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Old 01-30-17, 08:31 AM
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Picked up a 99 GS300 a few months ago with 135k miles. The plan in the long run is to drift the car. So far I have done a decent amount of maintenance: timing belt, water pump, radiator, thermostat housing, valve cover gaskets, spark plugs, cam seals, vvti pulley, and alternator. Bc extreme low coilovers are on their way. After that, I will be focusing on the manual swap using a w58 transmission out of sc300. Here is how she looks now:
Old 01-30-17, 12:51 PM
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welcome to the family....man I miss the snow
Old 02-09-17, 04:54 PM
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thank you. Coilovers have arrived, bc extreme low with 18k spring rates all around. Waiting on my upper control arms to come in and I will throw everything on.
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Megan adjustable front upper control arms just came in
Old 02-19-17, 10:08 PM
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Everything installed
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Too low for my taste, but it looks good.
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Like the exhaust! But I think the rear should be raised a bit to just tuck the very top of the tire like Nobuteru's build to even it our. Just my opinion though. Check out his drift Aristo, maybe you can find some inspiration?

http://www.superstreetonline.com/fea...-drifting-car/
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Originally Posted by SamsonLow
Like the exhaust! But I think the rear should be raised a bit to just tuck the very top of the tire like Nobuteru's build to even it our. Just my opinion though. Check out his drift Aristo, maybe you can find some inspiration?

http://www.superstreetonline.com/fea...-drifting-car/
thank you. His car is great, but I have a vision of my own. I have many ideas in mind that I will be doing and will be posting on here. I may raise the rear a bit, but love the look of tucking 18's.
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Originally Posted by Leja145
I will be checking over everything mentioned in this thread this upcoming weekend. Thank you for the replies!
Cant wait to see the progress! 😁
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Trunk lights are in the process of being shaved
Old 04-01-17, 07:52 PM
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Adjustable toe arms installed
This is how the stock arms looked after coming out
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Originally Posted by Leja145

Trunk lights are in the process of being shaved
nice work so far on the build and welcome to the shaved trunk club!
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Trunk is painted!
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hey bro, it's al. i love the car and love where this is going. can't wait to see it progress and learn more about it

props!


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