January 2005 Featured Car

By clublexus - January 1, 2005

Screen Name: cutecboy
Age: 23
Profession: Student
Car model: Lexus LS 400
Car year: 1990
Engine size: 4.0 liter V8
Color: Pearl White

Modifications:

1. Engine:

Vortech custom V2SQ super charger
Spearco intercooler
Greedy oil catch can
Chrome intake piping
Engineer Fuel management unit
Nology plug wires
Vortech bypass valve
Vortech pulley
Custom battery relocation kit
Stainless steel braided lines

2. Exhaust:

D1 dual cat-back exhaust

3. Suspension:

SMC air suspension
SMC valves
Velio Tank and 420cc air compressors
Tanabe upper strut bar
Chrome suspension cylinders

4. Exterior:

2001 Lexus LS 400 front-end conversion
Platinum white with silver pearls
Custom fender flares
Rando body kit (Japan)
Insurance three-piece spoiler (Japan)
Tail lamps, clear signal lamps (Japan)
Crossroad hood bonnet, chrome mirrors and door garnish, door sills (Japan)
Tranz hood grill
Celsior badge (Japan)
X-tec 7000k HID

5. Interior:

Cappuccino suede with Gucci interior
Nardi luxury steering wheel
Bozz chrome shift knob
Burl wood interior dash trim kit
Autometer carbon series gauges (boost, tempature, voltage and air/fuel)
Junction Produce fusa (Japan)

6. Wheels:

Keonig forged three piece wheels 18×9.5 front +13 18×12 rear +9
Toyo t1-s Tires 235/35/20 Rear
Toyo t1-s Tires 265/30/20 Front
Sumimoto 4 piston calipers (Japan)

7. I.C.E.

Custom fiberglass trunk (wrapped in suede)
Eclipse 6.5” LCD in-dash head unit
Diamond audio m351 components (front)
Eclipse 2 way (rear)
Nesa DVD/CD/MP3 player
Two 6.5” lcd tv in headrest
Kicker 1200W Mono Amplifier
Kicker 600W series Amplifier
Two 15" Kicker Solobaric L5 subs
One Rockford Fosgate Digital Capacitors
Crime stopper cs2015 two-way paging alarm w/ remote start
Two Optima yellow top battery

What led you to buy a Lexus?
I bought the car in Hawaii when I was in the Army. I never really thought about making changes to the car until I start digging in to the VIPCAR magazine. That is when I ordered a Rando body kit from Japan. After that the rest was history… I then put on exhaust and from there, it is like a never ending story. It is a passion. There is no easy way in this scene; if you want to be VIP styling, you have to do it right and that to me is slammed, big-lip wheels. There is no other way around it. It takes a lot of dedication and hard work to complete this car, and believe it or not, my car is still not done.

Interests
I enjoy sleeping, working out, playing computer or any other stationary games, traveling, beach riding my motorcycle and drifting the 240sx. I also enjoy going to car shows and checking out what is new out there and future possible modification parts. Oh, since I am young, I like am very interested in girls. 🙂

Goals
Basically my car is a show-car. I am affiliated with Team Illmatic. On November 27th, my car took first place in the Lexus class; I was very happy with that. All the hard work paid off and now I am going for many photo shoot in public magazine coverage and online video magazines. Check me out in the up coming import racer and many other magazines.

Why you chose to modify your Lexus?
I choose to modify my Lexus because I have always liked the import scene, but I had to do a car to a certain spec that no one really wanted to do because they thought it was too much work. Because of that reason, my main goal I wanted to be the first to create a true VIP styling vehicle. As I mentioned before, this passion started all the way back from when I was still in Hawaii. I bought the LS 400 and then picked up some magazines I could not believe what I saw and ever since then this is what I wanted to do. My next car will definitely be a LS 430 and rest assure, it will be fully built as well.

Lastly I like to thank these people for all the effort they put in to try to help me complete my car: