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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 11:22 PM
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3 Month history of my car....

I've only had my drivers liscense for 3 months now, and in those 3 months I've been pretty happy with the overall transformation of my car. Lemme know what you think.... It all started with a Base g5.

August 28- my birthday, and the day I got my liscense.
Car was completly stock with exception of the Halo projectors and an injen intake...


Next up was custom door panels and rear deck lid. (reupholstered by myself)


Then a nice pair of SS rims, sportlines, and Ss/tc front struts. All in 1 day.


Then I saved up for a bit, won a SS bumper on ebay, and purchased some AIT zen side skirts, and got them painted.



After all that, I popped back in my G5 grill, and painted my rims matte black...


And tomorrow I pick up my painted RKsport rear lip to install....

In short...
This

to this


in 3 months.

NOW WHAT? I cant leave her alone....
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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Looks great! Nice G5
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 11:42 PM
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Time for SS/TC front lip? HIDs if you don't have them. Leather, or racing seats. Other than that, go performance now. Do exhaust, downpipe, header. If you're serious with it, go supercharger/turbo.
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Old Dec 4, 2009 | 11:44 PM
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very clean i must admit
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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Time for SS/TC front lip? HIDs if you don't have them. Leather, or racing seats. Other than that, go performance now. Do exhaust, downpipe, header. If you're serious with it, go supercharger/turbo.
I always wanted to stay away fro performance, but now I think I'm gonna do some mods to keep myself entertained...
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very clean i must admit
not bad for a car with almost 60k on it huh...
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 10:27 AM
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what do you have for the rear end. you got the front and sides... just wondering. the car looks great
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:06 PM
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RKsport rear lip, the cobalt one not the g5 one...
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:10 PM
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i like it all except the side skirts, but who cares as long as you like it! good work
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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how did u get ur front grill to work?

did u have to cut the middle cross member out?
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by PsychoCam
how did u get ur front grill to work?

did u have to cut the middle cross member out?
the g5 grille just goes over it all, kinda funny
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by PsychoCam
how did u get ur front grill to work?

did u have to cut the middle cross member out?
Yea, all G5 bumpers start out as cobalt bumpers, just the crossbar gets cut out in the factory.
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:13 PM
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front lip for sure
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 12:15 PM
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nice. I was thinking about doing taht but using the g5 grill and molding the symbol. so it is gone lol
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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I want a front lip, but no more $$ haha
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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yeah id say front lip just to bring the bottom of the front end more in line with the side skirts. car is deffinitly cleanly modded i like it.
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 01:52 PM
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I like it a lot.
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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I think I wanna go lower next...
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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H&Rs FTW
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 07MetallicSC
H&Rs FTW
Are H&RS really that much more significant that sportlines....
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