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Nice work mate, Did you notice the difference moving that hose down there. In my opinion it feels more responsive. If your in Bris you will have to come out to the meet on thurs night.

It's a Alpine 502 but i dont think they make them anymore the newer one is 520 i think has the built in nav and bluetooth where as my one has external boxes for nav and bluetooth.

Any how to guides floating around that you know off.

Huey the black headlight surround mod sounds like alot of effort.

Masking up for DIY eyelids

Teaser :P

That Modelista lip can be purchased on ebay for $1,009.72 USD landed to my door, below is the qoute.

x1 2010/2011 AURIS MODELISTA FRONT UNDER LIP SPOILER (UN-PAINTED): $398.00 USD

x1 DELIVERY LOGISTIC COST to Queensland, Australia (OVER SIZED) : $498.00 USD

x1 FUEL CHARGES 15% PER SHIPMENT (DOOR TO DOOR BY TNT JAPAN) : $ 74.70 USD

x1 PAYPAL TRASNACTION FEES (*Cross-border fees 4.02% are included) : $39.02 USD

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TOTAL : $1,009.72 USD shipped to Queensland, Australia via TNT JAPAN 5-6 DAYS

Sigh :(

Where abouts do you live?

In my zre I used the surround that came with the headunit then another surround i had lying around and then modded the brackets so the unit sat back further in the dash so it uses the surround and not the wings.

The unit sits flush with the trim piece.

No more thurs night shifts and 5am starts the next day I'll be back this week :D

Holy ***** I thought you were dead!

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so who the hell did I bury in my backyard?!

No Still going, My twin :P

No more thurs night shifts and 5am starts the next day I'll be back this week :D

Wasn't a Toyota, but I spotted something that makes me ask the following question.

On my way to work this morning, I spotted this large truck that was kinda like a tank in the way it was built. It was flat black in colour with nothing else on it that I could see to identify it. When I went past it, I noticed a small pair of red and blue lights on the top. My question is, does the QPS have such a vehicle and if so, what the heck would they use it for.

Sorry for lack of picture but the sun made it a little difficult to get a clear shot of it. This is the general idea:

It's QPS tactical assault vehicle

Rear badge looks mint mate! Great work! Im not sure about you, but I'm trying to imagine that chrome strip in a different colour, maybe red, blue, black. But then again, I don't know how expensive the chrome strip was.

way ahead of you mate ;) *eyes the black matte spray can*

Thats my next part to paint as aswell probably gloss black for me :P

I'm pretty sure its going to stay blue not gonna go back to black, sigh front bar has to come off again to fit HIDS :( at least its pretty straight forward.

Gloss grill now

In the pic it does really look like blue even though when the paint was mixed the sample card was a really good match better then the photo.

Better with the black or blue backing on badge?

Did some experimenting today with some gloss black paint and also behind the badge I have painted that the original tungsten colour.

Before

After

I have the grill painted gloss aswell and came up well although I was in a rush to get it in to see what it looked like and it wasnt fully dry ended up taking some paint off so in the middle of re-sanding and painting again

Also in-between layers a Mate and I thought about modding the factory air box ducting, I didnt take a photo of how it is from factory but what we did was take the hose from the airbox that goes down behind fog light and loops back up comes out sort of next to battery, it now goes straight down to the lower grill for some cold air :D

In this photo ive used zip ties to pull it closer to the wiring loom to keep it away from fog light.

This is not the exact sitting spot of the hose was just there for test fit to make sure it cleared the bar Ive managed to strech it more to the centre will get some photos up tomorrow when I put the grill in.

I use Holts Dupli-Color for all my stuff costs $12.99 a can for 150g but I've always had good results so worth every cent.

lol it's smooth for now, but just wait till I put it on and it starts getting scratches and sht all over the paint. wont be so smooth anymore.. wondering if I should do a top coat of clear coat

Def clear coat it.

Oh that sucks big time! That would annoy the hell out of me. So you have to go to the trouble of taking the front bar off again, sanding and spraying just for 1 little bug. I hope you killed it.

Yeah was pretty ****** turned around to put can down went back to inspect my work and saw it lol. Front bar needs to come off again anyway for HIDs so not to bad or I will just leave it until I do the front lip so they are both colour matched.

LOL does look better then the black surrounds.Im thinking of re-doing mine in a with matte. When i was doing a my finally layer of clear coat a bug landed in it and if you look close enough you can tell where i put abit of black over it so want to re do it.

Looking good mate good list of mods, I think painting the grill black is really gonna set yours apart, gonna do the badge aswell.

PS. Need to loose the broncos number plate surround :P

It will sell.

Alright no worries I'll keep you upto date when the time comes. What colour is your rolla?

I think Flipsta has the ones your after for sale saves waiting