SC4Paulo

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Whats up guys, my names Paulo, 19 years old, I am picking up a GS400 this weekend up in riverside, and just wanted to say hi, you guys will be seeing me more often up here, I mainly spend most of my time in the 1st gen SC Forums well since I owned one, that got totalled now so I'm taking this opportunity and making my way back into a sedan, I previously owned a 2011 scion xb slammed on merc alphards, a 93 LS4, and a slammed 93 SC4, and now a 98 GS4, I was about to jump on a 99 SC400 for 4500 but then my friend pointed me towards a GS4, Same motor and transmission, main reason I wanted a 99. Well i decided to hop on inland empire craigslist and found a 98 for 4k, 186k black on black, its not the best of shape but also not the worst, and for the price i think im getting a decent deal. I know you guys may think whats a 19 year old doing with 4 cars already, well, idk but ill tell you what, I was blessed that my parents let me use the family car and let me mod it (not really) but i didn't like telling people that it wasnt mine so i sold the wheels let my sister drive the xb and put that towards an LS400. I assure you, I work hard for what I want, although it takes me longer I make it happen. well pics of past whips now:

family car
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fronts are 18's rears are 19's, I didn't have any tires for the rear 18's and had the mustang wheels laying around
if you haven't noticed, i like exceedingly low static cars.

SC4Paulo

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I chose to stay with a 400 again because I don't have the funds for a 2jz/1jz build and I am more than happy with my 1uz's, I also have knowledge on working on the 1uz's so thats another reason.



and soon to be new ride, we worked out a deal by phone earlier this evening so ill be picking it up this weekend

plans with left over insurance money:

Stance coils or PBM
TTE Rep lip, I don't want to mess up a legit one,
and save the rest towards wheels and college, I still pay for college so most of my wheel money goes towards that :P

ill just rock it like this for now, I can live with it.

few questions though are can the GS handle being slammed? My SC and XB the oilpan was protected by the front cross member so I just smashed my way over road reflectors when i changed lanes without worrying too much.

DosyBoy

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Yes it can handle being slammed BUT you have to change the ball joints out first, especially at that mileage if your not sure, better safe than sorry trust me, welcome buddy!

SC4Paulo

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yeah a friend of mine stated that and umm when the suspension compresses up does it go up and in like my SC400 does or will it go up and straight like my xb with a solid rear beam? should i worry about the axle binding at all?

well then, $40 for balljoints, tybg, when a ball joint went out for the SC's we need all new control arms Dx

geeznuts

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Please don't treat this car like a civic!!!!!! Lol :P

Sevenevez

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congrats on the gs4 man. definitely love mine. first things first: ball joints, maintenance, then the fun stuff

SC4Paulo

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You know me Glenn! I won't! I was about to buy some wheels and my motor mounts for the sc until the accident happened -_-' I don't plan to get rid of this car ever, haha, the sc well, the car was crap in the first place haha,


Yeah maintenance is already a given!!! like I said these ball joints are only 40 bucks I might as well get a spare set!

DosyBoy

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Most of the guys including myself bought Moog lbj, they are a bit beefier, just a thought...

SC4Paulo

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do you guys replace only the fronts or are there some in the rears too? its kind of hard to check without the car yet, lol

SC4Paulo

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So the black GS400 wasn't all too great, body and interior looked nice but you can feel all sorts off mechanical problems on it, also, window was cracked all the way around, radiator support was destroyed, no bumper support bar, non OEM replacement bumper, it fit bad, hood is bent, plastic pieces in the engine bay are missing and cracked, fenders don't line up perfectly, hoods been cheaply repainted and lowering springs were improperly Installed because one side of the car sat higher.
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SC4Paulo

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Didn't leave empty handed though, coming back for this next week, same price, $3500, and much better condition, rebuilt alt, ps pump, new waterpump and timing belt etc done last week, receipts to prove it, brand new battery receipt also, has cold AC, stock stereo, no rips on the seats, I can feel vibration though so I'll be doing motor mounts and tranny mount, and bushings and grab an alignment
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99rx

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The white one will be easier to keep clean than the black one. Looks much better too IMO.

sugzz

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The white one looks better.

SERIALN9NE

That's awesome man!! Nice to see another dude who wants their car DRIVEABLE on the ground!!

SERIALNINE sedankings.

tmf2004

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congrats on the GS....