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Post by FAC3L3SS » Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:13 pm

:rofl: I'm saying. Every caption: "The rear doesn't look that low in real life!"

No one said anything at Carlisle because then you'd wanna adjust it for everyone to make all them happy and nobody wanted to adjust coils.
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Post by lilnicko11 » Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:11 am

WIth what time I took to look at everyones car the rear on your car did seem very low. Too me its not way out of wack tho but I'd raise it slightly but its ur car Manny so do whatever.
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Post by smiley » Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:50 pm

I agree with every one to, the back definitely needs to come up a little
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Post by Neon4Life » Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:41 pm

From old
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To New !!!!!

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I installed it last nite.
my first reaction was, this is an must have mod.
throttle response is 100% times better.
theres no more bogging down feeling.
everything is so smooth.
Gas pedal feels nice and firm.
i havent had time to actually floor it but just doing a small 3rd gear pull i felt a difference.
It was worth every penny.
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Post by blueneo03 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:59 pm

how much u get it for?
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Post by Neon4Life » Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:48 pm

$175.


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Post by MyNeonSaysHi » Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:32 pm

Is that a Lorenzo TB? I like it.

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Post by Neon4Life » Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:59 pm

No sir.

That's the ModernPerformance throttle body.

Yeah its a well machined piece. I love it.

The only thing I hate is that I can't hook my cruise control up to the darn thing. Can you say LAME!!
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Post by blueneo03 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:42 pm

thats pretty lame but for 175 and better throttle response id give up cruise control
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Post by MyNeonSaysHi » Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:42 pm

Neon4Life wrote:No sir.

That's the ModernPerformance throttle body.

Yeah its a well machined piece. I love it.

The only thing I hate is that I can't hook my cruise control up to the darn thing. Can you say LAME!!
That blows. I wish I had cruise control period. :lol: Not sure if I could sacrifice cruise control for a TB..Thats a hard one.

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Post by Neon4Life » Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:38 pm

blueneo03 wrote:thats pretty lame but for 175 and better throttle response id give up cruise control
yeah i know rite.

the pedal is so responsive its ridiculous amazing. :thumbup:
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Neon4Life wrote:No sir.

That's the ModernPerformance throttle body.

Yeah its a well machined piece. I love it.

The only thing I hate is that I can't hook my cruise control up to the darn thing. Can you say LAME!!
That blows. I wish I had cruise control period. :lol: Not sure if I could sacrifice cruise control for a TB..Thats a hard one.
well its only gonna affect me when i go on out of town but i rarely do any of that anymore.. so just in town driving for me.
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Post by neonslg09 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:17 am

I want to see your camber.

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Post by Neon4Life » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:20 am

Uhh get on facebook. i took a quic pic earlier and posted it on there.

edited: heres a few quick pics after i got done paint the lip earlier.
nothing amazing as it was raelly just a quick snap shot.

in the last picture ull see my -2 camber.

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ill take a better picture of the wheel tomorrow morning..
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Post by srtjesse » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:53 am

thats weird my modern performance had the tab for cruise control
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Post by Neon4Life » Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:51 am

^ yeah some did. but i cant remember why he told me it wasnt capable of hooking up the cruise control.

Oh well. its not like i use it alot anyways.
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Post by TheRandom1 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:56 am

In that case, you should just give me all the stuff needed for cruise control.
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Post by Neon4Life » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:16 pm

well see about that.
when i get some time im going to pull the line and box and stuff for it. so ill let you know when i have it all off.
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Post by LilSparkPlug » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:27 pm

I actually hate cruise control....I can't drive with it on at all :rofl:. After six years of the SRT not having it, it's weird that the SXT has it.

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Post by Neon4Life » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:31 pm

^ okie doke.



Here we go. Fresh pics of the repainted from Lip.
im surprised at how it matches now. i also painted the 4 pieces that go infront of that black grill there.
Now all i gotta do is repaint the rear lip when i get time.

enjoy.


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Post by LilSparkPlug » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:32 pm

What did you spray it with? Did you use clear coat?

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Post by dank(r/t) » Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:42 pm

why didn't you do those eyelids too.
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Post by smiley » Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:58 pm

did you rattle can it or what?
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Post by Neon4Life » Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:14 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:What did you spray it with? Did you use clear coat?
Mopar Spray can paint. only took like 1 can. and that was like 3 or 4 coats of paint.

then i used Clear coat outta my Gravity feed gun.

it does look nice.looks professional. ill take better pics of the shine when the sun is out.
dank(r/t) wrote:why didn't you do those eyelids too.

I might. just dont know yet.
smiley wrote:did you rattle can it or what?
The paint yes. Mopar Spray paint. then Used Actual Clear Coat out of a gravitiy feed gun. worked quite well.
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Post by TheRandom1 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:04 pm

Looks pretty good.
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Post by theTeejmiester » Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:35 pm

looks good, what brand clear did you shoot?? i would be interested to see if there is any substrate delamination from mixing the paint types
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Post by Neon4Life » Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:35 pm

Thanks.



And what the hell are you talking about. Use small words..and in plain english. Lol.
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Post by TheRandom1 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:36 pm

theTeejmiester wrote:looks good, what brand clear did you shoot?? i would be interested to see if there is any substrate delamination from mixing the paint types

Translation... "looks good, what brand of clear did you use? I would be interested to see if your shit peels off from mixing spray paint with spray gun clear coat."

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Post by blueneo03 » Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:44 pm

how are ur black grilles that black mine are faded to a kinda gray/whitish color
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Post by LowNSlow » Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:02 pm

looks good... the black eyelids look out of place though.

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Post by stdlystdmufn » Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:40 pm

glad you like the TB!
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