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Old 04-09-12, 09:53 AM
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Smile Hello from Taiwan :)

Hi everyone! My name is Chuck and I'm the new proud owner of this white 2000 LS400. Sorry for the crappy iphone pics...


The previous owner must not had faith in stock brakes, so he replaced them with AP Racing 5200 calipers.


At the very same day I picked up the car, I also picked up a set of 20" Lockmice Gerade (thanks to mr. tetsuo for pointing it out) for cheap. (bye bye enkeis...)


The car currently has 156000 kms (just under 97000 miles) on the clock. I already changed fluids and some other maintenance stuff, so it runs very well now. I'll update with new photos when I get the wheels on and new coilovers.

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Old 04-09-12, 09:59 AM
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AP Racing! Nice job!
Old 04-09-12, 10:07 AM
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welcome and nice UCF2.5! monotone looks good, and it'll look better with the drop and those waffes!
Old 04-09-12, 11:58 AM
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Those wheels look more like locksmice gerade.
Sickk wheels non the less
Old 04-09-12, 12:14 PM
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Welcome to Club Lexus

That's a nice pick-up you bought. Wheels are
Old 04-09-12, 12:28 PM
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very nice.

lmk if you ever want to sell/swap the brakes, i'd pick them up in a heartbeat if they're in decent shape
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Need to get some rubbers on thoes wheels quick! Them things are HOT!
Old 04-09-12, 02:46 PM
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Very nice!! Congratulations!
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sick.. can't wait till you slap them waffes on!
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很好的车。
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Old 04-09-12, 04:19 PM
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Looking good man! i love the Single color paint.
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Which part of Taiwan are you from?
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Thanks everyone for the warm welcome

After 3 months of searching for a white LS400, I finally came across this one. Everything is exactly what I wanted except the enkei wheels. The previous owner repainted the car in single white color (thank you ex owner ). He always parked the car in his private garage, so it was very very well kept.

New coilovers as well as new tires are coming in. 20" wheels are currently at my friend's shop for a repolishing job. Yup, that's it for now. I too can't wait to get on the road.
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Originally Posted by mr. tetsuo
Those wheels look more like locksmice gerade.
Sickk wheels non the less
Thank you mr. tetsuo for pointing that out!

I just checked the wheel caps. The wheels are indeed Lockmice Gerade, not Super Star Leon Hardiritt Waffes.
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
very nice.

lmk if you ever want to sell/swap the brakes, i'd pick them up in a heartbeat if they're in decent shape
Thank you PD!

I'm going to swap them w/my stock Supra TT calipers, so my sup can finally has proper stopping power


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