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Old 04-26-04, 08:22 PM
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Well after 3 years with this car as a mild-mannered 1998 Alpine Silver GS400, the temptations of the "dark side" could not be resisted any longer. Too many alpine silver GSs in general as well as in NorCal all fueled the fire for this transformation. The transformation is not complete, but since the wheels have been spotted at HIN, I might as well post a few pics on my car as well as other complementary mods.

Reference Pic of the old setup:https://www.clublexus.com/gallery/sh...sort=1&cat=500

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man you guys reply too quick...hold on
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Old *** dronells given an face lift. (i don't mean this in a bad way to other Dronell owners...just that I've had mine for almost 3 years)

Polished lips and painted centers black.
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painted black to match another part of the car....
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Hey Jawnthen:

Looks good. It's been so long since I've seen your car, I can barely remember. The black roof is definitely different.

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close up of the roof....
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aewsome! so the rabbit it out! my jaw dropped when i saw the wheels
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2 tone? hmmmmm
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Very unique Jawnthen, looks good!

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lovely lookin rims... are they the dronnels painted black?? also, what front bumper is that?? thanks.
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that's it for now...still working on more mods to complete the package. Stay tuned for more to come.

Before I go, I want to thank RMMGS4 for pushing me to go with this combo...Rominl for letting me borrow his stock 17s for a week, www.wheeltechniques.com for the wonderful work on the rims and roof, and the NorCal family for infecting me with a bad case of "mod envy"
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Originally posted by jawnthen
Old *** dronells given an face lift.

Polished lips and painted centers black.
ok, never mind... i missed that one, i was lookin at the pics and not what you were saying
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Im diggin the wheels alot....im not too sure about my feelings on the roof yet....but you definitely ***** to make that call.
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Originally posted by jawnthen
that's it for now...still working on more mods to complete the package. Stay tuned for more to come.

Before I go, I want to thank RMMGS4 for pushing me to go with this combo...Rominl for letting me borrow his stock 17s for a week, www.wheeltechniques.com for the wonderful work on the rims and roof, and the NorCal family for infecting me with a bad case of "mod envy"
haha you welcome man for the record the wheels are still NOT back in my garage yet. go figure why (another tease for people, hahaha)

guys, trust me, the black roof is awesome. i was a bit hesitated to learn about that in the first place too, but when i saw the car, i was speechless

so let's take a look on the list on major stuff done these couple of weeks: jawnthen, neo, rmmgs4, synergy....

boy, i feel so isolated now i wanna DO SOMETHING!
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wow!!!! that roof is so original... that compliments the overall look of your car... very nice man....

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