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Old 05-24-2011, 04:19 PM
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New Kayak almost matches my Fit!

Scored a great deal on a brand new Hurricane Santee 100 on craigslist that I barely fit in but is my limit on length (for apartment living).



Then I fixed the bow mount when I got home to two nylon webbing straps (grommeted by yours truly) mounted to the fender bolts:



It also ticked 30,000 miles yesterday and its 1-year birthday is in a few weeks!

That concludes my $1300 spending spree... back to being cheap
 

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Old 05-24-2011, 05:00 PM
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Good looking rig. Now paint a red strip along the bottom of your car!!!
 
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Old 05-25-2011, 05:00 PM
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Beautiful~!!!

How often do you go kayaking?
 
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Old 05-25-2011, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Chasy Price
Beautiful~!!!

How often do you go kayaking?
2-3 times a week, alternating daily between kayaking, bicycling, and weight lifting.

From this morning before I did 2 hours in it:



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Pic during the trek this morning:

 

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Old 05-25-2011, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by whaap
Good looking rig. Now paint a red strip along the bottom of your car!!!
Doing a GT3RS-style side stripe soon. It'll take all of an hour to draw it up, cut it, and slap it on. I just need to do it.

 
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Old 05-28-2011, 07:50 AM
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Added the GT3RS side stripe last night to match the top of the kayak

 

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Old 06-06-2011, 08:26 AM
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Isn't the "graphic" supposed to flow into the wheel arch, not above it? It looks better in the picture of the GT3RS.

The top part of the triple line checkers, should be about where the top of the second line is... to make it look "flowing."

I rate an A- for effort.
 
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Old 06-06-2011, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Goobers
Isn't the "graphic" supposed to flow into the wheel arch, not above it? It looks better in the picture of the GT3RS.

The top part of the triple line checkers, should be about where the top of the second line is... to make it look "flowing."

I rate an A- for effort.
I adapted a direct drawing of the RS stripes for the Fit. This is the result.

Of course it looks better on the RS. It was designed exclusively for that car.
 
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Old 06-06-2011, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueBoogers
I adapted a direct drawing of the RS stripes for the Fit. This is the result.

Of course it looks better on the RS. It was designed exclusively for that car.
Well, if you printout an image overlay (prior to cutting).. then you could just change the height vs width ratio on the computer (doable by hand, but not as easy).

I think it would've "flowed" just fine, if it were "squished" down a little.
 
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Old 06-06-2011, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Goobers
Well, if you printout an image overlay (prior to cutting).. then you could just change the height vs width ratio on the computer (doable by hand, but not as easy).
It didn't look right when I was drawing it. I tried that first.
 
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