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Old 08-26-10, 12:20 PM
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So after sitting on these parts for a couple months I decided to get off my lazy *** and actually put them in...

what do you guys think??

I'm thinking of painting the sides of the engine cover white and leaving the middle carbon fiber...




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Old 08-26-10, 12:26 PM
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that look fricken awesome bro!
Old 08-26-10, 12:30 PM
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Looks great! How was the fitment on the CF radiator cover?
Old 08-26-10, 12:41 PM
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That is freakin awesome!

I like the idea of painting the side of the engine cover to match the body paint and leaving the center CF. Or you can try invert where painting the center white and leaving the side CF.
Old 08-26-10, 12:42 PM
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Looking nice buddy! Not a fan of racing seats in a Lexus, but to each their own. Engine compartment looks good.
Old 08-26-10, 12:52 PM
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Wow seats look great! if you ever sell em let me know! very nice work
Old 08-26-10, 01:00 PM
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Another one of my ideas that i never got to doing haha!

Looks sick bro haha
Old 08-26-10, 01:24 PM
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That looks so awesome, I lifted up my hood now and got depressed after seeing this picture.
Old 08-26-10, 01:41 PM
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love those seats but def not for an IS. It's kind of poser if you ask me (unless you track your car?) I just cant see why you'd want to lose the heat/AC/power/lumbar seats for manually controlled not nearly as comfortable seats? To each his own as I guess
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yeah I def agree... These seats are not as comfortable as the stock seats. Now that summer is over I thought I'd just throw them in before it gets cold... For sure before winter starts I'll have stock seats back in.. GOTTA HAVE the heated seats for the cold winters!! I had cloth Brides prior and I just didn't like how the cloth didn't match the rest of the interior so I went ahead and got some leather Brides, flows a little better but still not as comfortable as OEM!!!

Yeah after seeing all the threads on what modifications can be done to spice up the engine bay, I thought I would just install all these parts that were sitting in my living room and so what the fellow CL'ers thought.

As far as the fitament of the radiator panel.. its ehhh!!! I had to modify a couple things here and there. But i got it to work.
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everything looks great bro....
Old 08-26-10, 02:38 PM
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danggg gansgtaaaa
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Nice engine compartment
Old 08-26-10, 03:19 PM
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how much weight did you save with the seats? the OE seats are so heavy.
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i don't have an exact weight, but i can tell u pull those seats out were a *****, and putting the new ones in were a lot easier.


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