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Old 11-18-06, 06:26 PM
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A buddy of mine owns a 2006 Toyota Corolla S and wants to do a 05 Lexus IS300 front end conversion. Any ideas where to start?
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Old 11-18-06, 06:48 PM
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I think corolla S looks pretty good as it is.


But if you really want to do the front end conversion, you can start with selling his corolla. They are totally different cars.
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Old 11-18-06, 09:19 PM
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tell him to start saving $$ for IS
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Old 11-18-06, 09:23 PM
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start by not wasting the money on the conversion and just buy the real thing
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Old 11-19-06, 12:54 AM
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The Corolla is a respectable car in its own. From a cosmetic standpoint, to me it's money lost. A quality set of JDM wheels, big brake upgrade, engine tuning will gain more respect than this front-end change.

There is a pic posted of a Corolla concept project from one of the VIP tuning companies. I dunno if it was on this site on a JDM mag like VIP Car or VIP Style.

I would discourage the front end swap. For every IS owner out there that sees this car, it's likely to get negative attention.
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Old 11-19-06, 03:24 AM
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umm i thought different car conversions was done and over with when the honda phase went away.
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