# Silver on silver this time? 99 GSX. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 30, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329 "2009-03-30T11:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![4g63girl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4g63girl/32/7483_2.png) [@4g63girl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4g63girl)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/1 "2009-03-30T11:15:12Z")
Finally cleaned her up from the winter salt. Funny, I drive it all winter on 16" wheels (slammed) and just now get some 17’s that raised it up for summer. Anyhow… Here she is now with 123,000 miles, wingless with some 17" Enkei RPF01 / BFG Drag Radials… ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/3_09_front_lighthouse.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/3_09_front_lighthouse.jpg) ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/3_09_rear_side.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/3_09_rear_side.jpg) ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/3_09_rear.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/3_09_rear.jpg) ![http://www.streettuned.org/4g63girl/99_gsx/interior.jpg](http://www.streettuned.org/4g63girl/99_gsx/interior.jpg) ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/3_09_engine.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/3_09_engine.jpg) It survived the winter very well actually… although I really did put a lot of effort into keeping the engine bay clean and free from salt. It was a hell of a winter beater though! Coming along… Nothing special, but I do love driving this car. Up next is possibly a front mount and I need to put on that clean, shaved valve cover in our showcase 🙂 Any mods to this car will be visual/moderate. It’s just a daily driver. Here’s how it looked last year with the wing and black RPF01’s: ![http://www.streettuned.org/4g63girl/99_gsx/lowered_side_sunset.jpg](http://www.streettuned.org/4g63girl/99_gsx/lowered_side_sunset.jpg) I like it both ways, but I think the silver/silver is really sleek and clean. -Shawna ---
**Author:** ![TsiTalon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tsitalon/32/5012_2.png) [@TsiTalon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TsiTalon)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/2 "2009-03-30T11:18:38Z")
beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/3 "2009-03-30T11:18:42Z")
wow, that engine bay is CLEAN, especially for a winter car! ---
**Author:** ![Boomin99GT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boomin99gt/32/7306_2.png) [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/4 "2009-03-30T11:19:08Z")
Looks good. How do the auto trannys in those hold up to the power? ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/5 "2009-03-30T11:20:44Z")
boner… ---
**Author:** ![4g63girl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4g63girl/32/7483_2.png) [@4g63girl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4g63girl)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/6 "2009-03-30T11:26:47Z")
> [@Boomin99GT](#): > > Looks good. How do the auto trannys in those hold up to the power? Surprisingly well! A lot of the fast DSM’s are auto. We had seriously considered building this car for drag racing… but truth be told, I like to drive it too much to turn it into another “Ricer.” The Evo is flawless and never sees salt or even rain… and I have put over 16,000 on this car since July when I got it. I want to keep this car just to drive. I have issues with keeping things clean, so I’d lose my mind with 2 cars like that! :banghead: We actually have a “shift box” for this car which from what I’ve heard is REALLY easy to install and allows the trans to shift at 100% line pressure. We’ll see. It’s stupid slow right now, but it is pretty. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![4g63girl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4g63girl/32/7483_2.png) [@4g63girl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4g63girl)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/7 "2009-03-30T11:33:06Z")
> [@Adictd2b00st](#): > > wow, that engine bay is CLEAN, especially for a winter car! I might get yelled at for doing this… but if you look at where the hood latch is, there is a patch of darker stuff… Most DSM people know that these cars rust there all the time. This car had already started there a little, so before winter, I washed/waxed the engine bay, swapped in all stainless bolts (probably $50-75 in bolts on that thing!) and I covered the spots that already started to rust with… Anti-Seize. Yeah. It worked. the salt couldn’t penetrate it and so the cancerous rust didn’t spread. Don’t ask where I got the idea from, I wanted something to cover and protect the rust… and I had it out to coat some of the bolts I was replacing. It’s silver and made of glycerin and aluminum… what harm could it do? NONE! :grouphug: ---
**Author:** ![exmxj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e57/32.png) [@exmxj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/exmxj)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/8 "2009-03-30T11:35:19Z")
engine bay…spotless, nice job ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/9 "2009-03-30T13:58:19Z")
Some winter beater…that is nice! :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/10 "2009-03-30T14:12:00Z")
> [@4g63girl](#): > > I might get yelled at for doing this… but if you look at where the hood latch is, there is a patch of darker stuff… > > Most DSM people know that these cars rust there all the time. This car had already started there a little, so before winter, I washed/waxed the engine bay, swapped in all stainless bolts (probably $50-75 in bolts on that thing!) and I covered the spots that already started to rust with… Anti-Seize. > > Yeah. > > It worked. the salt couldn’t penetrate it and so the cancerous rust didn’t spread. > > Don’t ask where I got the idea from, I wanted something to cover and protect the rust… and I had it out to coat some of the bolts I was replacing. It’s silver and made of glycerin and aluminum… what harm could it do? NONE! :grouphug: hey it worked, can’t argue that! ---
**Author:** ![natedsmeclipse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e480ec/32.png) [@natedsmeclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/natedsmeclipse)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/11 "2009-03-30T17:51:08Z")
looks good and clean! ---
**Author:** ![dftsilvia](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dftsilvia/32/7447_2.png) [@dftsilvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dftsilvia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/12 "2009-03-30T18:27:00Z")
clean my engine bay! ---
**Author:** ![Saxon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Saxon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Saxon)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/13 "2009-03-30T18:57:21Z")
cleans up really nice, its amazing how much nicer it looks now compared to 2 weeks ago when i saw it with your winter wheels ---
**Author:** ![4g63girl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4g63girl/32/7483_2.png) [@4g63girl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4g63girl)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/14 "2009-03-30T21:09:12Z")
> [@alpha earl](#): > > cleans up really nice, its amazing how much nicer it looks now compared to 2 weeks ago when i saw it with your winter wheels Sad, sad wheels. Monsters in the snow though! :eekdance: ---
**Author:** ![Detective\_Coating](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/detective_coating/32/5319_2.png) [@Detective\_Coating](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Detective_Coating)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/15 "2009-03-31T08:05:05Z")
Not gonna lie but 2 weeks ago when me and Earl were up there it looked like a pile of shit lol. Cleans up really well though!! Definitely like it wingless and with the new wheels. ---
**Author:** ![RENEGADE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RENEGADE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RENEGADE)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/16 "2009-03-31T08:15:06Z")
Wow thats a really nice car. I wish mine cleaned up like that. ---
**Author:** ![4g63girl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4g63girl/32/7483_2.png) [@4g63girl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4g63girl)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/17 "2009-03-31T12:56:26Z")
> [@95TSIAWD$](#): > > Not gonna lie but 2 weeks ago when me and Earl were up there it looked like a pile of shit lol. Cleans up really well though!! Definitely like it wingless and with the new wheels. Yeah, she was in rough shape. Just dirt though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![4g63girl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4g63girl/32/7483_2.png) [@4g63girl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4g63girl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/18 "2009-06-03T21:59:48Z")
She’s coming along. I cleaned it up pretty well the other night, so I took some more pictures: ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_6.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_6.jpg) ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_5.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_5.jpg) ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_2.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_2.jpg) ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_4.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_4.jpg) ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_3.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_3.jpg) ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09.jpg) ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_engine.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_engine.jpg) ![http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_engine2.jpg](http://www.streettunedmotorsports.com/z/gsx_shawna/4g63girl_june_09_engine2.jpg) Sorry, that picture kinda sucks, but I wanted to show off that sweet, black battery and purple filter! ---
**Author:** ![NeOn9787](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neon9787/32/7466_2.png) [@NeOn9787](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeOn9787)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/19 "2009-06-04T07:16:57Z")
I\<3 black interior “drool” ---
**Author:** ![idriveaneon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/idriveaneon/32/4985_2.png) [@idriveaneon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/idriveaneon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329/20 "2009-06-04T07:46:19Z")
i saw you in this car a few weeks ago on west henrietta rd. i go by un noticed in my trailblazer :snky: Car looks good! [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silver-on-silver-this-time-99-gsx/65329.md?page=2)