V2Rocket

ts mark?

nh7cy

i think it's TS, im not sure, but you should have a little mark on your windshield that looks something like a capital T with the letters TS printed above it. It should be on either the upper right or upper left corner of your windshield. It basically marks how far down your windshield you can tint. Should be about three inches or so below the top.

harrisonrick

I personally don't like the tinted windows unless they came from the factory. The tint is destined to get scratched and bubble and come off. Then you've got a damn mess.

That GTS front end looks very good...not something you see every day!

We of course will require UPDATES.

alex

The problem with factory tint is that you wouldn't know its tinted unless you look at the option codes. The tint on my hatch isn't perfect (back windows are) but they guaranteed it against bubbling, and a gets a bit warmer down here than in the other CA.

V2Rocket

god alex when we were pulling the dash out it mustve been like 90 degrees, cant imagine what summer is like. although if im going to UCR i suppose i should get used to it :P

alex

Its hotter in Riverside, too. We are only about 20 miles from the ocean (but Pendleton is in the way), so its not as bad as it is further inland. It is definitely hotter than Poway up here, though.

V2Rocket

It will probably be quite a while before I actually buy the piece but I want to plan things out as well as I can before doing them. I will be sure to make one of those massive DIY-novel threads when the time comes.

ccaarmerciill

I'm thinking about a bumperette delete, for the front and back. Will the bumpers need to be repainted? how exactly are they taken off.. Just asking before I take them off, have it look like **** and then can't get them back on. Also I plan on getting bumperplugs to cover the holes

V2Rocket

if you will do the delete soon please take some pics and post them in this thread

the only paint i can think you might need to do is some touchup on the screwholes.

ccaarmerciill

how exactly are they removed? I don't want to force them off incase I don't like the look, I'd still want to be able to re-install them.

V2Rocket

bolts through the back of the bumper

ccaarmerciill

will do possibly tonight after work, I will post pics, although they might have to be shafty cell phone pictures.

GTSilver944

For the bumperette delete there are four nubs that need to be drilled/grinded off on the front. There's also the large rectangular slots where the bolts for the bumperette go through. I don't think you could do it with only the bumper plug things. The rear has either one or two, I forget, rectangular slots for each bumperette. I had the holes on my front bumper welded up, then I repainted.

ccaarmerciill

ahh, seems like too much of a hassle, they don't bother me all that much anyway... at least I'll have a little protection when I parallel park.

drift a 944

here's my bumper-pad delete front end:







I think it looks fine, especially when its pushed in like mine is. Rather than buying a whole new front bumper cover, I'd rather spend the money on doing some work to the rear bumper, like getting a euro rear bumper (and I just did)