Pete's GS400 Build Thread
what a day! im too tired to get drunk. 
woke up at 6am, took her to get inspected since she has high miles and i just got her.
They called me an hour later and said all is fine and didn't charge me the fee. amen.
got home, thought, what can i do that wont cost a penny. popped off the stock grille.
sand, prime, paint black, clear coat, put her back on. much better.
then i replaced the mesh that wasnt on one of the grey ( ugly ) speaker grills. it was in the door sill.
then my buddy pointed out the drip rails were all weathered cracking and grey, so i basically taped off most the car, sand, prime, paint. no more whitish grey ugly look - all black.
turned around and saw my subs that been in my garage for 4 years. hmm. dusted em off, found my old amp, saw that it accepts hi inputs direct from speakers, so i removed the factory subwoofer ( it was blown ). that was a pain in the asz gettin that thing out. thank god for this forum for removing the rear deck. ran all the wires and hooked that up so now i got subs.
Here's both my ladies before i got started today
total cost = zero.
Simply used what i had in my garage.
Productive day... but i am freakin' exhausted.
woke up at 6am, took her to get inspected since she has high miles and i just got her.They called me an hour later and said all is fine and didn't charge me the fee. amen.
got home, thought, what can i do that wont cost a penny. popped off the stock grille.
sand, prime, paint black, clear coat, put her back on. much better.
then i replaced the mesh that wasnt on one of the grey ( ugly ) speaker grills. it was in the door sill.
then my buddy pointed out the drip rails were all weathered cracking and grey, so i basically taped off most the car, sand, prime, paint. no more whitish grey ugly look - all black.
turned around and saw my subs that been in my garage for 4 years. hmm. dusted em off, found my old amp, saw that it accepts hi inputs direct from speakers, so i removed the factory subwoofer ( it was blown ). that was a pain in the asz gettin that thing out. thank god for this forum for removing the rear deck. ran all the wires and hooked that up so now i got subs.
Here's both my ladies before i got started today
total cost = zero.
Simply used what i had in my garage.
Productive day... but i am freakin' exhausted.
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Driver
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 180
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From: New york
Car is beautiful. I actually love the is350 wheels on it and the ride height looks perfect. I know it's too late now but you could have took the drip rails off to paint them instead of masking the car. I painted mine black, they pop right off the car.
Thanks for the comments yall
Hmm, I figured trying to pop those brittle rails off woulda cracked them. I'm not a fan of the IS350 wheels. I mean, they are better than factory but i am a fat 5 spoke type-a-dude. Staggered 19in Maya RT5's would be the thang. Not in my bank account for that though
Hmm, I figured trying to pop those brittle rails off woulda cracked them. I'm not a fan of the IS350 wheels. I mean, they are better than factory but i am a fat 5 spoke type-a-dude. Staggered 19in Maya RT5's would be the thang. Not in my bank account for that though
Driver
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 180
Likes: 0
From: New york
Thanks for the comments yall
Hmm, I figured trying to pop those brittle rails off woulda cracked them. I'm not a fan of the IS350 wheels. I mean, they are better than factory but i am a fat 5 spoke type-a-dude. Staggered 19in Maya RT5's would be the thang. Not in my bank account for that though
Hmm, I figured trying to pop those brittle rails off woulda cracked them. I'm not a fan of the IS350 wheels. I mean, they are better than factory but i am a fat 5 spoke type-a-dude. Staggered 19in Maya RT5's would be the thang. Not in my bank account for that though
