My Coach Edition ES
10-24-12, 04:03 PM
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My Coach Edition ES
Ok 2 years ago I bought a 2001 ES300 Coach Edition from this sweet old lady for $5k it only had 112,000 miles on it but it didn't have anything done to it like the essentials like timing belt or water pump etc. so i spent another $800 on all the mechanical things just for upkeep and then i started to play with her a little bit so tell me what you think.
Oh and also if there is anything you think i should do to her or any knowledge on where i can get jdm things for her let me know.
Ok i hope you enjoy
Oh and also if there is anything you think i should do to her or any knowledge on where i can get jdm things for her let me know.
Ok i hope you enjoy
10-24-12, 04:55 PM
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difficult ?
Im guessin you replaced fog light lamps or bulbs. #1How difficult was it ? #2 Is the yellow alot brighter than original white, meaning is the difference is night and day?
10-24-12, 05:14 PM
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No actually its much easier then you think. They are the stock bulbs and stock fog lamps I just got some yellow tint film off of ebay and tinted them my self. It took a total of 1 hour to take the lamps out prep them and then tint them with the yellow film. you might mess up once or twice at first if you've never tinted windows before but you'll get a hang of it. And the out come looks a lot better then the stock clear in my opinion. Now as far as it being brighter considering that they are not HIDs only my head lights are you can see them. I mean when im driving i can see a yellow line under the white line of my head lights. If that helps at all?
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10-24-12, 07:14 PM
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Ya i know what you mean but im young i guess and i like that kind of thing. And ya i was going to buy those from my budy they are Volks 17x10 in rear and 17x9.5 front but then again sense the es300 are known for there horrible camber adjustment and if you want nice wheels on them they cant have a very aggressive offset due to the shallow wheel wells so even if you could fit nice wheels you might end up having rim slap and thats no good for your wheels or your fenders.
10-24-12, 07:27 PM
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i am guessing its not the bulbs that are yellow but either he did yellow tint or had it painted (thats what i did) and to my ya they are bit brighter on road.
10-24-12, 07:33 PM
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nice choice tho. i like the interior dash. Also how many rims you have..lol.
As per the height i think its lowered down a lot. The back just looks bad compare to front. I think when the fenders is just a few mm from the tire then its looks good (like how you have on fronts ones. Offcourse am talking about with OEMs wheels)
As per the height i think its lowered down a lot. The back just looks bad compare to front. I think when the fenders is just a few mm from the tire then its looks good (like how you have on fronts ones. Offcourse am talking about with OEMs wheels)
10-24-12, 09:00 PM
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nice choice tho. i like the interior dash. Also how many rims you have..lol.
As per the height i think its lowered down a lot. The back just looks bad compare to front. I think when the fenders is just a few mm from the tire then its looks good (like how you have on fronts ones. Offcourse am talking about with OEMs wheels)
As per the height i think its lowered down a lot. The back just looks bad compare to front. I think when the fenders is just a few mm from the tire then its looks good (like how you have on fronts ones. Offcourse am talking about with OEMs wheels)
10-24-12, 09:06 PM
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This ES looks like it's in fairly decent condition, and of course it has the rare and much-envied black chrome badges. I love what you're doing with it too; looks like you're going for a clean JDM VIP style? Here are my suggestions:
If you really want to go VIP, do it right and make it look like any of the cars you see in Hellaflush, and keep it clean-looking. In order to get the perfect stance you would need to get adjustable coilovers, but that's not absolutely necessary. Make sure the offsets of the wheels make the tires sit flush with the fenders (get spacers if you need them). In order to do that you would have to pull your fenders and roll/shave them. If you want some inspiration, DixonPai is the first member that comes to mind who has a VIP style 3rd gen ES300.
Also,
- Get some rubbing compound and buff that paint out. Buff out the headlights too.
- Remove the "Lexus" badge from the trunk for a cleaner and more symmetrical look.
- Replace all of these lights with high quality LED bulbs: front and rear turn signals (you need to get a flasher module for this), reverse lights, license plate lights, overhead dome lights, courtesy lights.
- Do a projector retrofit on the headlights.
And if you're interested in performance, here is a list of good parts that will fit your car:
- short ram intake (Weapon-R makes a good one)
- OBX headers (this is the only set of aftermarket headers that exists for this car)
- underdrive/lightweight pulley (NST makes one)
- front and rear sway bars (Whiteline makes the best)
- adjustable coilovers, or if you keep the springs then get some performance shocks
- supercharger (TRD makes the only one, and it's kinda rare)
These are just suggestions though, you can do what suits you.
If you really want to go VIP, do it right and make it look like any of the cars you see in Hellaflush, and keep it clean-looking. In order to get the perfect stance you would need to get adjustable coilovers, but that's not absolutely necessary. Make sure the offsets of the wheels make the tires sit flush with the fenders (get spacers if you need them). In order to do that you would have to pull your fenders and roll/shave them. If you want some inspiration, DixonPai is the first member that comes to mind who has a VIP style 3rd gen ES300.
Also,
- Get some rubbing compound and buff that paint out. Buff out the headlights too.
- Remove the "Lexus" badge from the trunk for a cleaner and more symmetrical look.
- Replace all of these lights with high quality LED bulbs: front and rear turn signals (you need to get a flasher module for this), reverse lights, license plate lights, overhead dome lights, courtesy lights.
- Do a projector retrofit on the headlights.
And if you're interested in performance, here is a list of good parts that will fit your car:
- short ram intake (Weapon-R makes a good one)
- OBX headers (this is the only set of aftermarket headers that exists for this car)
- underdrive/lightweight pulley (NST makes one)
- front and rear sway bars (Whiteline makes the best)
- adjustable coilovers, or if you keep the springs then get some performance shocks
- supercharger (TRD makes the only one, and it's kinda rare)
These are just suggestions though, you can do what suits you.
