I mentioned that I *think* I am the only one with an SRT hood, 02 front w/ civic lip, SRT skirts and caps, and '03 rear w/ lip kit, ALL colormatched. Here's what I have so far. I got the lip mounted up about two weeks ago, I pick up the front bumper on Tuesday.

Sorry Ryan....I think the whole flat black section will get cut out.

RIP

Post by **racer12306** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:06 pm

I'm hoping that the mis match in color is from the sun, I know silver can be funny that way.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:07 pm

It is. We were paranoid about driving 3 hours in the hopes that they'd match. Ask Ryan, they're spot on. Damn sun and weak camera...

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:12 pm

Wow, wheel gap is insane.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:15 pm

Yup. Back to a 2-finger gap. It just looks aweful from the angles I took because I've got no wheel well liners / mudflaps. I'm still lower than 90% of this shithole town, just a little over 2" higher than I was two weeks ago

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:23 pm

Looks good, i hate rice cannons but yours doesn't look bad

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:24 pm

looking good

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:29 pm

Thanks guys.

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:35 pm

Haganracing wrote:i hate rice cannons

I hate YOU!

jk

Looking good Adam. I have always loved the rear mopar lipped 03 bumper with SRT skirts. I only know 1 other guy with that (thxthboy) and it looks sick. So it's not a total loss.

On the other hand, I also got worried when I saw the miscolored matching, but relieved when you said its just the sun and camera.

Looking great man. I wanna see pics of the front bumper neeeeoooowww.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:45 pm

You and me both. Last I saw it, it was covered in primer. But yeah, if you look at the first pic, the trunk is the same color as the bumper. That's where the sun was hitting. I didn't take the car to get pics. Just grabbed a very while we measured for a carport!

Moar pics on Tuesday.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:47 pm

Tam wrote:
Haganracing wrote:i hate rice cannons
I hate YOU!

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:54 pm

Good stuff. I agree, cut that black part out.

srtjesse · Post by **srtjesse** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:53 pm

car looks good what made you wanna swap out rears

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:55 pm

He's wanted an SRT rear for a long time. He was buying other things off me, and asked if I'd be interested in a trade. So I just went ahead and did it.

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:05 am

why wouldyou dwap away srt reaer??

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:06 am

Drungk on a Sunday night? Like I said, he wanted one for a long time. As long as the rear bumper matches and has a lip that lines up, I really don't care.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:25 am

Looks good! I like

too bad you have to cut that section out though, I love the black.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:20 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:Looks good! I like too bad you have to cut that section out though, I love the black.

damn dude. If you could only move that cannon over like an inch, you could leave the middle section!

Honestly, it looks pretty good on there. Silver does have a tendency to look off at certain angles from the sun, but as Adam said, it was spot on for me so I'm assuming his matches as well.

Can't wait to see your new front bumper setup as well.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:23 pm

Get a R/T rear section to match up and don't cut the black. Looks good man.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:33 pm

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:Get a R/T rear section to match up and don't cut the black. Looks good man.

This.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:37 pm

I know someone with a nice Thermal R&D rear section

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:48 pm

LOL. Sorry gadies and lentlemen, the middle section was cut off today. Pretty fucking amatuer job is I say so myself

I'm gonna cover the section that's all cut with that garage sealant crap that's used for HD lips. At least the jaggedness wont be visible. UGH moar pics tomorrow with the front bolted on.

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:53 pm

What did you use? A kitchen knife?

You should've used a dremel. It would've made it cleaner.

And I'm glad you didn't ditch the fart can. Too many people have duals.

If you ditched the fart can, you would've left me the only cool member on 2gn with one.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:05 pm

Tam wrote:What did you use? A kitchen knife?

You should've used a dremel. It would've made it cleaner.

And I'm glad you didn't ditch the fart can. Too many people have duals.

If you ditched the fart can, you would've left me the only cool member on 2gn with one.

Ohhh I doubt that. I'm sure there's TONS of fart cannons on here.

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:27 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:
Tam wrote:What did you use? A kitchen knife?

You should've used a dremel. It would've made it cleaner.

And I'm glad you didn't ditch the fart can. Too many people have duals.

If you ditched the fart can, you would've left me the only cool member on 2gn with one.
Ohhh I doubt that. I'm sure there's TONS of fart cannons on here.

i will be joing the pack very soon, gots me an idea yo, and it looks great, but i liked the srt rear more

1972demon · Post by **1972demon** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:13 pm

you and i have pretty similar bumper setups. i have 02 w/civic lip, srt sides w/uppers, and 02 R/T rear. you are going to love the way the sides look with that front bumper, i do anyway.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:52 pm

1972demon wrote:you and i have pretty similar bumper setups. i have 02 w/civic lip, srt sides w/uppers, and 02 R/T rear. you are going to love the way the sides look with that front bumper, i do anyway.

YES. Thanks for the info man. I haven't had a chance to even mock it up, so I'm hoping they match up well.

Yup, the can stays. Cheaper to cut. I used like a mini-motabo saw. Just shook like mad so I slipped a few times.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:58 pm

haha I think it's funny that people hate on the change... meanwhile, check when you posted the SRT parts and I'm sure people were saying 'poser status is teh weksos'

I think it's gonna look good.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:07 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:haha I think it's funny that people hate on the change... meanwhile, check when you posted the SRT parts and I'm sure people were saying 'poser status is teh weksos'

I think it's gonna look good.

QFT. I was a poser and lame. Then got it painted and it was CLEAN! But weak cuz it was only an exterior swap and not motor.

THEN people are like "wtf you ditch the bumper fer!?" Ah well.

I think any neon-specific bumper with a lip that follows the body lines looks good, so it really wasn't tough for me. I hope the front lines up well too. Thanks man.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:56 pm

Welp, I went down and got the bumper fitted and whatnot today...sorta...

Apparently, you CAN'T rock the '03+ headlights with an '02 bumper. So I had to actually spend money today and get some *gulp* chrome projectors for mad cheap. I was told they'd be here by Fri or Saturday, Monday at the latest. Either way, pics will be up around then, and the car will be done in time for the meet on the 30th.

BTW...I know it's been covered trillions of times, but how difficult is it to open up the projectors and reseal them properly? I'm thinking of painting them black.