Galantman03's 8G Build

[Stewi]

So if you get a carbon fiber hood, it comes with gel coat, but do you have to clear it to keep it from fading? just curious thats all

You should still clear it, if the car spends alot of time in the sunlight the gelcoat will eventually turn yellow. I still need to clear coat all my CF parts, I have been lazy with this, but since my car spends 98% of its life in a garage (and usually not even running...LOL) I havent gotten around to clearing it yet.

In regards to the polishing. Wetsand first, that should remove all of the heavy orange peel then polish with a fine cut polishing compound. Ideally you want to polish it with a buffer and not by hand, just keep the machine moving around, keep the part wet with compound and stay away from edges since thats where the clear is the thinnest. Also like I said before, you can wetsand it all and then do a quick polish by hand it will look OK, and then wait until the parts are installed and do a full polish of the whole car, this way the whole car shines and has a nice surface finish.

[Galantman03]

So I wet sanded today and polished it by hand... HOLY COW, I might have to re clear my car for it to match lol. I'm pretty sure friday, I'm going to hit the whole car with the FINE CUT Glaze with a DA on friday, that stuff is fricken magic..,

[Galantman03]

I justed fine cut the whole car, polished it, and waxed it, looked and smells GREAT! Now I just need to fix the exhaust....

[Galantman03]

Oh and I guess I can't figure out the hid wiring with relays, thought I had, then I couldn't remember anything, brain fart, was up for 36+ hrs yesterday working on the g, then drove 45 mintues to see Fast Five lol.. thats when I figured I wired them wrong, help? lol

[Stewi]

it looks really good man. Why are you wiring up HID's with relays? Bring me up to speed....

[Galantman03]

Thanks, although the hood is pretty bad, but I'm getting that fixed. For the relays, I thought you either had to use those or diodes, to have the jdm headlights operate as advertised? Meaning, when the highs are on, it cuts the fogs, leaves the lows on, and turns on high beams, right now I have it wired as USDM kinda.. lol when I switch to high beams, my lows go off, and I have VERY low light put out till the HIDs warm up. I tried to follow Reelax's thread, but maybe I'm just dumb today, cuz I can't figure it out lol

[Corey2kG]

Posting here too!! SICK!! Tint those tails!!! lol

[Galantman03]

lmao^ Nah bro, can't tint the tails, can't do it, I can't do it! lol

[Corey2kG]

It's quick n painless trust lol let me see if I can find of mine.

[Corey2kG]

There you go lol

Night shot with lights on

[Galantman03]

its not that I can't do it, I can but I like the defenition of the red on the silver g.. looks HAWT! maybe next year I might change it up.. actually if I can get window tint to work I might try it


edit, that looks good. not that dark at all... hmmm BTW we both need better cameras lol

[Corey2kG]

Yeah lol my phone cam lense is always dirty lol n sucks at night lol. Oh well. Oh n I can't stay still when I take pics either so that doesn't help either lol. I think the darker "cherry" red tails looks clean as well as OEM.

[Galantman03]

I like the JDM tails, and 8gb tails, not a fan of the 8ga ones at all. not a fan of tinting cuz I like my a** to be seen at night lol

[Stewi]

I see what your saying about the relay/diodes. For me, I almost never use the high beams since I have projector low beams. I've never wired up the light like that so im not the best person to answer that question.

[Galantman03]

Bummer... well I don't really use them except when I'm in the middle of no where which happens alot lol. I asked a question in the tut..

[finald8ta]

run ur hids on low bean and not high, i never use my high beam at all plus i have hid fogs on too and i see the entire rd in front of me just fine

[IVORY_G]

Looks great! Nice work :) Reminds me of Galante's car bcz of the color, JDM parts, and wheels. Have u thought of some fender flares? Would really finish off the look and flow with the offset of your wheels...

[Galantman03]

run ur hids on low bean and not high, i never use my high beam at all plus i have hid fogs on too and i see the entire rd in front of me just fine

Oh yeah I know, but when I go to the middle of no where, I need them, you know fro animals such as deer and mountain loins, I'd rather see what I'm hitting then just go oh snap! lol

Looks great! Nice work :) Reminds me of Galante's car bcz of the color, JDM parts, and wheels. Have u thought of some fender flares? Would really finish off the look and flow with the offset of your wheels...

Thanks man lol, I actually got my wheels a week before Galante did and I do have the flares, just waiting on the gaskets from Trigg, should be here by the end of may, but they aren't painted or anything

[IVORY_G]

Thanks man lol, I actually got my wheels a week before Galante did and I do have the flares, just waiting on the gaskets from Trigg, should be here by the end of may, but they aren't painted or anything

Oh wow, Didnt know you bought them back then! LOL!
You shouldve painted the flares when you painted everything else to ensure the color will be the same. When you paint parts at different times it doesnt always come out the same. Its not too late, I would paint them ASAP just to get it out of the way. That way you have a better chance of it not being a different shade of silver than the rest of the parts...

[mrg7243]

so what are your plans with the "secret" part i sent you hahaha