Shunya: thinking about it. I want to powdercoat my wheels darker, and it's a coin toss whether the handles will match those or the body color.

dcrew1x: Yorba Linda, most boring place ever! XD

Thanks all, I'm working on getting the IKPs installed (cooking took way longer than I thought..sorry Cjanik!). I'll keep everybody posted

Good looking car. I was wondering what "w.i.p" meant, glad you mentioned it!

its all good, its just the anticipation :)

Looking forward to seeing those red kickplates! I love my blue ones....I'm sure you'll love the red! ;)

alrighties lemme know :P

Illuminated Kick Plates installed! Amusingly I tried to have the dealership do it while I was in looking at cars...and they utterly failed to understand the instruction manual. 2 hours and a few beers later, voila!

Daytime:
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9611/dsc05029a.jpg
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/1153/dsc05030y.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2500/dsc05031.jpg

Nighttime:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8190/dsc05043p.jpg
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6624/dsc05035w.jpg
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9287/dsc05036z.jpg

Random night shots. I realize my camera is beyond terrible. Please donate and help me get a better one! :tiphat:

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8305/dsc05041d.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/7960/dsc05045d.jpg

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5923/dsc05049d.jpg

On the board for next week: dyno run, and off to Tony's shop for my exhaust!!!

Looking good!!

Trade?

what kind of paint did you use to black out the fangs?

Dang felon, oops, "Phelan," you're a smart guy. Harvey Mudd huh? And, an engineer to add to that.

for that gallardo you "drive"?

vinyl was used, not paint.

supposedly haha

so beautiful :) gotta love red.

Man I never really liked red cars except for 2, the rx7 and a Ferrari. But after seeing two gorgeous z's, including yours makes me drool!

So I noticed this morning that my roof looks ugly. I mean UGLY. Here's a few pictures to illustrate (sorry, 5 AM just found camera so fluorescent light will have to do...)

Under clearshield: no problem! Looks like new.
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2521/dsc05056.jpg

Outside of clearshield: wtf, did something oxidize? It doesn't reflect, it SCATTERS LIGHT.
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6319/dsc05052p.jpg
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1426/dsc05057y.jpg
Don't mind the blemish, I got that off.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9537/dsc05054t.jpg

You can see where the clearshield ended and the roof got...oxidized??
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6308/dsc05055s.jpg

I haven't read the paint defect thread much, so I'll have to look at that for a bit...but anybody have any ideas?

On a more positive note, baseline dyno today before I get to Tony's for installation!