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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by ThomasGS4
I had the exact same feeling. My Kenwood sat in my closet for 3 months.
Yeah these things are killing me. lol

Are you bypassing the amp and just using the built in amp in the Kenwood, Parker?

Originally Posted by sakataj
no....puddy will work, if your painting the trunk anyways some rattle can white might be ok temporarily.

you need some new inners man
Yeah eventually i'll have it all repainted and whatnot. Might be a couple months or so, but I will get it done, lol.

And yeah i'm planning on just going LED once I get my coils, so another month or so and those should be ordered/installed.
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Old May 19, 2011 | 11:10 PM
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Finally another update! Man it's been forever..

Got my Megan EZ Coilovers.



More pictures to follow after I get them installed this weekend.
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Old May 19, 2011 | 11:53 PM
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welcome back, good moves so far keep it up
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Old May 20, 2011 | 12:12 AM
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You car is making a clean transformation. "new owner, new life" hehe

good bye Scraper, Hello Vip..hehe

-If your wheel specs are 19x8 all around. Imo, I'd run a 20mm spacer on the rears. It'll look clean, aggressive.

-If you don't wanna spend too much $$$ filling holes and painting the trunk. Stop by any Vinyl/sign shop and ask em to cut out and assortment of white Vinyl circles. It should'nt cost more than $10.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by carbongs
welcome back, good moves so far keep it up
Thanks man I appreciate it!

Originally Posted by VIP-209
You car is making a clean transformation. "new owner, new life" hehe

good bye Scraper, Hello Vip..hehe

-If your wheel specs are 19x8 all around. Imo, I'd run a 20mm spacer on the rears. It'll look clean, aggressive.

-If you don't wanna spend too much $$$ filling holes and painting the trunk. Stop by any Vinyl/sign shop and ask em to cut out and assortment of white Vinyl circles. It should'nt cost more than $10.
Yeah you're right on that man! I had so much stuff to change out and fix once I got the car and I mean this car was neglected bad when I got it into my hands. It was a shame.

Really you think only 20 will be good? My boy was telling me to go 30 all around and roll with that. At first that's what I was thinking though. Just like 20-25.

Thanks for the info on that vinyl shop stuff man. I'll try and check one out forsure. I mean honestly i'm probably going to be dropping money to get it all painted and filled anyway, 'cause i'm just **** like that, but the white vinyl would definitely look a lot better than the puddy.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 05:57 AM
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I have to give u props on this transformation. Great job keep up the good work.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 06:19 AM
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I told you it would come together b!!
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Old May 20, 2011 | 06:22 AM
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I have to give u props on this transformation. Great job keep up the good work.
Appreciate it man. I really tried my best to bring this GS back to the 'luxury' it deserves.

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I told you it would come together b!!
Haha already bro you did! Just takes a lot of patience.

Gonna be killin' Dallas like I said man!
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Old May 20, 2011 | 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by LuxuryGS3
Thanks man I appreciate it!



Yeah you're right on that man! I had so much stuff to change out and fix once I got the car and I mean this car was neglected bad when I got it into my hands. It was a shame.

Really you think only 20 will be good? My boy was telling me to go 30 all around and roll with that. At first that's what I was thinking though. Just like 20-25.

Thanks for the info on that vinyl shop stuff man. I'll try and check one out forsure. I mean honestly i'm probably going to be dropping money to get it all painted and filled anyway, 'cause i'm just **** like that, but the white vinyl would definitely look a lot better than the puddy.
Your welcome mang. I dig the direction your GS is going. But, Everytime I look at Post #1, my eyes start bleeding. hahhaha. 22"wheels and a lift kit... WTH? haha.

Idk your wheel specs/offset. But a 30mm Spacer is kinda huge imo. The spacer you pick will help you achieve the look you want. Just play around with all the sizes before you buy em. Hopefully there's a shop around your area that will let you try em all out first, so you don't get stuck with a spacer you don't want. Some things you should consider first. Like what look you want? Are gonna bring the wheels all the way out(flush)? You wanna tuck? What tire sizes, how low you wanna go with your Megans, Do you wanna cut the rear fenders, do you wanna pull the rear fenders, are you gonna roll the fronts? I'm on my 5th set of wheels and tires and my 3rd suspension, and it's this setup that makes me the happiest so far... haha

My buddy did a wing removal on his Black GS too. We just temporarily put some little black circle decals on the holes and it worked until he painted the whole car.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 07:52 AM
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Looking forward to seeing them installed!
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Old May 20, 2011 | 09:37 AM
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Now all these Dallas boy showing up in these threads ,hope yall start coming out to the Lexus meets we have weekly, so I can stop being the only gs guy among all the Sc's. They starting to think us gs guys don't fix our cars up and are pre madonnas..
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Old May 20, 2011 | 10:04 AM
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The weekly meets are so far and inconvenient.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 10:56 AM
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Looking really good! Way way better then you first pic when you got it.
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Old May 20, 2011 | 11:16 AM
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Looking good so far. Good work on the rims!!
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Old May 20, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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Weekly meet? When and where?
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