How to lose 700lbs

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Re: How to lose 700lbs

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cage looks awesome he did keep it really close to the body, nicely done

what did you do to the exhaust?
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One of the flanges on my cat was almost gone so he fabbed up a test pipe.

Thing is raspy as hell now so I'm looking at some options to mellow it out some.
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you could add a resonator somewhere in the system or maybe just replace the muffler, sounds like its alot louder than when i put it on
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Wait, you're DJ?
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Got bored today so I painted the valve cover as a test to see what color I wanted to paint the cage.It's pretty close to Cusco blue.

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Nice. I like the color.
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You may want to go with a flatter color for the parts of the cage that will be in the drivers view. You don't want the sun reflecting off the cage blinding you.
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Good point. I'll probably sand the A-pillars to cut the gloss
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Nice color. It is close the Cusco blue. You should pain the CRX that color!

I am always one for black pieces in the interior. I would say paint the cage a medium gloss black.

Now for some seats!!
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The process to get this color is a little beyond my ability to do a full car in. It's a candy over a glitter base. I was hoping to clean up the body and hit it with a single stage silver, something that hides defects lol.

Seats? I have one for myself but the passenger gets stuck with the stock Si seat lol.
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