change-up: ditching side skirts and rear bumper

Blackened302

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PICS pg 2!! - change-up: ditching side skirts and rear bumper

for a stock rear bumper and svo side skirts from ABCEx (late christmas gift from the fiance )..

it was time to get a new front bumper (one i have now is damaged/cracked--as some of you may remember from my late-night accident w/ a median while out of town for a show) and i've decided to change up the rest of the body and pay shipping once.

a side skirt is damaged any way, so is the rear, so the car will finally be clean again.

question is: you guys w/ the svo skirts--what exhaust tips are you using and where are you getting them from?

 

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long time ago when i was going to do side exhaust on my stang i had the shop test fit 3.5 inch slash cut tip sideways so it mounts flush with the opening...didnt like the look, so i ditched that idea...i think most common is going to be the borla twin tip those go for like 50 or 60 each on ebay though

 

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I feel like I'm losing a brother, lol. But those side skirts will look hot!

 

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heh, yeah.. if the one side skirt wasn't damaged, i would've just gotten the front bumper..

 

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This is what the tips look like on the SVO kit.





FYI, if you were looking for the tips alone from Borla, they would be known as "dual round angle-cut phantom." (D R AC PH)

 

Blackened302

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thanks, Eddie!

 

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sweet dude should be nice, what front are you going with same as one?

 

95Vert

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You're changing wheels also right?

Matt, he'll be keeping the same front bumper.

 

Blackened302

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yup, going w/ the same front bumper.

i want to change wheels, but that won't happen for a while. i'm thinking either black-chrome fr500's (deep dish out back) or 03 cobras.. haven't given it much thought, really.

on a side note--tried looking on Borla's site for those tips and couldnt' find them.

 

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Punisher302 said:

yup, going w/ the same front bumper.

i want to change wheels, but that won't happen for a while. i'm thinking either black-chrome fr500's (deep dish out back) or 03 cobras.. haven't given it much thought, really.

on a side note--tried looking on Borla's site for those tips and couldnt' find them.

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yeah, I'm not even sure if they still make those tips. They sold them for a short while when they were still making the 75625 kit, but I havent seen them in a long time, only the entire side exhaust kit.

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They are on this page... but cant find them on Borla's site

http://usautomotive.co.uk/Borla/Tips.htm

 

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thanks again, Eddie. if all else fails, i'll call Borla directly.

hoping the stuff comes in tomorrow so i can get to prepping it for paint by this weekend!

 

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I found these for 50 a piece.. I'm buying them.. Other places wanted at least 125 per tip... http://www.calmotoringaccessories.net/product.aspx?id=1676&cid=71

 

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Dual Round Angle Cut intercooled should look close enough I hope....

 

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I am starting to get the shakes, one of my favorite SN's is going under the knife.

 

Blackened302

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hehe, i'm HAPPY cause it'll finally be clean again. i've been waiting on a repaint ever since the little *accident* which was like a year and a half ago.

 

Blackened302

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stuff got here today! i'd go out and get them on tonight, but it's raining/cold. looks like it's gonna be like that for the rest of the week, so probably gonna wait 'til this weekend to tear into it.

will post pics!

 

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and the fact that we're going drinking is another reason why you can't tonight....jaja

 

Blackened302

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lol, no way, meng. i need at least another few weeks to pass until i drink like that again. i wasn't fully operational until 5pm the next day.

 

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any of you gents w/ the svo skirts--mind posting up pics of the underside?

i know i'm gonna screw both ends to the fenders, and gonna rivet/screw them to the door sill (ABC's have a lip), but i'm not sure if i need to make brackets for the bottom of the skirts to the underside of the car.

if i do have to make brackets, what are you guys using for that?

 

95Vert

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Punisher302 said:

lol, no way, meng. i need at least another few weeks to pass until i drink like that again. i wasn't fully operational until 5pm the next day.

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