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Old 09-22-11, 01:29 PM
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Default New lexus noob, some pics/info

Hi guys i would like to introduce myself and my car, my name Evan Nguyen I living in Anaheim/ Westminster. I own a 2003 Lexus IS300 Automatic GGP, current mods are injen short ram, Vis Carbon Fiber Hood, Some random front lip that came with the car, weather tech visors, d2 street coil overs, trd rear window visor, red out tailights and some entertainment system, and 18inch works av3 rims. Here are some pics i took recently. Thanks for looking and hope to see some of the socal CL out at meets.

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Old 09-22-11, 01:39 PM
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nice, welcome to the forums!
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coming along nicely!
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why did you get rid of the BBS LMs?
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Originally Posted by slidingIS
why did you get rid of the BBS LMs?
What he means to say is...sell them to me.
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Yea the car is coming along great, Looks like someone already did the headlights black too
Old 09-23-11, 08:06 AM
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that thing looks like a 4-wheeler in the first picture
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The bbs lms were 19inch and fake lol, guy tried to sell me the car over priced cuz of rims, i knew they were fake before buying so i wanted to get rid of fake rims, and yes it did make my car look like a 4 wheeler..
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Originally Posted by dsouthmia0
Yea the car is coming along great, Looks like someone already did the headlights black too
Thanks, i did them with one of the members here, need to restore and reseal on of them, water is leaking in...
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Welcome to the forum. Car looks good so far. What else is planed for it?
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Originally Posted by sugzz
Welcome to the forum. Car looks good so far. What else is planed for it?
Just a few goodies in mind: trd lip kit all around, altezza grill and exhaust. After i pay for tuition for school haha, so not anytime soon until summer
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New rims would make the far look so sexy. Shouldve kept the BBS.
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Originally Posted by L3XOTIC
New rims would make the far look so sexy. Shouldve kept the BBS.
well it was 19inch, too big, i was scraping with 2 people in the car, plus it was fake... i cant rock fake rims maybe im the future ill look for bbs but right now im happy with the way it looks
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welcome to the forums! i live in placentia, maybe ill see you around!
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