I have a white 95 es300 thats in pretty bad shape. after a bought my car i had plans on fixing and restoreing it. well long story short i hit a deer a week after owning it smashing my driver side front fender. also my gas door fell off the same week( talk about bad luck). Since then i have'nt had the time or money to fix it, till now. I'll post before and after photos when im done. If anyone one can help me or help reduce the cost of the project let me know!! Heres the list of upgrades and Repairs:

Driver side front fender
gas door
rear struts and mounts
custom catback exhaust
intake
new or used front head lights
lowering springs
Windom Emblems $45( if you know anything cheaper let me know)
17" inch wheels
new cd changer


Im sure ill add more to the list but my main goal is to have a car that runs and looks good. Anyone parting out cars... holla at me! Thanks

 

I'll have to check, but I may have a few Windom emblems laying around.

 

Let Me Know !!!!! Thank You

 

Prob gonna be into for about 5k or more to do it right.

 

Yeah, these aren't you're typical <$100 projects. Keep us updated on everything and give us prices of what you find and i bet we'll find em for less. Much luck on everything!

 

Yeah i know,my budget is $2500 Good thing is that I got my cousin's shop to work on it my self, plus my welder only wants a 30 pack of coors light for the exhaust.....lol....(gotta love friends!!) another thing that will save me $$ is my painter can open my head lights clean them and reseal them(I thought it was bull**** to till he did it to his 95 Talon 2yrs ago and they still are beautiful) still one thing at a time! Thanks for every thing guys also if you have any ideas or can help me with parts please let me know!!! Thanks again and i'll keep every one up to date with whats going on......

 

Oh and i know the rims and whatever else i decide to do will be over 5k but im keeping it low for my fiance(like i said.....one thing at a time...lol!!)

 

Wow. It sounds like you're pretty capable and surrounded by folks who can really help. It's awesome to see a poor little ES resurrected and treated with some love like they all deserve.

Make sure you take some in-progress pics and some status pics to let us see how she's coming along. Now would be a good time for a "before" pic.

 

Thats the only pic i got right now i'll post more on sunday. you can kinda see the fender where i hit the deer. Thanks every one i'll keep yall up to date with pics and info

 

Oh that's not that bad I'll say 4k now I thought you had damage like I did and I did a total respray. Starfire white baby the only way to go.

 

the way u said it before made me think it was really jacked up. u can probably salvage that fender. ur headlight looks okay. as long as there arent any cracks in it id say jus buy some micro mesh and polish the lenses up a bit. go to the junk yard and im sure u can find a gas door, might even be able to steal one off of a camry.

 

yeah i got a gas door off a 96 camery, so that was strait, but i still need to post a better pic, the fender is worse than it looks closer to the drivers door. Im posting pics tommorow so let me know what yall think. White is awsome just a pain in the *** to keep clean!!!lol

 

Yo, do the baking yourself and it'll be a learning experience. I did that a few days ago (need to take and post pics still), but I clearcornered the lenses and it looks a lot better now. All you need is an oven, screwdrivers, and 2 friends to help pull it apart

Can't wait for updates man. I'm doing a mini restoration myself. Its slow but tedious. So far I'm changing all the lights to LED, including the brake lights, but I have a friend who can help me custom some LED strips for the brake and parking lights so that helps a lot

 

cool, how do you black them out?? Ive seen it done but im not sure how to do it?? let me know and thank again. new pics will be posted tommorow

 

OLT made a great guide that I used to help clean my lights. Its pretty much the same steps. It takes time but you'll feel that its worth it in the end

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=183023

To black the lights out, just spray the chrome inside black when you clean your lenses. That would probably be the cleanest method to do with them