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My GS400 Goes Under the Knife

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Old 11-06-07, 02:08 PM
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Default My GS400 Goes Under the Knife

Well, as most of you know I purchased Twin Lex' GS400 a few months ago and it is time for the car to go into the shop to get some TLC. The car's interior is flawless and has been upgraded from a 98 to a 01. I have gone ahead and changed the timing belt, valve cover gaskets, tranny gasket, and have flushed all of the fluids and put new fluids in.

Now it is at R2B2 Motors of Atlanta, GA. Tim is the man and he is currently working on Veritek's Blue GS400 and 1QWKGS4's GS400.

These are the pics from when I bought the car.







Here are some current pictures









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Here are pics of all the problem areas.



















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And here is a sneek peek of what is getting done to the car!



One last pic of the two as they sit. They are both going into the shop!



Updated Pictures on post #38

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Old 11-06-07, 07:46 PM
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your wheels look huge compared to the black ones..sell me the wald front lip
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Wow a lot of birds like this car a lot
Old 11-06-07, 09:30 PM
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damn birds...can't wait to see the end product.
Old 11-06-07, 09:59 PM
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Remember to blend close panels if you're not painting the whole car so it doesn't turn out like the blue one.
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nothing a lil' TLC cant fix..good luck
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In the current pics did you raise the car up? The wheels look huge The older pics make the car look lower unless you raised it up for painting purposes. Car should look really good when completed..
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thanks guys. the black gs4 is getting a whole repaint that is the whole car, wheels, and wald lip kit. the sides and rear lips are not on the car in the pics. I chabged the suspensions from the GS300 to the GS400 and vice versa. The GS400 will be a daily so that is why it is on Eibach Pros and KYB Shocks.

Yeah it is funny how the black 20"s look smaller than the silver 20"s. thanks for all the support guys I'll keep you updated.
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Can't wait to see the results.
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thanks kaygee me either
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Cool dude. It looks fabulous in person before. Can't wait to see the end result.
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Congrat... keep us updated.
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man those first few pics made me sad that, that amazing GS was not in my driveway. So clean looking. After the work your getting done it should look perfect. Can't wait either. I agree tho, what did you do, park under a nest or something LOL


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