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RYAN's 95LS build log, from OLD MAN's car to Fashionable CRUISER

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Old 07-21-08, 08:20 PM
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whered u pick those up from anyhow?
Old 07-21-08, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ryanSC300lover
Thanks for the great words Please post pics once you have yours done. Like I said, in a world of silver/white/black VIP cars, I started in the hole with a gold color, but decided to take a chance. It isn't as fantastic as RHYI and couple of other members here, but for what I had to work with and the short amount of time, I think it came out ok
ryan , I guess we will have to show these guys that we can make the unpopular colored LS's look good !
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dang everyone on different suspension now hehe. im on Tien CS (use to be tanabe/bilstein), ryansc300lover is on Megans, and Lexkost on ebiach/bilstein, steveski on h&r/bilstein. we covered most of the UCF20 suspension setups out there. i know two people on the vsc forms that have their UCF20 on air. they have the air runner setup and tanabe air cobra.

Power to the LS's out there lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Old 07-21-08, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by PK_Celsior
dang everyone on different suspension now hehe. im on Tien CS (use to be tanabe/bilstein), ryansc300lover is on Megans, and Lexkost on ebiach/bilstein, steveski on h&r/bilstein. we covered most of the UCF20 suspension setups out there. i know two people on the vsc forms that have their UCF20 on air. they have the air runner setup and tanabe air cobra.

Power to the LS's out there lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mine will be on air soon and look like this:
Attached Thumbnails RYAN's 95LS build log, from OLD MAN's car to Fashionable CRUISER-slammedls_pshop1.jpg  
Old 07-21-08, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Lexkost
Mine will be on air soon and look like this:
are you going to add UAS, because to the last time i remember it seem like you were leaning towards that direction.
Old 07-21-08, 09:23 PM
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Looks good Ryan! I miss my LS

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Old 07-21-08, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by KilaWombat
Looks good Ryan! I miss my LS too
hey ryan, car is looking clean
the wheels could come out a bit more though...come on, you know you want to

hey mike , i might have somethin for that thing you asked me for, il let you know when i get back
Old 07-21-08, 09:58 PM
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Wow man what a productive 6days!! Love the progress pics too. Wheels were a perfect choice for the car, I think the 19's VS-XX would not have "fit" the overall look of the car.

Sometimes its hard to believe what wheels, lowering and tint can do for a car, but this proves it!
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very nice. thanks for taking us through ur little "modification" journey. cool to see the before and after pictures!
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Nicely done.

My alter ego wants to mess with ours more and seeing these brings the urges. I'm done with this one though, the next car...
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Originally Posted by RA40
Nicely done.

My alter ego wants to mess with ours more and seeing these brings the urges. I'm done with this one though, the next car...
i want a few things......
IF you decide to go a completely different route >.>
Old 07-21-08, 10:52 PM
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definitely add spacers.
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Very nice transformation.

I have the spark plug wires too! BTW, pm'ing you.

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Old 07-22-08, 02:27 AM
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damn. all that work in such a short time. looks good
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Originally Posted by ryanSC300lover
Didn't realize you were in Houston. I have family in Sugarland & RiverOaks, and go every year 4th of July. I will be in Houston again this September/octoberish.

Well my LS400 cross country trip of 2400 miles will be lots smoother than the Lotus 5500 mile trip I did last summer. When explaning why you have to spend more money on the Lexus, tell your wife about me, and you can blame me all the time from now on

Can you also give me some details on your grille, steve? thanks!
Your family isn't too far - I am on the North side in The Woodlands. Cross country in a Lotus would be fun for sure. Yeah the wife isn't into the mods like I am but I tell her it has been paid off for years and it is fully depreciated. Fixing it up make sense economically to me.

The grill is a Junction Produce I bought from CL member Chubby. I painted the old grille insert and surround black before I picked up the JP grille. I wanted a badgless look rather than my gold emblems.


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