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Old 10-06-12, 01:02 AM
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Default 2004 Lexus ES330 (The LEXLUTHA)

This is my 2004 Lexus ES330 and it has the following mods:

Weapon R Cold Air Dragon Intake w/Ram-Air
L.E.D. Tail Light Kit
L.E.D. Signals & Parklights
New OEM Headlights
Red Brake Caliper Covers
8k High/Low Beams & Fog Lights
Custom Front Grille w/ TRD Symbol
2006 Lexus ES Series Front Bumper w/Fog Lights
Stainless Pillars
5% Tint in the Rear Windows
225/40/19 General MAX All Terrain Tires in Rear
19" KV5 Sport Edition Rims
D2 Racing Coilovers & Lowered
Slightly Cambered (Front Only)
Magnaflow Cat-Back 2.5" Exhaust
C-West Voltage Stabilizer
Big 3 Electrical Upgrade
Dash Mounted Volt Meter
1 Optima Deep Cell Main Battery & 2 Kenetic HC600 Trunk Batteries
5000 Watt Soundstream Amp (Lexus Edition) for whatever subs i go with next
JVC Kenwood Excelon Touchscreen Navigation
6.5" & 1" MTX Audio Door Speakers & Tweeters
MB Quart 1200 Watt Amp For the highs

Yet to do

Most of these are already ordered or sitting in my garage and now im just getting ready to put on

Clear Bumper Sidemarkers
Fast Rev-Limiter
Paint New Front Bumper
Build New Box for the Crazy 8s
Change Exhaust to something epic and for a loud exotic sound, maybe Borla exhaust.

I will make video of the Lexlutha doing speed runs in the hills near my house, the road is called "Old Calaveras" in Milpitas. It's a very dangerous road and winding and very narrow, but it's just so goddamn exhilarating.

Sell the LexLutha when finished



Will add pics as i go
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Old 10-06-12, 01:52 AM
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very nice, rims look great, send more pics. very nice ride,
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This is before my Low Beam H.I.D.s, this was just stock.

Then i had front window tint until i got caught up and had to take it off
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This is me after my dads funeral. He's the one who left me this car. and hes the one who named it the Lexlutha
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This is when i was doing my entire sound system. MTX 6.5" Speakers in all the doors with new wires. at the time i was going to keep the stock navigation but then i realized how hard it would be to run, so i dropped that GPS and put in a brand new JVC GPS system. Then i ran new heavy gauge wires and put in 2 batteries with new RCAs and door tweeters (also MTX) and ripped out the back seats to make sure my wire job is super clean. One of the pics shows my entire finished setup. But since then i moved on and im currently trying to sell the amps and subs in one of the pictures.
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Hmm, I actually really like those rims.

Nothing better than a car that has special meaning/value to you.

Looks great. Get Meguiar's Headlight Restoration kit to clean up the foggy headlights.
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Thank you

but i tried every kit possible to clean those damn lights, so i just ended up buying a whole new unit. there sitting in my room right now and their going on today, along with my new front grille and a few other things. And also these rims were pretty cheap, their about 160 for 19s on tire rack
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sometimes the headlights are messed up the inside and thats a real pain to clean, you did a great job on that car, like to get those rims for my 04. have fun with your car.

Tim
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I was swapping in the new headlights today, it actually wasnt that hard at all. just alot of time and patience. And i had to swap the stock ballast from the old unit to the new one
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Just like new. after 4 hours of work
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Hey what's up with the voltage stabilizer you have installed? can you give me more info? I have a pretty heavy sound system, HO alt, upgraded batts up front and rear, 2 runs of OFC KNU 1/0 big 3 done and still seem to have voltage issues. All that I've been able to find is an MLA (missing link audio) module and they want like $200 for it.
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Originally Posted by dcollister
Hey what's up with the voltage stabilizer you have installed? can you give me more info? I have a pretty heavy sound system, HO alt, upgraded batts up front and rear, 2 runs of OFC KNU 1/0 big 3 done and still seem to have voltage issues. All that I've been able to find is an MLA (missing link audio) module and they want like $200 for it.

The voltage stablizer costs like 20 bucks from ebay, but i didnt get it for my system, i put my 250amp alternator for that. but the voltage stabilizer just lets my car start easier, but i did notice that my voltage doesnt drop alot like it used to be, so you should just get it. it wont harm anything and it took 2 minutes to install. maybe you should put another battery also
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Very nice! Two questions:

Did the air intake increase the amount of noise? How about power?

Can you tell us more about the LED modifications, specifically the tail lights? Any pics?

Thanks
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Heres the pic of the new led tail lights. And the cold air intake makes this car scream real loud but only when your smashing on the pedal. but when it comes to power, not a huge upgrade unless you ram air yours, i didnt ram it.
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Originally Posted by SaigaX
Very nice! Two questions:

Did the air intake increase the amount of noise? How about power?

Can you tell us more about the LED modifications, specifically the tail lights? Any pics?

Thanks

Also i just put LEDS everywhere i possibly could on the outside, i just installed license plate blue leds, blue led front parklights, amber rear parklights, super bright white front turn signals, then as you can see in the picture, i bought an LED kit for my car that is built into the lens and even my rear turn signals are bright white, and my reverse lights are blue

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