No More Chrome, all black everything on my FSport

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08-24-12, 08:10 PM

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looks really really good. nice mods.

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08-24-12, 08:54 PM

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That looks good. I wonder if it would be better if you made the chrome grille surround body color instead?

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08-24-12, 09:08 PM

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Wow. Just wow!

I went with riviera red, but yours looks awesome. Not that I would ever change, but what you've done hereby upgrading with paint is inspirational.

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08-25-12, 09:19 PM

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Looks great!

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08-25-12, 09:59 PM

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Like how you did the brakes. Car looks awesome!!

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08-27-12, 09:56 AM

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Nicely done Mike...

I'm also glad to "see" the dash glare idea worked put perfectly....

~ Joe Z

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Originally Posted by mikec78

After that was don't I went over and got all the chrome wrapped along the windows, the front and the back trim (you can see the pictures mixed in below.

AND I did the inside portion to get rid of the glare problem (with a matte black) :

Enjoy!!!

** More mods to come I am sure **

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08-27-12, 01:00 PM

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That looks good. I wonder if it would be better if you made the chrome grille surround body color instead?

I thought about that and going with black. It would be easy to paint and I need to do some photoshop first to see if that would be a good thing or not.

I want to save the money when the Joe Z exhaust and intake come out and do that next...

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08-27-12, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Mjthind

If you don't mind can you ask your wrap guy what shade of 3M 1080p he used? Thank you!

they said "gloss black" = 1080-G12 (this would match the pillars down the windows the best)

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NICE! I did the same thing when I took delivery of my GS F sport back in January

Great job!

I would love to see a picture of it or a post you had out there that I might have missed

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Great job. What a good look. Chrome is classy, Black is sporty!!!

I totally agree...the sporty look is what i am going for

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08-27-12, 03:27 PM

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they said "gloss black" = 1080-G12 (this would match the pillars down the windows the best)

I would love to see a picture of it or a post you had out there that I might have missed

I totally agree...the sporty look is what i am going for

I will post more pictures soon as I am changing the Vossens CV3, having the GS dropped as well. Hopefully very soon

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08-27-12, 03:33 PM

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they said "gloss black" = 1080-G12 (this would match the pillars down the windows the best)

Thanks brotha!

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08-27-12, 05:29 PM

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very well done

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08-30-12, 05:05 PM

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Sorry it has taken me a while to post more details on this but here are the parts for the front emblem off the 2011GX460 that I used:

9018306044 = nut spring ($0.61 each); you need two of them.
5314260011 = Base, Radiator Grille Emblem ($25.61)
9097502083 = Emblem, Radiator Grille (or Front Panel) ($37.05)

Use this so you get the right emblems:
http://lexus.sewellparts.com/images/...000/752344.jpg

Use this so you know what Nuts to get:
http://lexus.sewellparts.com/images/...000/533149.jpg

All the parts were bought on www.sewellparts.com (using the clublexus discount)

Enjoy!

Last edited by mikec78; 08-30-12 at 05:06 PM. Reason: pictures didn't upload

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