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DIY: Customize Your OEM Parts

I just wanted to post a collection of pictures, I've gathered up of customized 2009 OEM parts. I figured, I'd share all the pictures with you guys, so you can get an idea of doing something customized to your 2009+ models. There won't be a step by step instrusctions on how to do all this stuff to your car, rather there will be plenty of pictures to give you guys ideas.

post of a pic with it installed. that looks pretty dope

where are you getting all these pics from?

You got skills son. Oh wait, did you do this or just gather the pics?

Thats the sickest R3 I've seen yet.

I did none of these DIY's, these are just picture collections that I've gathered up together over time.

You may want to post who you took the pics from, give credit where credit is due. Most of those pics are from users of this very forum so it would be nice to give props to the skilled people out there.

Bro, If I could only remember all the places where I've found these pictures, but I don't. I'm not taking credit for any of it, I'm not stealing anyone's idea concept and profiting from it. Of course, I give props to the people that did all the stuff, that's why I saved the pictures because I could appreciate the nice custom work that was done to these OEM parts. I saved the pictures, so I could share with the rest of the forum, I'm not benefiting from it at all.

The oe bumper looks goofy without the beak, If I had one I would do the cutout that is pictured with the Blue bumper,,,

still looks a thousand times better than the goddamn sex offender mustache...

you bastard! man how do you do that carbon fiber look? props on you wrk your really good! that black 8 is pure sex!

Looks way sick man. Good work

those are some nice pieces.

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Originally Posted by Rotr8 (Post 3384897)

The oe bumper looks goofy without the beak, If I had one I would do the cutout that is pictured with the Blue bumper,,,

I would not mold the beak into the actual bumper, I give the guy credit for doing it, but it's not as good as I thought it would look molded together. I think, it looks 100x times better when it's just painted.

that's a strange mod putting the steering wheel on passenger seat side:crazy:

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Originally Posted by Alexb (Post 3384341)

Thats the sickest R3 I've seen yet.

Agreed....

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Originally Posted by Rotr8 (Post 3384897)

If I had one I would do the cutout that is pictured with the Blue bumper,,,

Someone already tried to replicate that mod, but just did things a bit differently.. :cool:

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9218/bp2j.jpg

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/3005/bp12.jpg

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/5085/bp3a.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/790/bp4.jpg

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Originally Posted by ЯX-8 (Post 3385568)

Someone already tried to replicate that mod, but just did things a bit differently.. :cool:

yeah I know, when you posted the build pics a couple months ago, I started on a new piece for the S1s Its about halfway finished, Im actually bulding the duct that routes the air above the bumper bar now,,,
heres the concept image I used from PDXhaks car, the only thing left is to buld traps for the tow hook areas,,,
http://i.imagehost.org/0358/screen1.jpg
http://i.imagehost.org/0223/screen3.jpg
http://i.imagehost.org/0223/screen3.jpg
http://f.imagehost.org/0560/PDXhak1grillinsert1.jpg

It was inspired from the S1 MS bumper bar gaurd and this mod of the S2 beak,,,
Actually have the prototype sent to the shop already,,,

rotr8. That's sick. I'd buy that.

Rotr8 can I put a deposit on one?

Very nice indeed. I'm so desperately waiting for some manufacturers to make similar mods like that (aero kits incl) so I can put them on my SII car. Any SII owner install a body kit? If so, where did u buy it from?

Love it. Can you give us some information about doing the carbon fiber look? thx

I love the headlight painting. I will be doing that this summer.

im going to do it too but a little different tho

i like the carbon fiber steering wheel :) great finds!

I would pay good money for carbon wrapped badges. Would love to get the piece under the foglights wrapped too, right now they're just painted black and chipping :\

Its vinyl, just in case people were misunderstanding things,,,

they are so nice, but does anyone know to do the carbon fiber look? I try to search but I have no clue how did he do that?

ROTR8, sign me up for child molester stach for my 8.

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Originally Posted by SayNoToPistons (Post 3390964)

ROTR8, sign me up for child molester stach for my 8.

the correct term is "molestache"

Not my cuppa tea, but VERY NICE work.

nice work. love some of the ideas.

very nice work, the video of baking the headlights will help some people on here, some people have a lot more skills than i do!!

Some cool OE part mods.

Rotr8 love the S1 bumper mod. I was wanting to do the Leg Sport bumper mod but I like this much more. Glad to see you are working on it!

where do you get that carbon fiber stuff? any links?