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Old 09-14-15, 11:50 AM
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Have the car a little over 2 months now and im happy with, and super happy now that I saved an 10k of the F sport I was going to buy. I ended up spending 1100 for everything including badges, front bumper, paint and all grills. Also all parts are NEW OEM except for the 2015 bumper....... that was used. I did have to make the Parking sensors holes a bit bigger in order for the 2013 sensors to fit in. Other than that its a direct fit. Also the garnish covers on the bottom are not here yet so thats why its blank lol




When I got her 2 months ago










Perfect fitment 2015 bumper yup yup.





The part I forgot to get is the tow eye cap, forgot it was different since the F post has different curves at that bottom. My NON F sport cap barely fits but I ordered that part already no worries








2015 F sport trunk badge :-)





I still need to go measure the location of a F sport bumper to put these on their legit places
Old 09-14-15, 06:07 PM
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nice job
i love that color...
Old 09-14-15, 09:59 PM
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Very nice! I bought my 2013 GS about the same time you did. I have yet to switch out the bumpers and like you I went from buying an F Sport initially to just getting the loaded premium version. Saved over 4k doing that, and I plan to use the savings on new wheels, bumper swap and misc items. When I do switch out the bumpers I won't be adding any F sport badging to my car. Swapping out bumper covers doesn't make it a true F sport and most will consider your car a poser if you do. I personally like the look of the F sport bumper over the hideous bumper we have and that's the only reason why I'm thinking of swapping them. I have no intensions to fake an f sport GS350. It's your car and your money so you can do what makes you happy. I just thought id point it out as a few members have been grilled for similar things in the past.
Old 09-14-15, 10:03 PM
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Yea, I would leave the badges alone, there is more to the FSport than just badges and front bumper.
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That squarish one goes on the fender not bumper. The trunk one opposite e GS350 emblem is a long rectangular one.
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Love FAP. Great color, especially in fsport guise.
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From the day one I said that pearl brown belongs on F-Sport as well. If they can offer graphite gray I dont see how this cannot be offered with F package.
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Looks cool, but I wouldn't put the f sport emblems on it....
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I forgot to ask who did the paint work and install? Im in the houston area and would like to know so when it comes time to do my bumper swap I can go to that shop. Thanks!
Old 09-15-15, 09:28 AM
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youve done it, gone to the dark sideno more comming back./
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The dealer painted my bumper and I installed the bumper. If you want I can put your bumper on. I have a tire and wheel shop in Houston.

Also I did put the F sport badges on, the dealer let me measure the emblems and even helped me put them on. On a side note I got asked by 5 people at the dealer what year and did I special order my F sport. I told every single one of them NO and that I made look like an F sport, They couldn't believe me since it looked so perfect. I told them all the parts are OEM and nothing was aftermarket and even the dealer painted my bumper so that is why it looks so perfect like every other F sport. Call me a poser if you want. I think a poser would be a base model 2016 Regular GS putting GS-F badges and bumpers on it when the heart of the car(engine) is not there. And all 2013-2015 have the same heart so love my GS please lol

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All I need now is the wheels.






Old 09-15-15, 12:43 PM
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Why didn't you use the factory fog lights and buy the f sport fog light overs
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Im planning to retro fit the 2014 LS460 LED fog lights
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Originally Posted by akuma88
Im planning to retro fit the 2014 LS460 LED fog lights
Nice I can't wait to see that


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