Luxurious

Welcome to my 'build' thread.
Recently purchased an 03' SD GS.

Specs:
- Bone stock
- New Power steering pump, all filters, lower ball joints, brakes, serpentine belt and oil
- 1 owner
- 123k miles
- No rust
- 1 month mechanical warranty

Not sure what I'm going to do to it as I buy and sell cars often.. the profit that can be made is somewhat unavoidable for me, haha. I'm going to be realistic with what I can and want to do and save dream plans for later.




Seems as if the guy hasn't washed the car in forever so I apologize in advance for the car being filthy.


^ Would like a re-spray on the car but touch up will do for now ^


First day of ownership..


No rips, tears, or any funny business. Mats need a desperate wash.

kowala

iTrader: (2)

Looks great! I just purchased my last GS300 a couple days ago in Onyx Black as well. I look forward to slowly restoring it as well.

Luxurious

Cool man! Platinum Series or Sport Design?

Me too. It's going to be a long process but I think it's time I settle down for a little bit and 'build' something I always envisioned.

tmf2004

iTrader: (15)

Congrats on your pickup... Looks like cosmetic things for now until the wheels and coils come lol

Luxurious

Ordered new clear fog lights and JDM ASTAR bulbs. Haven't done anything besides that. Was minutes away from buying another BMW but swayed away from that. Will be putting parts on but it'll be extremely slow.

Luxurious

So the order came in. The fogs look great and they bulbs are decent. Not getting alot of light output but it looks cool. Fresh out of the box.
The passenger side fog light had a huge crack in it but of course my shadow ruins it..
Close up.
Not too bad. Needs low and a lip badly lol.

Eggplantgs

Looks good !

Luxurious

Haven't done much besides add newer bulbs to the car. Lost inspiration because I took the car in to see how much in repairs it's going to cost to fix some quarter panel damage I got and it has $1,600 in repairs not including getting a new rear bumper.. oh and my struts are gone on the passenger side. Unfortunate and lost inspiration but after I keep on driving it I think I'm just going to keep it and get the quarter panel fixed in summer and get coils to eliminate the strut issue and just lower the car. Love this thing too much to let it go regardless of the issues..

Car will take some time but time is what I have so let's do it!

Also looked at some RPF1's and found a set for a great price so debating on that as well.

Thinking of getting Megan Ez Street's right now. Will update once coils and stuff come in the mail.

Luxurious

I have not updated this is so long, almost gave the car to my father so I didn't know what was going to happen.

Bought a manual IS300 and thought I was going to build that but flipped it for some good money.

I've replaced both lower ball joints, both upper control arms, and driver side tie rods.

Due to spending its entire life in the Chicagoland area, lots of the suspension components are unfortunately rusty so I decided to swap all those out.

The car rides a little better but I think sway bar bushings, coilovers and maybe replacing some other stuff might be quite abit.. all within time.