T0RQUE'S '11 Lightning Red Sedan Build Thread

**T0rque** · 02-06-2013 10:29 PM

So I am not feeling the wheels.. I guess just too subtle for my taste.. So I plan to change things up a bit while the car is getting painted..

Different wheel color options:

Bronze
Titanium chrome
Hyper black
Hyper silver
Plain gold
Plain gold/polished lip

What do you think?

**Calvinball** · 02-07-2013 05:06 AM

Originally Posted by T0rque

So I am not feeling the wheels.. I guess just too subtle for my taste.. So I plan to change things up a bit while the car is getting painted..

Different wheel color options:

Bronze
Titanium chrome
Hyper black
Hyper silver
Plain gold
Plain gold/polished lip

What do you think?

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**Ruh Roh** · 02-07-2013 05:47 AM

i really love the color of your wheels, wish i wouldve went with that instead of the flat black. But at the time thats what i wanted...i feel like a girl with shoes, ive had white, gloss black, flat black, gold and now i want a gun metal lol.

**Mikie13** · 02-07-2013 08:14 AM

Gold looks great on red.

Is the car staying red?

**T0rque** · 02-07-2013 10:20 PM

For now it is staying red, it's just getting resprayed the original color.

**11blackSTi** · 02-08-2013 03:34 AM

Sorry if I missed it in a previous post, but why are you getting the car re-painted? Did something happen to it?

**Ruh Roh** · 02-08-2013 05:45 AM

Originally Posted by T0rque

For now it is staying red, it's just getting resprayed the original color.

Why repainting the car? -dont feel like reading through thread to find an answer..

**T0rque** · 02-08-2013 07:35 AM

I had the car for about 30 minutes, I was pulling out of the dealership parking lot and was behind a truck that must of just come over the siskiyous (a pass with high elevation on i5) he had probably 8-12" of snow on his roof/canopy and a chunk had fallen off. I had no place to go but over it and I didn't think it'd be that big of a deal anyway.. Well shattered the front lip and cracked the front bumper really good. The passenger a pillar had some previous damage but it was just a chip in the paint.

**Ruh Roh** · 02-08-2013 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by T0rque

I had the car for about 30 minutes, I was pulling out of the dealership parking lot and was behind a truck that must of just come over the siskiyous (a pass with high elevation on i5) he had probably 8-12" of snow on his roof/canopy and a chunk had fallen off. I had no place to go but over it and I didn't think it'd be that big of a deal anyway.. Well shattered the front lip and cracked the front bumper really good. The passenger a pillar had some previous damage but it was just a chip in the paint.

ah :/ no good. she'll look nice and pretty when ya get her back though.

**11blackSTi** · 02-08-2013 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by T0rque

I had the car for about 30 minutes, I was pulling out of the dealership parking lot and was behind a truck that must of just come over the siskiyous (a pass with high elevation on i5) he had probably 8-12" of snow on his roof/canopy and a chunk had fallen off. I had no place to go but over it and I didn't think it'd be that big of a deal anyway.. Well shattered the front lip and cracked the front bumper really good. The passenger a pillar had some previous damage but it was just a chip in the paint.

That is a bummer...Good luck with the repaint!

**lokey** · 02-09-2013 03:21 AM

That sucks. On the bright side, these really need an extra layer of good paint on the bumper anyway.

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**T0rque** · 02-09-2013 07:40 PM

Yea it sucks, hopefully the new bumper and lip stay nice and pretty

**J_Maher_WRX** · 02-10-2013 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by T0rque

I ran nameless stuff on my white 11 and wasnt a fan of the look. They make a great product. Invidia is made in Japan, yea it isn't the US but it's a far leap from china quality and let's face it.. Most American products (magnaflow) are purely ****

Ahh my bad, I had thought they were from China... My opinion of them has changed :P

Yeah im assuming you were'nt a fan of the 3" tips? They do offer 3.5" tips now and will soon have quad slash cut double walled 4" tips available

**T0rque** · 02-10-2013 06:37 PM

I wasn't a fan of looking under the car and seeing nothing.. It didn't look right. Maybe it's just me but those big dual canisters under the bumper and big piping look fantastic compared to what I had.