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Old 07-19-09, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by lo_dit
thanks for the comments everyone! black pearl emblems came with the car, makes it a little different but i like it
sigh another black gs im jealous of.... BLACK on BLACK.....soon...i swear

Old 07-19-09, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by sakataj
sigh another black gs im jealous of.... BLACK on BLACK.....soon...i swear

lol i had to wait awhile in order to find the black/black like i wanted, got even luckier it was a gs430
Old 07-19-09, 10:00 PM
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Welome to CL and the Lexus family. Congrats on you new ride. The GS is a great ride, especially when it is black on black.

The sustec pros are going to be a nice addition to your car.
Old 07-20-09, 04:59 AM
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Congrats on the new car and welcome to CL

Not feeling the tails myself, but the OEM chromies + coilovers should look real nice!
Old 07-20-09, 06:05 PM
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Welcome to CL! car looks great
Old 07-20-09, 10:27 PM
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Hey it looks clean congrats, i saw you got a 10" JL sub. Are you planning on doing a swap with the stock sub? Lemme know what you plan to do... I have been contemplating doing that my self. I have the Mark Levinson sound system and have to say Lexus did a poor job with the Sub from Mark Levinson. Having owned 2 GS's (98 Gs300, 01 GS430 & now 04 GS430) I can tell you my last GS430 with Mark Levinson Sub came undone... It seems as though there are quite a few threads on here about that. I got some very good cement glue from the Craft & hobby store and glued that bad boy up temporarily. It worked great to my amazement, I cranked it up to see if it would come undone and nothing... HA! who knew!!! It works great! I want to swap out the sub for a better quality one however cant find a free air flow sub.... not sre how to go about... obviously I'd need an amp to push it.... I wanted to use the existing amp as a preamp to the amp 2 channel bridged to the sub... what you think? Sorry for the long post...
Old 07-20-09, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Initial G
Welome to CL and the Lexus family. Congrats on you new ride. The GS is a great ride, especially when it is black on black.

The sustec pros are going to be a nice addition to your car.
yeah waiting for a free day very soon to put on the suspension.

Originally Posted by JiBBeL
Congrats on the new car and welcome to CL

Not feeling the tails myself, but the OEM chromies + coilovers should look real nice!
it'll have to do until i can afford some red/clears, i never was a fan of orange at all.

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Welcome to CL! car looks great
thanks!

Originally Posted by Kubs
Hey it looks clean congrats, i saw you got a 10" JL sub. Are you planning on doing a swap with the stock sub? Lemme know what you plan to do... I have been contemplating doing that my self. I have the Mark Levinson sound system and have to say Lexus did a poor job with the Sub from Mark Levinson. Having owned 2 GS's (98 Gs300, 01 GS430 & now 04 GS430) I can tell you my last GS430 with Mark Levinson Sub came undone... It seems as though there are quite a few threads on here about that. I got some very good cement glue from the Craft & hobby store and glued that bad boy up temporarily. It worked great to my amazement, I cranked it up to see if it would come undone and nothing... HA! who knew!!! It works great! I want to swap out the sub for a better quality one however cant find a free air flow sub.... not sre how to go about... obviously I'd need an amp to push it.... I wanted to use the existing amp as a preamp to the amp 2 channel bridged to the sub... what you think? Sorry for the long post...
actually i'm not planning to swap it, i have a ported box already from my old car and just gonna plop it in. have to remove the stock sub however. i really don't know anything about the free subs so i couldn't help you there, sorry!
Old 07-20-09, 11:30 PM
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lovin the stock chromies!
have them on mine :]
Old 07-20-09, 11:43 PM
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WELCOME lo_dit
Old 07-21-09, 04:53 PM
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props on your new ride, looks pretty clean. i like the all red tails on a black/black.
Old 07-21-09, 09:24 PM
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Get rid of the K&N asap, it WILL ruin your MAF.
Old 07-22-09, 10:37 AM
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Welcome, I'm jealous of the black interior and wood wheel!
Old 07-22-09, 11:33 AM
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Very nice! Continue the great work!
Old 07-22-09, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Och
Get rid of the K&N asap, it WILL ruin your MAF.
+1 on that .......
Old 07-22-09, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by AuburnGS
lovin the stock chromies!
have them on mine :]
i think they are ok, but i will rock em for awhile!

Originally Posted by LEXUS_KID
WELCOME lo_dit
Originally Posted by killawaffa
props on your new ride, looks pretty clean. i like the all red tails on a black/black.
Originally Posted by Kyle Harty
Welcome, I'm jealous of the black interior and wood wheel!
Originally Posted by Infamous 1
Very nice! Continue the great work!
thanks guys


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