What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

[KuroNekko]

Thanks for proving my point. Internet fora are full of people like you who want their opinion to be seen as fact, and when push comes to shove, they say something like the above making out to take the high road because anything else either proves them wrong or an asshole. The bad thing is they invariably suck in the sheeple who like to believe what the person says, regardless of the facts.

I've sent an email to VLEDs for you, we'll see what they have to say.

Awesome but maybe you missed this part:

Also, in the thread I created for this topic, I copied and pasted email correspondence I had with VLEDS. They explicitly wrote that their LED kits are not recommended for use in projector lenses and advised to get a HID kit instead.

This is Vleds' reply:
"The CXA LED headlight does not work that well in projector housings, the stem that the LED is mounted to can get in the way of the light beam pattern.
They also should have plenty of fresh air for ventilation and cooling. A completely enclosed housing is not ideal.
We recommend installing an HID system for best performance.
http://www.vleds.com/hid-242/hid-conver ... ystem.html
Thank you,
Customer Support"

[redmed]

Today was such a nice day I decided to wash, wax and clean the whole car from top to bottom.

Yes, that is a sharp blue. I thought red was the best Kizzy color but the blue is sharp too.

[11zukizashi]

Went mountain biking!

[KuroNekko]

Got my driver's side rear passenger door dinged yesterday in a parking lot.
It dented the door very lightly and even took some paint off, much like the issue with the hood. So pissed. I can tell it was from someone's rear door that opened into mine. Probably a kid.

Honestly, the Kizashi's paint quality is dismal. It's the worst of any car I've ever owned or seen. It's like it only has one coat of paint. Forget just wrapping the hood, guys. Wrap the whole F-ing car.

I'm going to have to go get the dent removed sometime with paintless dent removal once again (at least I know a good shop) and probably just use touch up in the scratch.

I may also need one of these guys for the car as well:

[redmed]

Yeah I can relate. I try to park next to one of those handicap spots. The ones with the extra area for a wheelchair. Then I park hugging the handicap side to leave room for the other side. Failing that I park at the end of the parking lot and walk. I end up doing a lot of walking.

I used to paint cars so when I got a scratch on my rear bumper so I went to the paint supply shop for some paint. Turns out my pearl white requires me to get four or five different cans of stuff. The smallest amount of paint would still cost $136. A bump shop guy was there buying stuff and he told me that the type of paint on my Kizzy was hard to match. So I got a couple different touchup paints a darker pearl white and a brighter white for less than $15 and spent a few hours mixing them trying to get a decent match. I ended up putting a bumper sticker over the spot. Good luck with the touch up paint. If you do find a good touch up paint let me know.

[bootymac]

Last time I had my bumper repainted, I asked the shop to mix me some spare paint for touch ups. I've had to use it already after someone else bumped into the freshly painted bumper. Now a door handle has also been dinged and the hood is starting to show a few chips.

I'm usually not too concerned with paint damaged as it's expected but the Kizashi needs one of these:

[KuroNekko]

This site is where I got my touch-up bottle. The color match is perfect.
It was recommended by members here including admin Moto.
The site also makes spray cans so you can get your paint color in a spray can if you want. Pretty cool.

http://www.automotivetouchup.com/

Truth be told, it's the little dents to the sheet metal that bother me more than the scratches to the paint as the dents require professional work to be done to get them out perfectly. Reputable paintless dent removal costs $75 to $100 in my area. I've had it done in the past and was thoroughly impressed by the results.

[twoqttsdad]

went mountain biking!

Nice rims 11zukizashi. How are those TSWs holding up. I have to warehouse TSW and ACE wheels. I don't come across any defects with the TSWs when I inspect shipments.

[SamirD]

Today was such a nice day I decided to wash, wax and clean the whole car from top to bottom.

Love that exterior and interior combo! Love to see more shots of that interior!

[jono]

ok next Saturday when time permits i will take a couple more pics and post them.