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Old 04-10-12, 12:24 AM
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ok so ive had this car for almost 2 months now and decided i should start a build thread.
its a black on black 96 ls400
i wish i had pics of it when i first got it, but i took it straight to my buddy to have it painted solid black. I was no a fan of the black and grey 2 tone, we still need to color sand and buff.

so heres some pics from the first day i got it back from paint, about a week after buying it





i couldnt stand driving around with the fishbowl look so the next day i went off and tinted the windows, that same day i installed a hid kit but i have no pics of them.



ive had my subs sitting aroudn the house but was too lazy to install them up until last wednesday. pulled out the stock 8 and swapped in my 2 15" boston subs. i wired it all up to the stock head unit. with the 8" sub out the hole made a perfect port it sounds great to me





on thursday i finally picked up my megan ez street coilovers and installed them on friday



i started with the rear, i was so excited that i only took a pic of the stock shock and spring removed lol



hes a pic of the fronts installed and also one before i adjusted the ride height (if ionly i was able to have the car fully slammed and driveable at that height, but near impossible hahaha)





and this is how she sits as of yesterday. i will keep updating as i slowly upgrade, ive got big dreams for this car!







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Looks good!! Are you going to put clear bra to protect the new paint?
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Originally Posted by lexesty72
Looks good!! Are you going to put clear bra to protect the new paint?
Thanks! I still need to color sand an buff it I'll decide then
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haha nice, looks like i got competition? i go to demonwerkz occasionally. see you there
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Originally Posted by AYEmike
haha nice, looks like i got competition? i go to demonwerkz occasionally. see you there
Hahaha yea I work there. Im pretty sure I've seen u. Ur anh's homie right?
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Originally Posted by west709
Hahaha yea I work there. Im pretty sure I've seen u. Ur anh's homie right?
haha yessir, you're justin with the tats right? i didnt know you picked up an LS yo.

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Originally Posted by AYEmike
haha yessir, you're justin with the tats right? i didnt know you picked up an LS yo.
Yup thats me hahaha
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Yup thats me hahaha
Haha gangsta gangsta
Old 07-08-12, 01:26 AM
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had extra time at the shop so i dropped it another inch up front and maxed out the rears. also had my buddy roll the front fenders. soon im at cut my hole for the upper control arm and make the box
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looks good
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nice.. any plans to wetsand and buff the car for a mirror finish?
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Originally Posted by xtremex626
nice.. any plans to wetsand and buff the car for a mirror finish?
i sure do want to but ive been lagging on it hahaha
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Can't wait to get going on my project. Taking care of the basic stuff first. Timing belt, water pump, etc!!! I want to get my windows retinted. Want to go darker, and get the rear window tinted. Think the previous owner did 50% front, 35% rear.

I usually don't like the way stock LS400's look lowered on stock wheels. But your car makes it look good!
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I still like those wheels among the OEM offerings. Some 15mm spacers front and 25mm rear would be nice to my eyes.

Do you have a beam shot of the HID's?
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...m-pattern.html


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