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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 08:17 AM
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I don't want to call anyone out directly but this is a current member's "old car" It's in his album so keep an eye out for it to find out who it is. If you're smart, you can figure it out from the picture.

There is just so much fail with this car it hurts to know he now has an 8.
Was it supposed to look like that?
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 11:15 AM
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YES, those are RX8 tail lights ...... on a honda del sol.

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/1038003055.html
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 12:19 PM
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^^ They even painted the muffler
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by alz0rz

YES, those are RX8 tail lights ...... on a honda del sol.

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/1038003055.html
Eek! It's hideous! Kill it!
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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Delsol w/rx8 looks better than this with rx8 headlights


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after/in progress (as of feb 2009)

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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 02:54 AM
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Here's a few I have found recently.

These first two are from the local Wal-Mart parking lot. What an awesome place to find pics for this thread. It's kind of hard to see, but there are flames coming off of the rear fenders as well.





Sorry about the quality of this one it was a quick pic as it was passing by. Note the painted rear drum.





This one I saw as I was leaving a restaurant. It had parked right next to me as if to say, "add me to this post" My wife snapped the pic as we were leaving. Yes it does have some serious sparkle in the paint. Didn't the pop-out wheel look go out about 10 years ago or so? Well strike that, in my book it was never "in" in the first place.

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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 05:07 PM
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Oooh, nice finds, especially on the third one. It looks like hes got no tread on the tires either. I assume they're slicks, and hope its not just from excessive rubbing!

P.S. Stretchedddddddddddd Rubber
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by alz0rz


YES, those are RX8 tail lights ...... on a honda del sol.

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/1038003055.html
That thing is Ballin'!!! It's rocking a rear-view camera. ... ... ... ...... wait.... isnt' a Del Sol small enough to NOT need a camera?

Also.. will all the molding that needed to be done.. why didn't they fill in the holes in the trunk?
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 10:37 PM
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Saw this guy out on the road. Had my camera with me.
I didn't capture it in it's full glory, but the hood on this thing was about a foot tall where the scoops were. Civic EX pow'ah!!!


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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 11:28 PM
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Oh man... that's the Black Widow hood from Ground Designs 2000. I remember that thing from way back in the day. I haven't seen one of those ...well... since 2000
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by romycha1
Oh man... that's the Black Widow hood from Ground Designs 2000. I remember that thing from way back in the day. I haven't seen one of those ...well... since 2000
Wow. I would have never known what kind it was... funny thing is, I see you're from San Antonio. I took this pic on I35 just north of San Antonio. They must have been popular there. haha
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 11:33 PM
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Yeah, I remember when that kit came out, everyone was buying the hood. But I haven't seen anyone with that in a long *** time.... That looks like a JC Whitney spoiler too.
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by WantedTwo
I don't want to call anyone out directly but this is a current member's "old car" It's in his album so keep an eye out for it to find out who it is. If you're smart, you can figure it out from the picture.

There is just so much fail with this car it hurts to know he now has an 8.
Who would be Third_eye912, final answer.
I win ?
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 01:25 AM
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/\ bah and I just saw that post and figured it out.. I was going to post but apparently I was beat to it

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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by WantedTwo
I don't want to call anyone out directly but this is a current member's "old car" It's in his album so keep an eye out for it to find out who it is. If you're smart, you can figure it out from the picture.

There is just so much fail with this car it hurts to know he now has an 8.
UNREAL the amount of wheelgap goin on. It's like a cross between lo pro tires and raised fenders... how could you possibly drive around in that thing?

4X4 at its finest...
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 01:54 AM
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Yup that would be the one. I thought about posting the exhaust that is on his 8 as proof that he's going to rice out the 8 too
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 03:43 AM
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Whoa you weren't kidding on that wheel gap.
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by TheAbsence
Oooh, nice finds, especially on the third one. It looks like hes got no tread on the tires either. I assume they're slicks, and hope its not just from excessive rubbing!

P.S. Stretchedddddddddddd Rubber
No slicks. Look at the car parked next to it in the pic. Its just a shitty phone pic.
That streatched look on that kind of wheel is what latinos have been doing for a long *** time.
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 10:41 AM
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the liscense plate on the neon is awesome but it also had hemi badges on the sides. i know neons can be mopar (srt4) but this one def wasn't even close.

the focus just had those tailights and no exhaust at all.

there are normally a lot of haggard cars like this in northern mi but apparently people are storing them for the winter.
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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so i'm seeing a lot of awesome cars for this thread down here at ft. benning. you see some great **** on veteran's highway between AL and GA.

i'll get some more pictures.

the best yet: a silver civic ex with bad black wheels with chrome lips and this baby blue front body kit bumper that doesn't even fit well. if i see it again i'll have my camera ready.
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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check out this bad *** civic
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by endowdly
so i'm seeing a lot of awesome cars for this thread down here at ft. benning. you see some great **** on veteran's highway between AL and GA.

i'll get some more pictures.

the best yet: a silver civic ex with bad black wheels with chrome lips and this baby blue front body kit bumper that doesn't even fit well. if i see it again i'll have my camera ready.
i fail. no quality pictures.
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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I'd like to take a serious moment to talk to you about bondo and paint matching, both of which look like were done in the persons driveway. The entire front bumper looks god awful, you can see where little clumps of bondo weren't sanded and brushed away before he began spraying on the paint way too thick to the point of having drips.

Also filing the ricer checklist, Rims, Japanese writing, I'm guessing those are those alteza headlights the kids are talking about, and he appears to have the sponsorship of several countries. Must be a rising star in motorsports to have sponsorships from both Japan, America, and wherever else.

I didn't check if he had a fart can. I'm assuming so, seeing as he had the chinese dragon autozone seat covers.
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 10:46 AM
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you'd think such a rising racing star would have a nicer car...apparently there is something to civics we never realized and we should all stop bashing them.....ahahaha....or keeping bashing them, especially ones like this.
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 02:10 PM
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Sorry, had to
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