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Old 03-03-14, 04:13 PM
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Hey guys, my name is Matt (Ventura, CA) and I'm relatively new to CL. 2007 Tungsten Pearl IS250. I have been looking around the forum at peoples cars and builds and DIY mods and what not, and finally decided to begin a build thread (hoping that it will motivate me to actually do more mods). I am a high school student, so my money is not endless.. but creativity and efficiency help me out quite a bit. Don't have much done to the car, but thought i would post this for feedback for further mods. Here it is, i'll try to post as many pics as possible.

Current Mods:
Gloss Black Spray Painted Stock 18" Rims
Blacked Out Emblems, Front Grille Surround, Front Bumper Emblem, Rear Reflectors, Roof Antenna
Blue LED Puddle and Courtesy Lights
6000k Garax HID lows
Blue Vinyl Fog Overlays (removed)
12" Alpine Type R Sub w/ 500W Amp (installed myself w/ LOC)
F Sport Shift ****
F Sport Steering Damper
DIY F Sport Lower Intake Box (see other thread)
Painted Red "L" and V6 on Engine Cover
Resonator Delete w/ X-pipe installed
Custom Burt Exhaust Tips
5% Tint Rear, 20% Front
6000K Led Interior
Matte Tail Lights
OEM Trunk Spoiler
Pilot Extreme Yellow Fogs (9006)
Hella Supertones
M2 Axleback
F Sport Rear Sway Bar
Vinyl Gloss Black Roof
Blacked Out Headlight and Foglight Housings
Debadged "Lexus" and "IS250"
18" Avant Garde M310's
Black Tuner Lugs

Future Mods (hopefully):

Powder Coat Calipers seafoam w/ Black Lexus Decal
Springs (what type would you recommend?)




Opinions and suggestions are greatly appreciated, thats why I made the thread!!
Enjoy!

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Here she is!




Matte Tails




DIY F Sport Airbox



The Sub and Custom Bass **** (Ft. AP Government book)




Shift ****


Blue Puddle/Courtesy Lights




Burnt Tips


Painted Rims


Grille Surround


X-Pipe


Garax 6K and Blue Fog Vinyl


Stock vs. 6k

Yellow Fogs


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Originally Posted by killnN00bs
surf was epic in ventura this weekend!
I was in Mammoth snowboarding! I heard though, all of my buddies were calling me. Wish I was here. Which reminds me, I want to get racks for my ride, I do not enjoy putting my board in my back seat. Its in a bag and all, but i just dont like the idea of it on my leather.
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Originally Posted by killnN00bs
lol i was at bear...snow was pretty good but packed like a ****.

i got racks for my car too. its just a pain in the *** to drive with them and have the moonroof open becuase the sound is like unbareable...they cost me like $700.00 but i only got surf racks.

where do you surf at?
Nice nice, i was there the other weekend. It snowed 3 feet at mammoth. It was sick.

Hmm, the ones from Sewell? or another brand?

And pretty much everywhere. Point, Emma Wood, South Jetty, and Oxnard Shores mostly.
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Great looking ride!

Where did you get the painted badges?
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Originally Posted by imcalister
Great looking ride!

Where did you get the painted badges?
I took them off and painted them myself with spray paint and a gloss clear coat, they look beautiful!
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Pretty sweet build, any sound clips of the exhaust? Really looking forward to MOAR
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Originally Posted by vto
Pretty sweet build, any sound clips of the exhaust? Really looking forward to MOAR
Yes, check out my thread in the performance section, True Dual: Resonator Delete + X-Pipe
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I love the yellow fogs! the light out put is incredible.
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Good stuff bro!
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Originally Posted by MDHLexus
Here she is!




Matte Tails




DIY F Sport Airbox



The Sub and Custom Bass **** (Ft. AP Government book)




Shift ****


Blue Puddle/Courtesy Lights




Burnt Tips


Painted Rims


Grille Surround


X-Pipe


Garax 6K and Blue Fog Vinyl


Stock vs. 6k

Yellow Fogs

Not bad, for a beginner I like what you've done with your ride, however i'd like to ask ho w is the air flow on your stock air intake sence you custom cut the air box chamber..?? This is the first time i've seen this done..? Does that really work for you?? Is that really supposed to work like a IS F Sport air intake filter..??
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Originally Posted by jaluco559
Not bad, for a beginner I like what you've done with your ride, however i'd like to ask ho w is the air flow on your stock air intake sence you custom cut the air box chamber..?? This is the first time i've seen this done..? Does that really work for you?? Is that really supposed to work like a IS F Sport air intake filter..??
It is essentially the same thing, minus the aesthetics. The F-Sport lower airbox is the same shape and size as the OEM IS250 one; however, it has a square hole, and no air baffles. I simply cut out a chunk of the plastic on the front side of the air box, and took a pair of pliers to the air baffles. As far as performance and airflow goes, i couldn't tell you... But i can tell you that the car sounds a hell of a lot better up in front. It sounds way more throaty, like i have a short ram...
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Just bought and installed some Hella Horns! Painted them blue, plugged them in, grounded them, and threw the covers back on! Next up i need to level them as they are sort of staggered. I also want to buy the isf replica grille...
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The Hella's!!! (I know the license plate holes need to be filled... it's disgusting..)

anywhoo... took off the cover, painted them blue and threw em back on. Hooked up the OEM harness to the Hella and then Grounded it as well. Cut and trimmed the metal to get them to be as level as possible. Not quite level, but better than where they were located at the stock position.



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Looking Sick! Can't wait for more updates.

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