brucelee1

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Grow up kid. Go to college and stop being a "boy racer."

Brad2014

400+ doesn't sound too expensive

Power6

He meant 400+ each, for the wheels you have on the car now heh.

This is a common thought process "I don't want ZL1 speed" well good for you, you will never get that in an ES, in fact you'll never get any improvement at all. But you are missing the point...

I see this trend around here, the kids buy a Lexus ES since it is in good shape and cheap, a pretty nicely equipped car for the money. Then they want to "improve it"

Take it from me as old guy who has been there, if you are young, got yourself an ES while your friends got WRXs, Mustangs, whatever...be practical and put that money in the bank. Be the sensible guy and save money...or at least save that money for a real performance/cool car, 'cuz the ES ain't it, and it will never be no matter how shiny a muffler or wheels you put on it. IS, GS TL, anything but the ES*. Do not waste your time and money on a FWD old-peeps car. Ask me how my Buick Regal GS turned out, and that thing would smoke an ES330 six ways to Sunday...

*Obviously if you are a nutso whack job with a torch and welder customizing your ES, ignore me and carry on...

speedkar9

100K is about time for a tuneup. Have you had the spark plugs, timing belt, water-pump, throttle body cleaning & coolant flush done yet?

CarID has a lip kit for this car. Its pretty cheap too, if you know a body shop that can help you paint it. I am considering getting it myself.

http://www.carid.com/2005-lexus-es-b...it-299934.html

I bought those Spyder halo projector lights from CarID for my 03 Camry last year. They really added to the look of the front end of the car, however the LED halo rings are only visible at night when its dark. If not, at least replace your halogen bulbs with an HID kit.

I think 19" rims would look decent on the 4ES. Anything larger isn't worth the harsh ride.

Check out some rides on Cardomain to see what others have been doing to their ES's. As others have stated, performance mods to this engine/car aren't popular, your better off sticking with visual mods.

Post some pics of your ride!

Chocolate

Not sure if the rear lip is worth the 400 dollars (with shipping/installation/paint) for a small difference in the way the car looks.

Brad2014

Thank you everyone for the positive and helpful support. I've thought it over for the past couple of days and just plain and simple ya'll told me what I already knew. I love my car and although it's no camaro or mustang it's still pretty fast for me, although; I'm going to do it redo the tint because it needs that and maybe get rims as a christmas gift, idk, and for brucelee1. I AM going to college to become an aerospace engineer and I'm not some "boy racer". Again thanks everyone I'll send some pics of the car in it's current state once I wash it.

Where do I get that done? And about how much is it?