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Old 10-31-11, 12:07 PM
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I'd like to start this thread to keep track of all of the modifications I have done since getting my car on April 1, 2011.

Hope you all enjoy and sorry for all of the Black Berry/iPhone pics.

Day 1: Found the perfect car in the showroom and knew it was meant to be.













Had two cars for a couple days.
Out with the old and in with the new.

Week 1:














Installed some v-leds hids. 6000k purple lows (Not intentionally) and 6000k blue fogs.

Month 1:














Got my windows tinted Florida's Darkest Legal (28% front and 15% rear).
Applied white "Lexus" caliper decals.

Month 2:














Smoked my taillights with some vinyl and ended up just leaving the inner lights because the outers were peeling.









Installed F-Sport intake and then M2 exhaust.



For some reason I don't have any pics of the exhaust

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Old 10-31-11, 12:18 PM
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nice ride, when you're going to drop your car?
Old 10-31-11, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by whitebeast
nice ride, when you're going to drop your car?
I'm guessing the thread isn't complete yet.
Old 10-31-11, 12:22 PM
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That's right Rashid. Still adding pics
Old 10-31-11, 12:23 PM
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I believe he already dropped it. Looks good btw. One of the best OEM colors.
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I take it back and wait until it ready. LOL
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Looking great... More pics please...
Old 10-31-11, 12:42 PM
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Decided to change my low beams again since the v-leds weren't to my liking. Got some MTEC 8000k bulbs from my boy Derrick.











Ordered my rear sway bar from Sewell couple months later.
(No pictures because they are stuck on my old phone).




Got my roof spoiler from O.E.M.thing on Ebay a week after the sway.








Couple weeks later I received my "F-Sport" badge in the mail from Taiwan.











My next headache came when I tried to color match my low beams and my fogs. I ended up ordering some MTEC 8000k H11 bulbs and they weren't even the same color (one of the fogs was bluer than the other).

Decided to take out my hid fogs and go with Putco Jet Yellow halogen bulbs

I also installed some Putco Jet Yellow 9005 High beams and I love them!




















This past Friday (10/20/2011) I had Danny Colavecchio @ Slammered, Inc. (
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Danny did an excellent job, so if you need to get some work done and live in South Florida, he is your guy!











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Old 10-31-11, 01:16 PM
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Looks great with the drop!
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Coming along nicely
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I went to Auto Glitz in Hollywood on Saturday and adjusted one of my corners and got an alignment.

Auto Glitz is an excellent shop and specializes on lowered cars (Hit up Carlos Martinez @ 9549813770)

I have pictures of the alignment specs, but for some reason I am having trouble uploading them. I got the new iPhone and it wouldn't let me upload any of the new pictures. Does anyone know why this is?
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Lookin good man. I just got the new iPhone too and have yet to find out how to do that.
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Looks good. I love USB.
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Cool car! Nice light modifications.
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Looks great man What's next, spacers?


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