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Kivi posted:
Such a pretty car, good choice!
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Sep 14, 2021 13:15
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It is pretty! Is it fwd?
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Sep 14, 2021 13:33
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Bape Culture posted:It is pretty! Is it fwd?
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Sep 14, 2021 14:27
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Do an burn oit
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Sep 14, 2021 14:38
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Smart Alfa. The proportions look spot on in that photo.
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Sep 14, 2021 15:15
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Grill is way too small imo
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Sep 14, 2021 15:20
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The Big Jesus posted:Grill is way too small imo Do you work for BMW?
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Sep 14, 2021 15:21
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OneSizeFitsAll posted:Do you work for BMW? No but I do drive a 3 series... Jk the car is super pretty. I pitched getting a Giulia to a couple friends who were looking but no takers
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Sep 14, 2021 16:10
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Blame Pyrrhus posted:I did a thing where I bought an ugly car. With an equally ugly interior. I really like how ugly the car is inside and out! People thought the grill of the E9X was also ugly. Perhaps they were right, but I rather like mine a lot and I have been having a love affair with it this week.   
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Sep 15, 2021 22:31
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Kivi posted:
Stunning car, nice choice.
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Sep 15, 2021 23:58
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I really like how ugly the car is inside and out! That looks like the LCI version though, which was after they'd removed the stupid grille that looked like it had a moustache.   I hated the pre-LCI but loved the facelift (and owned an E91 330d for 3 years).
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Sep 16, 2021 18:35
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 Thanks a lot guys I'm hella proud rn lmao, I love this fuckin car. I kinda unintentionally ended up with it (my 400$ copart bid won) and I have come to accept that I can't even leave a nice Sunday grandpa car alone if not given direct supervision. Wheels are coming over the winter, I'm currently deciding between JDM WORK varianza's or some 17-20in dayton-style wire wheels. Maybe even do the vogue gold stripe whitewalls on a set of refinished oem wheels??? Other than the bags and cosmetic stuff it has a reflash tune from northstar performance (super worth, these were significantly neutered w stock tune), upgraded engine mounts from same, custom true dual exhaust w 2x magnaflow hiflo cats 2x SLP loudmouth mufflers and factory tips, custom DSS axles, and ported heads, intake, and TB. 282whp up from a sickly 208whp stock. I'd have done more but it doesn't exist yet, northstarperformance supposed to release "400hp" cams later this year so that's probably gonna happen, or an sts-v m122 blower if I can find one for like 1500 or less someone just shared the recipe for putting those on the fwd northstars (sts-v and xlr-v had a 450+hp 4.4l supercharged *northstar* in rwd platform, super weird and super rare)      Pics here if I figure out how to add more than 1 Darchangel posted:Factory air ride with an aftermarket controller, or aftermarket all the way? It's all aftermarket, stock system ripped out. Bag-over-strut all around with airtekk struts, with a full manual 'switches' type setup (also have a bluetooth control box for my phone). Dual viair 444c compressors, 8 solenoids (1 up 1 down each corner), 2x dual psi digi gauges and an AVS 9-rocker billet switchbox dema posted:Real talk though, how much do you get harassed by the police in that? Somehow literally not at all, even when I drive it like, unsafely low (most of the time) they might just like wave at me or something  Oh and it's my daily lmao Captain Crabsticks fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Sep 16, 2021 |
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Sep 16, 2021 22:48
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Needs some bigass monoblocks of some flavor for that true USDM VIP Style. That Caddy owns.
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Sep 16, 2021 22:56
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Sir Sidney Poitier posted:That looks like the LCI version though, which was after they'd removed the stupid grille that looked like it had a moustache. The E9x M3 never had a facelift because it was perfect from the start (it did get new taillights and new wheels and a couple of extremely minor interior tweaks.) 
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Sep 16, 2021 23:00
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Did you buy a gt4 too?
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Sep 16, 2021 23:05
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Bape Culture posted:Did you buy a gt4 too? Given the way the car market has depreciation might never ever happen.
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Sep 16, 2021 23:33
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Captain Crabsticks posted:
Snow tires and bags all the way up for upcoming PA winter garbage roads? I myself will be driving a lowered Mini Cooper S with lots of mods this winter thanks for asking. Imperador do Brasil fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Sep 17, 2021 |
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Sep 17, 2021 02:59
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That caddy owns so much. Needs a fitting custom plate, say... ASSMAN
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Sep 17, 2021 03:09
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fuuuuuuck yes amazing
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Sep 17, 2021 06:45
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Captain Crabsticks posted:Oh and it's my daily lmao Owns extremely hard for 400 bucks.
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Sep 17, 2021 12:09
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I’ll be honest - there are a loooot of cool cars in AI but yours might be my favorite because it’s so unexpected. Goddamn, I cannot believe how good it looks lowered and add me on board to the Monoblock suggestion I had a DTS as a rental maaany years ago and I don’t think I thought about it the minute it left my sight; the fact that I’m now lusting after the same grandpa mobile after all these years is amazing
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Sep 17, 2021 12:26
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Updated my project thread as I did do something stupid https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3927332&pagenumber=3#lastpost Spoiler 
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Sep 17, 2021 15:07
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Snow tires and bags all the way up for upcoming PA winter garbage roads? dts's are dumb cheap in general because everyone's scared of northstar head gaskets, but late 2005-up got LS9 head bolts that fixed it (don't tell nobody tho I like it like that) The Big Jesus posted:That caddy owns so much. Needs a fitting custom plate, say... ASSMAN dk2m posted:I had a DTS as a rental maaany years ago and I don’t think I thought about it the minute it left my sight; the fact that I’m now lusting after the same grandpa mobile after all these years is amazing If you can get over the fwd part they're dope cars, comfy with a breddy gud v8. Nobody ever has much bad to say about northstars other than the head gasket thing, they sound deece and pull ok at the top, midrange is kinda rear end w stock tune tho. The 4T80E is one of the stoutest fwd autos ever made too, turbo LS4 people use them for 700+ wheel applications somehow despite no upgrade parts existing(that I know of) so I guess they just take it. I surprise people with it occasionally, I beat an 08ish civic si the other day, I bet the dude was piiiiiiised lmao I wouldve
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Sep 17, 2021 16:16
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My ride today:  One of two (2) Cruisers in my immediate family. This one is the mother-in-law's. I feel so much more conspicuous in it - especially with the top down - than in my regular car 
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Sep 17, 2021 16:43
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BigPaddy posted:Updated my project thread as I did do something stupid Very cool!
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Sep 17, 2021 17:36
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Captain Crabsticks posted:
is the head stud swap already done on that northstar?
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Sep 17, 2021 23:20
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Love that Caddy. I’d love to bag my Crown Vic like that. The back is easy - Civilian versions had OEM airbags. Air Ride Technologies makes struts for the Panthers. Maybe next project.  Speaking of STS-Vs, I had an opportunity to buy one for a reasonable price many years ago. I’d never seen one before, or heard of it, and was fascinated by a big (ish) RWD Caddy with a supercharged V8. Unfortunately, I couldn’t afford it at the time.
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Sep 18, 2021 00:14
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Fuckyeah I love your bagged Caddy.
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Sep 18, 2021 00:26
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Kilonum posted:is the head stud swap already done on that northstar? Largely a non-issue on the last few years after they switched to coarse threaded head bolts.
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Sep 18, 2021 00:32
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Kilonum posted:is the head stud swap already done on that northstar? Despite what the vendor may say, late 05-up doesn't need them, they upgraded them with the same head bolts as the ls9/zr1 engine which finally solved it. The original thread pitch was too fine and the threads pulled out of the block, the first revision made them slightly longer around 2001, but it wasn't actually fixed until the coarser, and longer still ls9 jawnnies in my body style Edit: you son of a bitch
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Sep 18, 2021 00:54
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Behold, the finest vehicle £300 can buy.  I have too many cars.
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Sep 19, 2021 21:01
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Bape Culture posted:Behold, the finest vehicle £300 can buy. For £300? What's wrong with it?
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Sep 19, 2021 22:18
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Nothing. It needs a knock sensor and a driver side wing but it drives great. Sometimes you just get lucky I guess. The guy I got it off just couldn’t be arsed as the engine light came on and he just wanted it out of his way.
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Sep 19, 2021 22:20
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sometimes non-car people see a light come on the dash and just decide gently caress it, it's not worth the trouble for another trip to the mechanic to get scammed. that's how i bought my second civic, it had apparently been "nothing but headaches" (surprising for a civic), and one more check engine light tipped the owner over the edge. i plugged in my obd tool, seen p0420, paid the guy 1k, grabbed a cheap O2 sensor from napa, and was on the road safetied all in the same day. owned that car for 3 years and only ever did oil changes and brakes and bought 1 set of 4 tires for it
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Sep 19, 2021 22:26
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£300 EP3 is a loving steal. My best was a £350 GS300, speedo didn't work but pff, who needs it?
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Sep 19, 2021 22:46
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Bape Culture posted:Nothing. It needs a knock sensor and a driver side wing but it drives great. Sometimes you just get lucky I guess. The guy I got it off just couldn’t be arsed as the engine light came on and he just wanted it out of his way. Yay! You finally have a nice car! Do a burnout.
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Sep 19, 2021 23:13
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Bape Culture posted:Behold, the finest vehicle £300 can buy. gently caress. We didn’t even get the a Type R EP3 in the US but I’m jealous af. I have an Si EP3 and the extra 40hp would definitely be nice.
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Sep 20, 2021 01:02
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Bape Culture posted:Behold, the finest vehicle £300 can buy. Hellll yeah.
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Sep 20, 2021 01:24
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Type R EP3 were very popular in the UK, saw them everywhere. I was the fucker with a JDM DC5 Integra  ing up at meets tho.
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Kivi posted:It’s been fun although it sounds like dirty diesel on low revs. Something about direct injection makes my Cayman sound like a washing machine full of hammers at idle too. Startups make onlookers pog out of their minds even though I have the completely stock non-PSE exhaust. Some dumb pictures for the thread from today's sunset run full of maximum iso grain and maybe some new stickers:   
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