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My car turned 4 today, so why not detail it?

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Old 06-05-11, 12:54 PM
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Default My car turned 4 today, so why not detail it?

So I know its an unmolested, completely stock IS350 still, but I spent all my mod money on house you see behind car. I washed it, claybar'd it, used a cleaner wax, then a good carnuba, and then polished it. It's looking good for 67k miles.

















Old 06-05-11, 01:00 PM
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Looks great. Oh how I wish my car didnt have holes in the front bumper from the stupid dealer plate that was taken off on day 1. That's what I get for buying a northern car.

BTW Nice house!

It should be illegal to have a license plate that hideous
Old 06-05-11, 01:38 PM
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Looks good! Nothing wrong with all stock car.
Old 06-05-11, 02:02 PM
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lookin good man... i wouldnt mod my car either if i had a house... i wouldnt even have a Lex if i could afford a house lol
Old 06-05-11, 02:23 PM
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i rather look at a clean stocker than a dirty modified all day long (this includes at car shows too, some entrants i tell ya )
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lookin good, the full gfx kit makes a HUGE difference

nice house too, makes more sense to mod a house than a car.
Old 06-05-11, 02:29 PM
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Your car looks great I love the TP color, i think it's one of the easier colors to keep looking clean. My car is at 63k and looks as good except for some marks in the headlights.
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i see a scratch... j/k nice color btw!
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Originally Posted by RastaRacer
makes more sense to mod a house than a car.
Makes more long-term financial sense, but far less fun and much more expensive. Your house doesn't go 0-60mph in 5 seconds.
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Originally Posted by RastaRacer
lookin good, the full gfx kit makes a HUGE difference

nice house too, makes more sense to mod a house than a car.
When I bought the car new from Woodfield Lexus in Schaumburg, IL, car was optioned with the full gfx kit and ml and nav, the only option car didn't have was the radar cruise. I didn't care about that. but yes the gfx make the car look amazing. a neighbor has a 250 with regular gfx pieces, and he asked me if mine was aftermarket. haha. the house took alot of my time and money, almost the cost of the Lex over budget on the house, whoops. thank god that is a 30 yr problem. having the IS paid off helped alot too.

here is a pic of the pad...

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Originally Posted by dmk08
Looks great. Oh how I wish my car didnt have holes in the front bumper from the stupid dealer plate that was taken off on day 1. That's what I get for buying a northern car.

BTW Nice house!

It should be illegal to have a license plate that hideous
The chicagoland dealers dont put plates on the front until they find out where the buyer is from. They said they learned the hard way, replacing too many bumpers. And the plate is ok. its more colorful than the regular florida plate.
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Nothing wrong with a nice house and a beautiful luxury car out front. makes the neighbors jealous!!
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car is looking clean, and nice house lol
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clean looking car!
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OEM look is good.
Nice car.


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