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What did you do to your GS today?

Old 06-04-16, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by AmanO
Just put them in 2 days ago.

I have clear corners in my Camry, though, and have never been warned or pulled over. It was been at least a year, for those.
You're lucky. In Texas I have gotten pulled over twice with no front plates and had two places deny me inspection with clear side markers..
Old 06-04-16, 01:45 PM
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And so today I started molding my front lip into the bumper and doing a side marker delete
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Originally Posted by Agent$mith
You're lucky. In Texas I have gotten pulled over twice with no front plates and had two places deny me inspection with clear side markers..
Man that's crazy here in tennessee anything goes
Old 06-04-16, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by budgetvip
Man that's crazy here in tennessee anything goes
I know. When cops see a modded car, they really want to have a reason to pull us over and then try to find other things to write citations.
Old 06-05-16, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by AmanO
Clear sidemarkers installed.

Consequently, **** those 4 nuts to take off the front bumper cover. Why take off the front cover to install the side markers, you ask?

The rear nuts were so rusted I had to break then off, taking the bolt with them. I could not get enough torque from inside.
Wow that's crazy!
Glad you got them off.
Old 06-05-16, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by tiguy99
Wow that's crazy!
Glad you got them off.
wow im getting mine this week hope i dont have same problem. Someone said u can take the fog lights out and get to the side markers alot easier
Old 06-05-16, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamcar88
wow im getting mine this week hope i dont have same problem. Someone said u can take the fog lights out and get to the side markers alot easier
If all else fails you can just take the bumper off. It's pretty easy to remove.
Old 06-05-16, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamcar88
wow im getting mine this week hope i dont have same problem. Someone said u can take the fog lights out and get to the side markers alot easier
When I first got my clear side markers I failed inspection because it didn't glow yellow, I had the normal bulbs in but ever since I changed them never had an issue, that's here in Utah.
Old 06-05-16, 05:30 PM
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Fellas at Fender Defender rolled my fenders.
They were already shaved but had rubbing issues.
Preparing to switch up from current 18x8.5 et5 18x9.5 et0 to square set of 19x10 et25 and 10 rear -hopefully the roll will allow me to run 235/35 on all four corners. Won't know until wheels are back from refinishing. Front fitment is about the same within a mm actually so should be good!
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Originally Posted by dreamcar88
wow im getting mine this week hope i dont have same problem. Someone said u can take the fog lights out and get to the side markers alot easier
dreamcar,

What I did was, I rotate the wheel inward on each side of the car, of course. LOL... Then I will remove all the screws on the front of the fender cover, them I pull the cover a little bit to one side and having more space in that area, so I could get them more easily without removing the bumper and once the installation of the new clear ones, was very easier. You can try that too.
Old 06-05-16, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamcar88
wow im getting mine this week hope i dont have same problem. Someone said u can take the fog lights out and get to the side markers alot easier
Getting at then is not the issue.

AFA the bumper cover is concerned, I think my problem was I did not have a long enough socket extension. Getting to the top nuts was a pain. I also lost one.
Old 06-05-16, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by AmanO
Getting at then is not the issue.

AFA the bumper cover is concerned, I think my problem was I did not have a long enough socket extension. Getting to the top nuts was a pain. I also lost one.
Yeah the top nuts are a pain without a long extension. I did one side with two short of an extension and it sucked, but other side was easy with the right extension.
Old 06-06-16, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by nelson09
Fellas at Fender Defender rolled my fenders.
They were already shaved but had rubbing issues.
Preparing to switch up from current 18x8.5 et5 18x9.5 et0 to square set of 19x10 et25 and 10 rear -hopefully the roll will allow me to run 235/35 on all four corners. Won't know until wheels are back from refinishing. Front fitment is about the same within a mm actually so should be good!
I'm running 275's in the rear on mine with only an inner lip roll.

Check it out

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/bui...per-build.html

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Old 06-06-16, 11:02 AM
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I just fell in love with her all over again. Installed my new wheels over the weekend. I'm loving the beefy tire set up now. Specs are 18x10.5 +15 255/35/18 upfront and 19x11 +15 275/35/19 in the rear

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Old 06-06-16, 11:41 AM
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What front lip and side skirts are those?

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