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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 08:34 AM
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hey guys n gals

im about to purchase my 1st lexus, a gs430 and im terribly excitied lol.

i currently have a 1995 240sx, among a few other vehicles, however since the original gs came out, i have always lusted for one.

anyways, ive been lurking and searching for a long time, so no silly newb questions out of me, promise

heres a couple pics of my car right before she hits ebay

she was turbo'd with an s13 sr, but i blew the cheap pos up really quick, so i had bought a 1jz to drop in, sadly my good friend who did these swaps all day long for supras/soarers passed away

anyways, just wanted to say hi







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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 09:10 AM
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welcome to CL. seeing your current car i can see you are into vip already. good luck, post pics when you get the car!
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 11:04 AM
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clean s14a i just sold my zenki s14 as well and am getting into a GS as well i sold my car on zilvia.com.. i think ive seen your car on there.. its gorgeous.. good luck on your sale.. i got $12.5 for mine so you should get a good amount as well..

heres some pix of my old car







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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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thanks man

im not even sure what my car will go for, with all the people jumping on the bandwagon, they might not understand the work involved in my 1995 240sx to get her to this point and justify what i want.

im an old school zilvia cat, but ill prolly have better luck on ebay who knows, anyways good to know i got some backup here now haha

rominl, thanks for the welcome as well
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 11:32 AM
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there is a lot of information here. just use the search function and you'll most likely find what you're inquiring about.

welcome and hope to see your new ride soon.
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 11:53 AM
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Welcome to the club!
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 02:17 PM
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Thats a hot car....

Welcome to CL!

Cheers,

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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 06:36 PM
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Nice to see some 240 owner/former owners here. Soon I will be a GS or Sc owner.
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 06:54 PM
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Welcome to CL! Lookinf forward to seeing the GS and transformation you will be putting it through.
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 08:25 PM
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The GS is a great car. I also have a S13 that was torn apart from and built from the ground up (silvia front end/sr20det etc...), and I found that I could not part with it. Interesting how your SR blew up, mine has been running strong since day one and I hope to put down 400 whp sometime this year, stock bottom end.

Oh yeah, back on topic - you will love the GS.
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by punch10
The GS is a great car. I also have a S13 that was torn apart from and built from the ground up (silvia front end/sr20det etc...), and I found that I could not part with it. Interesting how your SR blew up, mine has been running strong since day one and I hope to put down 400 whp sometime this year, stock bottom end.

Oh yeah, back on topic - you will love the GS.
when i got my sr, back in 02, it was kind new to the east coast, i got mine thru a place in canada

it was not a good experience, as far as i remember, just ****ty all around

now a days, id drop an rb25 n call it a day

i know ill love the gs, when i gave up my sc'd maxima se-l, my plan was for a gs then, but some stuff happend, anyways, ill love her more now than i would have then!
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