Here's what Denise looks like now. Following her new rims and fogs, I thought a nice set of tints would go perfectly with her sporty new look. Keeping in mind that there *are*, in fact, legal stipulations on window tinting, I opted to go with 35% tints up front and 20% in the rear. At least this will give the appearance of factory visibility on the front windows. Actually, I was surprised to find interior visibility was nearly the same after tinting. From the outside, it's much darker, but from the inside looking out, you'd almost forget they were tinted. The $125 (and six hours) I spent getting my windows tinted also added an incredible amount of style to the B15, and Denise looks much more luxurious in her new makeup.

At this point, I decided the time was right to go all the way and tweak her suspension. Lowering a car not only looks really cool by eliminating wheelgap, as a side effect, it also improves handling by lowering a car's center of gravity. As a result, even a small econobox like the B15 Sentra can turn a corner like no one's business. Plus, it makes pictures that much better looking. Enter Eibach Springs, manufacturers of race car and factory springs alike. Their Pro-Kit (progressive rate) springs were developed to drop a car safely on stock shocks and struts with minimal loss of wheel travel and bottoming. In layman's terms, they lower a car to optimize handling and give an aggressive look, without going so low as to risk excessive bottoming of the system's suspension (heard as a loud *BOOM* when hitting a pothole or speed bump too fast). Excessive lowering a la' most Civic and Integra drivers causes uncontrollable steering under pressure as the suspension bottoms almost all the time, plus it just looks 'poser.'

So, without further adieu, here is what Denise looks like now.

Here's a nice profile shot of Denise's new look. The rims, spoiler, pinstripe, and lowered stance give her an incredible improvement over her original appearance.

Here's a worms'-eye-view showing off her new rims and tints. Notice how she looks longer compared to before. This optical illusion is a result of dropping her only 1 inch using the Eibach Pro-Kit. Compare the before and after pics, and I'd doubt you'd believe they were the same car.

Here's a close-up of Denise's profile. Her new look would be impossible without each of the previous modifications. Each of them, from the spoiler to the pinstriping, to the rims, complement each other to give a completely new look. Not shown are the fog lights, but you can see their added effect in the title picture for this section.

Here's a rear 3/4 shot. Notice the improvement given by the simple addition of a chrome exhaust tip. There's no huge exhaust system under there, but it does dress up the back well enough to go with the other improvements. Maybe down the line, I'll replace the stock exhaust with something nicer. (*UPDATE 03 November 2001: Replaced my stock exhaust with a stainless steel MagnaFlow exhaust. Looks very slick, pictures to come.*) Notice how her wheels are now flush with the fenderwell, with no excessive wheelgap like before.

Another profile, different background this time.

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