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Old 05-03-16, 07:22 AM
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Default Never Introduced myself/Build - 08 ISF owner
Iv been on here for a while now but never made the introduction post. I have has three 1st gen is300's 2 sedans and one sportcross. In October 2015 I pulled the trigger on the car that made its debut when I was 17 and working at a Toyota dealership. All of us as techs got to drive the car around the parking lot and the moment i got in the drivers seat I had to have it.

Here it is the day I bought it drove over 6 hours for it. Obsidian black with 30k miles mint inside and out still smells new.

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I put the car away for the winter and did the following to it while it was down
RR-Racing Intake
AFE Dry Filter
RR-Racing Tune
X-Force Dual Exhaust (I have a comparison and istalll thread for those of you who are looking at the system)
Gutted Factory Cats
Toms CF Diffuser
Ebay Front Lip (The one everyone has now)
Swift Springs
Also took care of the pesky leaking water pump (I have a DIY thread of how to do this for anyone who has one)

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Here is the cars current state

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The front bumper is getting its license plate holes shaved and refinished along with the front lip.2012 Headlights with the eyelashes and wheels coming!
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Next up my 2012 led headlights. I got the lights extremely cheap because they had the housing blemishes. So I cranked the oven to 275 for 10 minutes pulled them apart and painted the inside with base coat clear coat Obsidian Black When I put them back together I used theretrofitsource.com marmot retrorubber butyl glue to be sure I would have no chance of moisture.
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Went with Avant Garde M510 wheels which I had powder coated to a drake grey metallic.
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Installed the refinished front bumper, headlights and front lip

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Ill get better pictures soon waiting on two more parts and I'm complete...... for now
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This is beginning to look like a modification thread. Hahahahaha but never the less, awesome introduction and keep the mods going
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Looking good. Clean!!!!
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Wow! That looks really good! Keep up the good work!
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Nice! Really like what you've done so far.
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Nice build so far.

Good choice of tasteful mods that work really well.

Look forward to following your progress.

Keep it up!
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Really appreciate all of the positive feed back guys thanks
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Looks awesome!!
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congrats and welcome
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Very clean, let's see some more rear shots with the Toms diffuser.

Been wanting to get one for my Obsidian F also.
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very clean as others have stated!!!
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Very nice man. I now see potential in my '08 obsidian.


Is the front grille painted or plasti dipped? Looking to black mine out.
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