![]() 06/26/2018 at 21:03 • Filed to: Sportcross | ![]() | ![]() |
Tint and “Altezza-delete.” I love it.
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It’s strange to see, but beautiful!
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OH lord that is sooo much better.
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That was a good thing to do.
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I still think the red tails look WAY nicer than the Altezzas! :)
Lookin’ good Zoidie!
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You have done a good thing.
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For reference... Before:
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I’m surprised you did not mention your double car garage.
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You un-pimped your ride.
Looks like the tint isn’t too bad (I see some stupid shit even here), it’ll pass.
![]() 06/26/2018 at 21:13 |
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It's 5% away from the legal limit! I am law abiding citizen
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Love mods like these, subtle and delicious.
Ce lebrate your good taste with a tall, cold glass of beautiful irony-
The unsuspecting would assume the factory lamps are a mod and the modded lamps are factory.
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I suppose for about 10 weeks a year, it might actually be useful here ;)
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That looks fantastic! Nice job!
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Oh look - a Malibu Maxx! :P
(just kidding - I really like it. Very tasteful)
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Yay for the tint (looks good); neutral on the lights
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That’s a handsome automobile.
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This is a bigly upgrade. Did you just have film put over the lights?
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Yeah, it looks way more mature with proper red-colored lens!
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Huge difference
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Yep, just a film. Good in case it bothers me that’s it’s NOT STOCK
[Eye twitch]
Nah, this could work.
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Too late. You've started down the rabbit hole. There is NO GOING BACK
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What kind of tint did you get?
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Doggo will appreciate it!
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I stopped at tint. All I really want now is a set of LED tails from an RS.
Dr. Z can stop any time he wants.
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Tint is surprisingly useful here. Mine keeps my car like an icebox and it’s easier to heat than cool a car... I spent two years without tint in mine and the difference is quite dramatic.
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3M FX HIGH PERFORMANCE
whatever that is.
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It’s funny to me that Altezza lights are so distasteful now you even take it off the actual altezza
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Wow! That’s a wonderfully huge improvement!!!
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I guess I’ve never felt the need, but my DD is usually garaged at home and work.
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Any time you have to park a car in the sun it can get pretty uncomfortable. Dark interiors suck.
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30%?
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Oh. 25-er
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Hmm. 24% is the legal limit in WA , so you might be over! Most glass itself is like 90-95 %. I went conservative with mine at 40%.
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How dark is legal up there?
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Ignorance is bliss lalala
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Well, it’s worth the risk in the land of continuous, blazing sunlight beating down on you.
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If it’s just for an hour or something, windows down can do the trick, then AC. This isn’t exactly San Diego. But if you’re outside 10 hours a day, I suppose it may be a nice thing.
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That makes it all worth it
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I was trying to think of the most common mods for that platform but all I really know are badge deletes, tunes, and cat back exhaust. None of that is really specific to the ST twins...
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I have considered removing the “Focus” badge on mine since they don’t put them on the Focus STs in Europe. The rest...meh. I could see a bigger intercooler, but I wouldn’t do any performance mods on top of it. The exhausts are too loud and the stock one sounds so good for an I4 . I’ve considered the official Mountune one from Ford, but I need my fuel economy.
Most people do really terrible things to these cars. They remove the catalytic converters, stance them, put wing risers on (broken wang, woo!), mud flaps, etc. I just can’t do it. I swear that most people that buy them up here really wanted a Subaru, because they mod them the exact same ways.
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Even with windows open/down, it got hot inside so fast. Now I can leave it out all day with a windshield cover and it’ll be distinctly cooler inside than the outside air... The tint I got is magic, I’ve never experienced another type that rejects this much heat in spite of so much light transmission.
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Your facetiousness will be your downfallllll!
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No I am for realsies - better for a dog than to look “cool”, which is probably the reason for 90% of local tints.
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I’ve always been fine with the windows down for a minute, then AC. It’s not a common thing for me though, and my car has a rear window shade.
The old car doesn’t even have AC, once the temp is abo
ve 75 or so, at least one window will always be down, just the way it is.
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Me when someone asks how my 5% tint is legal
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How about a continuous knuckle sammich
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an altezza-less altezza! just how it should be!
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Wow! That looks great!
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Your car might be worth a pretty penny in the future. It'll be the last clean low-miles FoST on earth.