Rdis250awd's custom 5axis 4gs conversion!
05-09-13, 03:56 PM
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Its good to be back in the game. Winter was pretty rough for me and my previous build. In December I had already messed up my front lip without even knowing what I did til I got home. It was one of the days snow came down really hard and when driving through it, a chunk of my front lip was taken out. That is why I could careless to spend a ton of $$$ on "AUTHENTIC" lip kits, being hella flush, going moar low etc. Sorry this is a daily driver 24/7/365 all seasons all year round. I'm not bout that life. This is already my second incident with my lip. The streets and weather are not friendly here in Ohio. I wasn't too bummed though bc I was already planning a complete make over on my car in the spring time anyways. But.... On January 13th my car was in an accident and ended up being totaled. A few of you guys that I have become friends with outside of this forum already knew that and most of you may have found out already from my previous thread two months ago when I was getting ready to prep for this project. So all of my work was lost but it was time to move on. I was able to remove my LFA wheels, my JDM Visors, roof spoiler, and 2012 headlights. Everything else stayed with the car. 6 days later I picked up a 2010 CPO SFP IS250AWD. I couldn't be happier. I have a new canvas for a bigger, better, badder build. When I first saw the five axis 4GS last year I thought it was a 2IS with an aggresive body kit and different headlights. I fell in love instantly and decided thats what I wanted. But after finding out that it was actually a 4GS and that kit was only produced for that one and only car I didn't think that look was attainable. Then I saw HKS350 do the conversion and the idea came back to me. I also got some very helpful information from CCJ22 that made this build possible. So at this point I just wanna thank those two guys for pathing the way. Also wanna thank my boy Yoan aka Vroomin350 for helping me with gathering some part numbers. Anyone that knows me on this forum knows I love to mold things so putting this all together was really not too hard, just extremely time consuming. I finished up the body work late last week and dropped it off to the paint shop over the weekend. I probably would have been able to get through this sooner if I didnt have to run 2 businesses, and make time for my gf and my 6 yr old boy. I will get some better shots tomorrow after I readjust the hood and a few things up front bc after I put on the impact bar it moved a few things out of the way things were sitting. Still gotta wire up my fogs, attach my emblem, roof spoiler and my JDM visors. All compliments and criticism is welcome.I understand this isn't for everybody which is fine bc this car was built for me, with my money, with replica & oem parts off ebay and other sites, along with some custom DIY, mix matching kits and all. After a month of research and waiting for parts and a months worth of work, I proudly present my 2nd build. Thanks for viewing enjoy!
Here's a link for pics from the process:http://public.fotki.com/remydee/2010-is250-2nd-build/
And a link to my previous build:http://public.fotki.com/remydee/the-is-journal/
Here's a link for pics from the process:http://public.fotki.com/remydee/2010-is250-2nd-build/
And a link to my previous build:http://public.fotki.com/remydee/the-is-journal/
05-12-13, 06:27 PM
#37
For those that wanted to see the final product
Took a few shots today,
Sorry the car is dirty, unfortunately I can't wash it yet with the paint being fresh and all.
Still gotta bring my impact bar back to the machine shop to trim up a little bit more this week but for the most part I'm pretty much done.
Sorry the car is dirty, unfortunately I can't wash it yet with the paint being fresh and all.
Still gotta bring my impact bar back to the machine shop to trim up a little bit more this week but for the most part I'm pretty much done.
Last edited by RDIS250AWD; 05-12-13 at 08:35 PM.
