Lextra

Here's the history. I bought this car of a young German guy who was moving back to Europe for a great a job offering. He wanted me to put a down payment on it 4 months before he was moving which seemed strange (especially since I met him on craigslist). He even drew up a contract that looked official. I declined despite test driving the car which was the nicest out of over 10 that I went and viewed. Oddly enough he called me exactly 1 day before I was going to buy a CLK 320 a decision I have not regret. He bought it from Lexus of ******* (2nd owner) and absolutely babied the car.

Here are the minor things I've done so far:

- Polk Audio DB401 speakers front/rear
- Alpine CDA-117 HU
- Alpine KTP-445 power pack
- Zapco i600 mono
- Almani 12" AL-W12 in a sealed wedge enclosure (750w RMS, 1500w Peak) this is temporary I'm saving for a JL W7
- Sony Xplod Tweeters (forget which ones there kind of old) upgrade is looming
- Limo Tint in Rear (debating on tinting front its illegal where I'm at)
- SC430 Rims

I need ideas on what to do next or what will look best. I'm more of an audiophile but open to other tasteful mods.

- HID kit?
- clear corners?
- throw me some ideas thanks!

MyGS3

iTrader: (1)

Clean car bro! How many miles does it have on it?

I'm in the market for a 1st Gen. I hope the one I find is as clean as yours.

Lextra

Thx man 124k I've put about 3,800 miles

m1k3yg

I say hid kit, deline the headlight lenses, lower a couple inches, and get some nice muffler tips and it should be looking sexy but not over board

Lextra

Ok cool. any recommendations on the hid kit or on the lowering springs?

m1k3yg

As of now, not sure on the hid kit, because i'm a newbie myself, but i've seen a lot of guys here use tanabe lowering springs, either that or they just get coilovers, but it all depends on how much you're trying to spend

cnewingham

iTrader: (3)

that is a clean 1st gen! congrats on the find

greens14

iTrader: (28)

I have one!

im looking to get rid of my df210 on oem struts....... AND hid kit! let me know if youre interested!


also my favorite tasteful mods are =blacking out headlights or removing lines, yellow fogs, tint, lowered, wheels of course. Thats all it takes in my opinion.

Lextra

Let me know about the HID kit. I should have the money to invest in one shortly.

Lextra

I also like the yellow fogs a lot!!! Where and How much?? LOL

jadu

iTrader: (42)

such a clean 1GS you picked up

Lextra

Update to stereo:


Alpine CDA 117
JL Audio 1000/v2
Phoenix Gold Titanium Elite 12" subwoofer
Zapco Z-400
Zapco Sp4-Sl
4 Polk Audio Db401

video of subwoofer moving

chek128

Thats looks really odd the way your speaker is flexing. I honestly wouldnt expect your sub to last very long with how hard its flexing. Pushing too much power to it it seems

2GSC300

iTrader: (6)

Something really doesn't seem right. A speaker shouldn't do that. That box may need porting or something.

onelt1

iTrader: (1)

No actually the sub and amp match perfectly it moves like that because of the thick rubber surround. I would imagine if you tried to push down on the cone it doesn't move very much, but when there is power to it it moves like that. Very nice setup wouldn't you like the trunk to be bigger so you can put a custom box in there? I know I would. And my opinion is deline headlights, body kit, and black out interior.