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Make sure it's legal to do so first because I know that in NSW and VIC (probably QLD too) ALL performance modifications are illegal for P platers. This includes the exhaust. Your car will be defected and your insurance will not cover it.
post a pic of ya car mate that way if we see somethin we can say ohh do that blah blah lol
side strips should go though
have you thought about a sound system?
u can get something decent to start with for about 600...
i removed my side strips in around 3 hours, Boiling water will loosen the glue, allowing you to pull them off, and i used a razor blade (extremely carefully,) and cut the sikaflex itself down to as much as i could, then just prepsoled the rest off. No damage done at all, but time over again, i reckon i would have left them on..