born2board's 95ls makeover from addicted performance

Old 08-10-2007, 01:55 AM
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Default born2board's 95ls makeover from addicted performance

So i brought the car to Dave Yo's monster garage Addicted Performance for a makeover. Car is being repainted BMW Alpine White, with shaved side moldings, emblems, spoiler and antenna.

after one night this is how the car sits so far


And the pictures beging...

How it looks before i hand it over to dave.
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Ooooooooh Type rrrrrr
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The Tear down begins
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eww more rust


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bye bye door moldings


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Frost white VS Champ White

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All the Dents being masked off
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How everything looked at the end of the night

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Courtesy of

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Old 08-10-2007, 02:05 AM
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yes... is this trenell's twin car?? everyone has a twin!
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Old 08-10-2007, 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by SIC1
yes... is this trenell's twin car?? everyone has a twin!
i wouldnt say so, no sivtec lip, oem kit, ect and his is fast and mine is slow lol
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lookin good
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Old 08-10-2007, 12:15 PM
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Good choice on colour! Alpine White is sexy Can't wait to see how it turns out!
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Yea i think the alpine white will look really good on the car, i cant wait for it to be done,

dave is the man.
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Originally Posted by dc24me
white diamond pearl (tl), premium white pearl (tsx) or bmw alpine white.
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^^^good call on the bmw white i will look into that!
do i get a cookie?
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jk, looking good mang! i actually can't wait to see how the bmw alpine white will turn out
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I love your pizza box valvecover :P

Have fun with it and it should look sweet when its done!
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[clone high] makeover maaakeover, makeover maaakeover, makeover maaakover make-over [/clone high]
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its gonna look sik as ---- when its done cant wait bro
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Old 08-21-2007, 05:25 AM
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Complete!!!! Just got home from finishing it up. just have to work on some minor details still. Alex dave and I were dead tired

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Looks ridiculous congrats I am definetely going to look into getting some work on my teg done there...
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your car looks really nice
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wow... the end product looks reallly nice
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A job Well done! Congrats
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Looks good!
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That looks way nicer than T's car!

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thanks for the comments guys, dave did a GREAT job on this car, i would recommend him to any one.

I really like the way those EK skirts look on there
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Dang, that car looks real good...
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The sides flow well with the front lip, good call on both.

Gold on white ftw!
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Nice work guys!
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wow that looks good.
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paint looks good, fitment does look a little off in the front...

ek sides look real good on there as well!!! good job
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that looks really good. love the 94-97 rear and ek sideskirts.
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Great job with the paint. Hard to find a reputable paint shop where the customer doesn't have to wait 4-5 months to have their car painted.

Dave YO, what would be an approximate price to have the front bumper on my IS painted? Enviromentally friendly paint sucks, it chips way to easily. Name of the factory colour is "absolutely red".

Also, does your shop carry and apply 3M invisible bumper bras?

Please advise, thanks.
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Thanks for all the comments guys, the fitment is off on the front passenger side a little bit, reason for this, is the car was in an accident a few years ago so it has an aftermarket front that does not fit all that well, other then that everything lines up really good,

im really happy how it turned out
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Originally Posted by Smartass pHO
That looks way nicer than T's car!


his car just needs a good wash...lol

but Alex your car does look really good now!
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Originally Posted by Smartass pHO
That looks way nicer than T's car!


I agree
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dave is a legend now you got to get my car done bro, looks really sick alex i love it.
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looks sick man! good job guys.
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You guys are all idiots.. he recently changed his name, he goes by the name D-yO.

Alex, the car looks OEM
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