Mimosa's Juicy Street Build

[Mimosa]

How's the quality and finish? Need any touch up or just straight install?

The build quality from Aimgain is top notch. The weave looks great, the resin application is applied very well, and the clear coat looks fantastic with a decent surface. It is also completely hollow and weighs nothing which makes it seem like it was vacuum bagged. It doesn't come with adhesive backing, which I prefer. I will find out how the fitment is today.

I would say this is a high mid-tier product on my ratings scale. Not quite OEM/TRD levels of perfection.

This was a bit pricy for a roof spoiler. There is a cheaper FRP version from Aimgain. You can also get cheaper CF replicas from other companies out there. They usually use cheaper resins, cheaper molding processes, and no QC. But from what I've seen most people on here seem to be happy with the end product. I'm just cursed with pickiness.

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[jtsang25]

The build quality from Aimgain is top notch. The weave looks great, the resin application is applied very well, and the clear coat looks fantastic with a decent surface. It is also completely hollow and weighs nothing which makes it seem like it was vacuum bagged. It doesn't come with adhesive backing, which I prefer. I will find out how the fitment is today.

I would say this is a high mid-tier product on my ratings scale. Not quite OEM/TRD levels of perfection.

This was a bit pricy for a roof spoiler. There is a cheaper FRP version from Aimgain. You can also get cheaper CF replicas from other companies out there. They usually use cheaper resins, cheaper molding processes, and no QC. But from what I've seen most people on here seem to be happy with the end product. I'm just cursed with pickiness.

I bought the whole kit already haha. Just needed an idea if i needed to schedule body work and respray of clear coat before I install. But, looks like all I need is PPF and and install myself.

 

[Mimosa]

I bought the whole kit already haha. Just needed an idea if i needed to schedule body work and respray of clear coat before I install. But, looks like all I need is PPF and and install myself.

Well this is just my opinion of their roof spoiler, hopefully their quality carries over to the rest of the kit lol.

 

[Dooo]

It should be back home tomorrow. Just waiting on the emblems to have the adhesive laser cut.

Can't wait to get the car home and get it detailed.

Edit: Now it seems that it's going to be Wednesday. Emblems aren't quite ready. ?

How was the fitment of your Seibon front lip? Did you have to put any double sided tape? I plan on installing mine tomorrow

 

[Batlwagn]

Hey dude do you still have those INGs fenders?

 

[Mimosa]

Hey dude do you still have those INGs fenders?

Yes.

Finished up for the day. New Emblems are all on, Silver SSR decals added, SSR center caps adjusted to point at 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock, engine bay dressing done, 3mm spacers added to the front, cleaned the inner barrels. I'll probably start back up on Saturday. I've got to get this downpipe switched out.

Never done any of this shit before so I'm as slow as a turtle.

 

[Mimosa]

This would have been an easier install if I wasn't so dumb. ? But I figured it out. It surprisingly doesn't sound too obnoxious and I have not experienced a CEL yet

 

[Mimosa]

Scheduled paint correction, ppf, and ceramic coating. This is for a lifetime coating and full front and lower side panels and skirts. Didn't realize how expensive PPF was going to be?.

I also added new pictures to the first post showing the current updates.

 

[Cptnslo]

Scheduled paint correction, ppf, and ceramic coating. This is for a lifetime coating and full front and lower side panels and skirts. Didn't realize how expensive PPF was going to be?.

I also added new pictures to the first post showing the current updates.

Lol I was quoted 10k to do ppf on the entire car ?

 

[Cptnslo]

Which strut bars are those?

 

[zrk]

Which strut bars are those?

• Torque Solution Strut Bars

 

[Mimosa]

Washed my car today and I figured my car's engine bay would be covered in water because of the new hood... but it was pretty dry. I'm super confused. Doesn't look like there's anywhere for the water to runoff.

Well I'm good with that.

 

[zrk]

Washed my car today and I figured my car's engine bay would be covered in water because of the new hood... but it was pretty dry. I'm super confused. Doesn't look like there's anywhere for the water to runoff.

Well I'm good with that.

Maybe it runs off into the block.

 

[Mimosa]

Reposting from the other thread:


I lowered the rear of the car last night. I had a mechanic in the area explain to me how to use a come-along and some ratchet straps on the control arms to relieve the tension on the springs.
All you do is:

1. remove the lower mounting bolt of your shocks.
2. wrap your ratchet straps at the end of each control arm and connect to the come-along.
3. place a block on the differential cooler to keep the come-along at a "V" to have leverage to pull the control arms down.
4. One you relieve the tension on the spring you can adjust the nut by hand. (Make sure to loosen the locking bolt if you coilover have one on the nut.)
5. Remove all your straps.
6. If have two people, one can lift up on the suspension assembly by the rotors while the other slides the bolt back in the shock mount. The smart thing would be to use a jack or a underhoist to do this... but I didn't have that shit.

Props to my wife for getting those bolts back into the shocks.

With this method you do not have to have a spanner wrench AND you don't lose your alignment doing it this way. You just adjust the nut by hand.

I'm new to this game, so I am super grateful that he showed this to me. From what I understand this isn't common knowledge. I had two different specialist shops in the area complain about having to remove everything to use the spanner wrench to adjust the rear coilovers.

Hopefully this helps someone out. I'll try to make a video this weekend to demonstrate. I should have done it last night. Oh well.

Anyways. I only lowered the rear by about 5mm. Any lower and it would start scraping when going over huge humps or dips on the road. It helped reduce the rake and I can no longer squeeze my knuckles through the gap. Wheel fitment is now absolutely complete in my books... until I get a second set of wheels ?.

 

[Mimosa]

Car is going in next week for paint correction and a lifetime ceramic coating on the body. The windows + wheels + interior will be hit up as well.

Leaving this up to a shop, because I suck at applying any sort of chemical/paint/coating.

ECU will be coming out after the protection work is done. Then it's onwards to greatness.

I'm holding off on the Big Turbo and Transmission until possibly May or June.

With that said, EcuTek Kit and DME are now on order. I just can't ship mine off until the end of next week. ?

Update: Decided against PPF because I'm broke.

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