^haha i'm not gonna lie, the ATS looks pretty ugly, but i'm sure it makes the exhaust sound 100x better than it does without it.

 

i've been putting coats on it about every 20 minutes or so.. they are pretty much blacked out now. i think i might have something to do with the fact that they were an ugly chrome tail before and its just light reflecting off the chrome on the inside of the tail light... i ran out of the can though, so im gonna see how they look in the morning when they've had a chance to dry more.

 

lets just say it makes it more tolerable... especially since i dont have a cat.. its obnoxiously loud w/o the silencer.

 

i have a silencer on mine too and it looks stupid lol but sounds so much better

 

I think you ought to keep the trim chrome like that if your painting it black....black cars with black wheels and a polished lip look sick with the trim and wheel lip matching. Cant wait to see how the front end will look.

 

Got the left hand sol fender today... still trying to find the right... i might just have to go through certifit like i did the front bumper. also waiting on my brother to cut some aluminum spacers for me so i can attach the bumper... hey, does anyone know if the hood latch is at the same location on the civic and the sol? if not i think i might just remove it and get some functional hoodpins...

Next question... Carbon fiber hood? or metal? i cant decide. i can get the metal one tomorrow, or i can wait a week for the CF one to come in.

 

metal hood
screw the hood pins, they're ugly

 

who cares bout carbon fiber lol

 

finally got the car running again. i blew off a coolant hose a while back with the help of a stop leak product. luckily i just shorted out the electrical system and had to replace most of the fuses and relays... and the distributor... its running alright. still knocks on start up though. i'm in the process of clear coating the tails right now pics will be up later tonight... but the good thing is now i can drive the car up to the shop to hopefully start doing the bodywork!

 

TAILS!




they seem too dark during the day though... havent checked them out at night yet. i need to find a solution to light up the tails more... i already have LED bulbs from Superbrightleds.com and they dont seem to help out too much over stock. im thinkin to just drill and cram more LEDs in... or put in a foglight bulb... i know for sure that'll brighten them up. haha