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Finally liking my Lexus..

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Old 04-26-15, 08:50 AM
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Smile Finally liking my Lexus..

I'm not new to cars or the car scene by any means, I've had a few S4's (still building one) a BMW, a few Evos (current Evo is undergoing a full high hp build) SUV's, etc. etc.

I picked up this 07' IS350 not to long ago for what I consider a steal.. fully loaded, ML sound system 48K miles, HID's, heated/cooled seats, starfire pearl with black leather. The car also came fitted with some 20" work wheels, an HKS exhaust, and Eibach pro kit springs, Fsport intake, and a front lip



Immediately I had the exhaust taken off before I even picked up the car, this isn't my race car and for a daily I just like to cruise and jam out. First few annoyances I fixed were the very yellow interior lights and nav disc. Updated the Nav to the most current disc, all interior and exterior lights are now vled 5k LED's. Changed out the standard pedals to the OEM sport pedals. Replaced the beat floor mats with weathertech floor liners. Last but not least had the windows tinted.

I also removed the Work wheels as they weren't my style and rocked GS wheels with snows for winter. I had my CCW LM5's laying around from my Evo that I'm not using anymore and test fitted them on the Lexus, bought two new lips, had the fronts rebuilt and viola now they're on the Lexus.







It's primarily done in my eyes, I'm currently trying to find a gfx rear lip and I'll be buying S2K AP2 tips and then other than that something to integrate my iphone into the nav and it'll be one of my favorite daily drivers

and for sharing sake, the Evo when it was all together



and the S4 in it's sad state

Old 04-26-15, 11:15 AM
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lexus looks good. Evo looks awesome. i miss mine everyday
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looks good what part of mass u from I just got mine last week
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I like the CCW's on the EVO better. Look too small on the Lexus.
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Originally Posted by pandaevoz
lexus looks good. Evo looks awesome. i miss mine everyday
me too, since it's not together lol I can't wait till the Evo is done doing a forward facing 6466, built motor, tcase, tranny, 15" belaks.. street car

Originally Posted by fresh617
looks good what part of mass u from I just got mine last week
Springfield area

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I like the CCW's on the EVO better. Look too small on the Lexus.
When I look at the pictures, I sometimes see that too, I guess it's a more of an in person thing, i don't think it helps that you can't see the tire either it's just straight black in that area in the pictures. By winter they'll be trashed cause i HATE cleaning polished wheels and they'll probably be getting powdercoated

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Old 04-26-15, 03:17 PM
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The Work SC1 looks good!
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Originally Posted by smokyis350
The Work SC1 looks good!
buy em then!.. actually that reminds me I do gotta post them up
Old 04-26-15, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by XSilverJ
buy em then!.. actually that reminds me I do gotta post them up
I have them
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you're selling the wheels?
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looks nice :3
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Originally Posted by miketranis
you're selling the wheels?
The Works yes and HKS exhaust, i'll be putting up FS ad's once I have time to grab some pictures

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looks nice :3
thank you
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The car looks great
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Originally Posted by Zelfiris
The car looks great
appreciate it
Old 04-28-15, 02:00 PM
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Looking good, even if the stepped lip effect makes wheel diameter seem small. An 07 with 48K miles is a sweet find.
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Originally Posted by IS-SV
Looking good, even if the stepped lip effect makes wheel diameter seem small. An 07 with 48K miles is a sweet find.
Thank you, I think I only got it for the price I did too because it's New England and everybody THINKS you need AWD up here lol

Quick question to anybody while I'm typing, if I have to I'll search later, but does this car have DRL's? and if they're not on would I need to go to Lexus to have them "enabled"?


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