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SouthFLSonic
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I got the idea from this guy that I saw a few of his cars on Dipyourcar.com forum and he two faces all of his vehicles and not just different colors but different wheels all together.
He buys just two wheels when he does and says he has about 4 sets of 2 wheels per car to switch em up......talk about money and he dips every car flat white too.
SonicBoy24
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Props for this mod go to another forum member, but I think this would go great with your car specifically 
SouthFLSonic
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Props for this mod go to another forum member, but I think this would go great with your car specifically
Yeah that's Preloader's handy work there and I have def been wanting to do this but I just had surgery recently and have been laid up for a while.
SouthFLSonic
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Actually this is mine. Has just a little more detail.
Much cleaner lines too,I'm thinking of giving this a shot myself. I also had an idea of getting a model kit of an X-Wing and using the R2 stickers on it to make it perfect.
SouthFLSonic
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Tragedy In The Family
Well last week with all of the problems I had from blacking out and falling in the shower and my wound opening up was put on the back burner when I had a call Friday morning that my cousin died in a car crash Thursday night.
He was 26 years old and worked @ the Ford plant and ran a division there on the night shift and he was driving home and we think he fell asleep and went off the road and hit a tree. He was not wearing a seatbelt but here is a picture of his truck and I do not think it would have made a difference.
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His mother told me he only had a scratch on his thigh and an abrasion on his cheek and was like an angel lifted him from the truck to avoid damage to his body.
I can not go to the funeral in Michigan because of my back surgery open wound and no one there to help care for me and it is killing me that I cannot be there for my family in this time of need. I have not seen him in a few years because of the distance but when we talked recently he was so happy to make it down for my bachelor party this summer and to my wedding in September......nothing is guaranteed in this life so tell your loved one's how you feel daily because there may not be a next time.....
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Here's to you Kristopher we will have that next drink in heaven.
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Well last week with all of the problems I had from blacking out and falling in the shower and my wound opening up was put on the back burner when I had a call Friday morning that my cousin died in a car crash Thursday night.
He was 26 years old and worked @ the Ford plant and ran a division there on the night shift and he was driving home and we think he fell asleep and went off the road and hit a tree. He was not wearing a seatbelt but here is a picture of his truck and I do not think it would have made a difference.
His mother told me he only had a scratch on his thigh and an abrasion on his cheek and was like an angel lifted him from the truck to avoid damage to his body.
I can not go to the funeral in Michigan because of my back surgery open wound and no one there to help care for me and it is killing me that I cannot be there for my family in this time of need. I have not seen him in a few years because of the distance but when we talked recently he was so happy to make it down for my bachelor party this summer and to my wedding in September......nothing is guaranteed in this life so tell your loved one's how you feel daily because there may not be a next time.....
Here's to you Kristopher we will have that next drink in heaven.
SouthFLSonic
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Thanks man really appreciate it. Viewing is going on now and tomorrow with the funeral being Thursday. My family sent a nice flower piece already and he had a charity he worked for that rescued Pitbulls in Michigan called The Buster Foundation Rescue Group so I will be making a donation there also in his name because that's what he would have wanted.
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SouthFLSonic
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After the tragedy of my cousins passing I felt like I needed to do something for his family because I wasn't able to be there for them at the funeral. Kris was the biggest Detroit Tigers fan I ever known and we went to every game with our Grandpa back at the old Tiger Stadium growing up so I decided to write to the Detroit Tigers to see if they would do something as an acknowledgment of his families loss.
I started out by writing in on the Detroit Tiger's Facebook page sending a nice message with some pics of my cousin at games and in his Tiger's gear and asked them if they could put something on their FB page or write a comment on my cousins memorial page, or what ever they felt was appropriate. The same day when I got home from work I also wrote a similar letter into the Tigers.com Homepage thinking it might not hurt. To my shock it took 3 days for a response from their FB page and only after I wrote in again to tell them of my disappointment that I didn't even get a reply to my request. The person who wrote back to me didn't even read my message as they told me sorry for my father passing, which was my cousin, and they cannot do it because if they did it for one they have it do it for all. What a let down, but looking back now I chalk it up to just an IT guy tired of reading FB messages all day and not having any real affiliation with the team.
So 2 days go by and I am kind of disheartened by the reply I received on this and I begin to look for others way to do something special for my cousins parents. Then I have a reply from my message into the Tigers.com Homepage pop up and I begin to read the following:
Dear Matt:
On behalf of the Detroit Tigers, please accept our deepest sympathy on the great loss of your dear cousin, Kristopher. Your family must be grief-stricken by his passing.
We would like to send a letter of condolence to the family - signed by our very own Willie Horton - but in order to do so, I would need the address and the name of the person to receive the letter.
If this is something you feel would help the family in their hour of need, please advise me and I will be glad to create the letter and send to Kristopher's family with our most sincere sorrow.
Audrey Zielinski
Detroit Tigers, Inc.
This has reaffirmed to me that there are still are good people out there willing to go the extra mile for others and I know it will mean the world to Kris's family to have a letter of condolence from his favorite team and the city that he loved so much. The kicker in this whole thing is that the letter will be signed and have a little message from Willie Horton ( Willie Horton (baseball) ) who was also my Grandfather's favorite player too so it will have a very nice double meaning for everyone.
All I can say is thanks to the Detroit Tigers for being a stand up organization and making things come true for your fans who have always supported them. I know something like this might not mean much to most but I know it will give them a little bit of closure and a memory to hang on their wall of their son.
I started out by writing in on the Detroit Tiger's Facebook page sending a nice message with some pics of my cousin at games and in his Tiger's gear and asked them if they could put something on their FB page or write a comment on my cousins memorial page, or what ever they felt was appropriate. The same day when I got home from work I also wrote a similar letter into the Tigers.com Homepage thinking it might not hurt. To my shock it took 3 days for a response from their FB page and only after I wrote in again to tell them of my disappointment that I didn't even get a reply to my request. The person who wrote back to me didn't even read my message as they told me sorry for my father passing, which was my cousin, and they cannot do it because if they did it for one they have it do it for all. What a let down, but looking back now I chalk it up to just an IT guy tired of reading FB messages all day and not having any real affiliation with the team.
So 2 days go by and I am kind of disheartened by the reply I received on this and I begin to look for others way to do something special for my cousins parents. Then I have a reply from my message into the Tigers.com Homepage pop up and I begin to read the following:
Dear Matt:
On behalf of the Detroit Tigers, please accept our deepest sympathy on the great loss of your dear cousin, Kristopher. Your family must be grief-stricken by his passing.
We would like to send a letter of condolence to the family - signed by our very own Willie Horton - but in order to do so, I would need the address and the name of the person to receive the letter.
If this is something you feel would help the family in their hour of need, please advise me and I will be glad to create the letter and send to Kristopher's family with our most sincere sorrow.
Audrey Zielinski
Detroit Tigers, Inc.
This has reaffirmed to me that there are still are good people out there willing to go the extra mile for others and I know it will mean the world to Kris's family to have a letter of condolence from his favorite team and the city that he loved so much. The kicker in this whole thing is that the letter will be signed and have a little message from Willie Horton ( Willie Horton (baseball) ) who was also my Grandfather's favorite player too so it will have a very nice double meaning for everyone.
All I can say is thanks to the Detroit Tigers for being a stand up organization and making things come true for your fans who have always supported them. I know something like this might not mean much to most but I know it will give them a little bit of closure and a memory to hang on their wall of their son.
maxxdout
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This is the cleanest looking sonic here, imo...
I'm liking that evo style front. Did you use the regular plasti-dip rattle cans you can find at hardware stores? How durable is that stuff? And did you have any problem with not masking the grill and getting plastidip inside the grill/rad? I kinda wanna do my roof too
I'm liking that evo style front. Did you use the regular plasti-dip rattle cans you can find at hardware stores? How durable is that stuff? And did you have any problem with not masking the grill and getting plastidip inside the grill/rad? I kinda wanna do my roof too
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SouthFLSonic
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This is the cleanest looking sonic here, imo...
I'm liking that evo style front. Did you use the regular plasti-dip rattle cans you can find at hardware stores? How durable is that stuff? And did you have any problem with not masking the grill and getting plastidip inside the grill/rad? I kinda wanna do my roof too
Thanks man appreciate it!! I get asked a lot what it is because it looks so different from stock.
Yeah all my Dip work has been rattle cans, I did finish work for years so I can lay down a nice line with a can. Stuff is very durable and the thicker the better is how I see but build it up slow so you don't run it. Also if you place your cans in a bucket of hot water before you spray it will make it spray easier. No issue at all with rad I just made sure I wasn't spraying straight in and always at an angle.
I have wanted to do my roof and hood for a while but haven't had the time or space.
SouthFLSonic
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Sorry about your loss Amigo. I'm glad the Tigers stepped up!
When Detroit comes to KC, I'm sorry but we're going to take the series
And I bought this, different universe, same idea... where to put it?
Thanks for the kind words and I am very pleased that they stepped up also and the letter accomplished all I had wanted it to......How did that series turn out again??????
I missed all of it because I just got back from Trinidad but looks like it was hit filled game.
SouthFLSonic
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Silver should look nice with your Sonic, where did you end up placing it??
I think the Tiger's have a great team this year and are playoff bound for sure maybe even the series but I'm trying not to get ahead of myself here lol.
SouthFLSonic
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Well I haven't showed any love to my car in a WHILE so I picked up a clay bar on lunch today and plan on washing claying and waxing the car tonight. The wife is out of town for work till Friday and it has been staying daylight till almost 9 so I have a whole evening drinking beer and cleaning the car myself to look forward to :banana:
Also making a trip up to Dirtona to see some old friends so might as well start it off with a pretty and clean car so it takes less to clean after.
On another note: I let a friend of mine borrow my UltraGauge about 2 months ago to see what his truck was getting mileage wise and ever since he gave it back and I programmed the settings to my car they have been off. I tried to calibrate it again so the fuel used matched what I was putting in but it gets worse every time I do it so I just reset to factory and have been running with it off almost a gallon per tank.
Does anyone have a quick trick to calibrating the fuel that I may be missing from the directions listed on the site?
Also making a trip up to Dirtona to see some old friends so might as well start it off with a pretty and clean car so it takes less to clean after.
On another note: I let a friend of mine borrow my UltraGauge about 2 months ago to see what his truck was getting mileage wise and ever since he gave it back and I programmed the settings to my car they have been off. I tried to calibrate it again so the fuel used matched what I was putting in but it gets worse every time I do it so I just reset to factory and have been running with it off almost a gallon per tank.
Does anyone have a quick trick to calibrating the fuel that I may be missing from the directions listed on the site?
SouthFLSonic
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Well my stock intake tubing gave out and has a huge crack in it and is causing a code of P0101. I thought it was the filter at first so I bought a new one and replaced it but as I was placing the SAB lid on I noticed the crack. I taped it a little to seal the crack and cleared the engine code which solved the issue for now.
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Since DDM was having such great deals for "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday" I decided to purchase their intake and it should be here tomorrow and install pics will follow shortly after. I also decided to see what the DDM shifter bushings were all about and @ $18 bucks it didn't hurt.
That is it for now but once I get these new items on the car I hope it will rekindle the love I always have for the Sonic but fell off due to all my driving and the car turning into just a filthy daily driver. New parts, a wash, some wax and maybe a new wheel color will get my head back into the car.
Since DDM was having such great deals for "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday" I decided to purchase their intake and it should be here tomorrow and install pics will follow shortly after. I also decided to see what the DDM shifter bushings were all about and @ $18 bucks it didn't hurt.
That is it for now but once I get these new items on the car I hope it will rekindle the love I always have for the Sonic but fell off due to all my driving and the car turning into just a filthy daily driver. New parts, a wash, some wax and maybe a new wheel color will get my head back into the car.
