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Welcome to CL; your car looks good! I wouldn't say anything your running is "low budget", but as the saying goes "do it nice or you'll end up doing it twice". Out of curiosity, where/how did you acquire the gloss black emblems? I've been meaning to paint mine, but I'm too lazy to sand>primer>paint>clear-coat.
Welcome to CL; your car looks good! I wouldn't say anything your running is "low budget", but as the saying goes "do it nice or you'll end up doing it twice". Out of curiosity, where/how did you acquire the gloss black emblems? I've been meaning to paint mine, but I'm too lazy to sand>primer>paint>clear-coat.
Thanks mate!
Sorry, the emblems are actually plasti-dipped matte black with glossifier ;/
Last edited by Saneddie; Nov 19, 2016 at 12:13 AM.
I see. That's unfortunate, but I'll get around to painting them eventually. The rest of your to-do list seem solid. Looking forward to see how your build develops!
It is nice to have you here in. I'm gonna subscribe to this thread, really interested of how and what the car is going to be in the feature.
It my opinion, having carbon fibers in your car isn't considering a low budget build ha ha.
Regarding " LED smoked black rear reflectors with brake light and turn signals;" i've once seen them for sale, but I couldn't remember where that was. Could you please provide the place where you bought them ?
It is nice to have you here in. I'm gonna subscribe to this thread, really interested of how and what the car is going to be in the feature.
It my opinion, having carbon fibers in your car isn't considering a low budget build ha ha.
Regarding " LED smoked black rear reflectors with brake light and turn signals;" i've once seen them for sale, but I couldn't remember where that was. Could you please provide the place where you bought them ?
Wow Thanks!!!
The reflectors were purchased from ebay. Search "For 2014-2016 Lexus IS250 IS350 IS-F SMD LED Rear Smoke Bumper Stop Brake Lights" and that'll be it. I actually just had them installed yesterday and they are gorgeous at night.
I've been thinking to " Plasti-Dipped" my wheels but I'm not sure if they would like nice on the ultra blue car :c.
What did you use for your wheels? They look so clean and nicely dipped.
I've been thinking to " Plasti-Dipped" my wheels but I'm not sure if they would like nice on the ultra blue car :c.
What did you use for your wheels? They look so clean and nicely dipped.
Thanks, my dog is a dork! haha
I think it'll look great on all the colors of the IS Fsport or maybe its just that I'm obsessed with the all black look. I haven't seen many dipped f sport wheels out there in the forums/online, majority of them are powder coated.
I used 3 cans of black plasti-dip and 1 can of satinizer, 4 coats of black as base then 2 coats of satinizer. Also, I used an aerosol can spray gun for even/quick sprays(your hands will feel more at ease)
I recommend using more coats for the base(like 5-6 is good) because it was a pain taking the dip off of the tires. I still have small layers of dip on the tires which I'll probably remove it later on ;3.
Overall, it was $50 for the supplies: 4 cans black plasti dip, 2 cans of satinizer plasti dip, 1 aerosol can spray gun.
I won't be getting new wheels anytime soon so might as well change the look of the stock rims hehe ;D
Last edited by Saneddie; Nov 20, 2016 at 06:40 PM.
I do like it, but I don't think the F-Sport is worth 80. If people are condescending towards you for having an F frame while not driving an F, I don't know what to say.
selling my F-Sport Frames from the lexus collection if you're interested. I have two, front and back for $100 shipped. (Shameless plug I know) PM me if interested!
Saneddie's IS350 FSport Build
