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Rdis250awd's custom 5axis 4gs conversion!

PICTURE UPDATE PAGE 3 & 5

Its good to be back in the game. Winter was pretty rough for me and my previous build. In December I had already messed up my front lip without even knowing what I did til I got home. It was one of the days snow came down really hard and when driving through it, a chunk of my front lip was taken out. That is why I could careless to spend a ton of $$$ on "AUTHENTIC" lip kits, being hella flush, going moar low etc. Sorry this is a daily driver 24/7/365 all seasons all year round. I'm not bout that life. This is already my second incident with my lip. The streets and weather are not friendly here in Ohio. I wasn't too bummed though bc I was already planning a complete make over on my car in the spring time anyways. But.... On January 13th my car was in an accident and ended up being totaled. A few of you guys that I have become friends with outside of this forum already knew that and most of you may have found out already from my previous thread two months ago when I was getting ready to prep for this project. So all of my work was lost but it was time to move on. I was able to remove my LFA wheels, my JDM Visors, roof spoiler, and 2012 headlights. Everything else stayed with the car. 6 days later I picked up a 2010 CPO SFP IS250AWD. I couldn't be happier. I have a new canvas for a bigger, better, badder build. When I first saw the five axis 4GS last year I thought it was a 2IS with an aggresive body kit and different headlights. I fell in love instantly and decided thats what I wanted. But after finding out that it was actually a 4GS and that kit was only produced for that one and only car I didn't think that look was attainable. Then I saw HKS350 do the conversion and the idea came back to me. I also got some very helpful information from CCJ22 that made this build possible. So at this point I just wanna thank those two guys for pathing the way. Also wanna thank my boy Yoan aka Vroomin350 for helping me with gathering some part numbers. Anyone that knows me on this forum knows I love to mold things so putting this all together was really not too hard, just extremely time consuming. I finished up the body work late last week and dropped it off to the paint shop over the weekend. I probably would have been able to get through this sooner if I didnt have to run 2 businesses, and make time for my gf and my 6 yr old boy. I will get some better shots tomorrow after I readjust the hood and a few things up front bc after I put on the impact bar it moved a few things out of the way things were sitting. Still gotta wire up my fogs, attach my emblem, roof spoiler and my JDM visors. All compliments and criticism is welcome.I understand this isn't for everybody which is fine bc this car was built for me, with my money, with replica & oem parts off ebay and other sites, along with some custom DIY, mix matching kits and all. After a month of research and waiting for parts and a months worth of work, I proudly present my 2nd build. Thanks for viewing enjoy!

Here's a link for pics from the process:http://public.fotki.com/remydee/2010-is250-2nd-build/
And a link to my previous build:http://public.fotki.com/remydee/the-is-journal/

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Why are you so badass?

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Originally Posted by InspireME (Post 7928146)

Why are you so badass?

LOL. Took the words right out of my mouth.

now the most important question, how much to make me one?

wow.. i would pay you to get this done for my car :sad: not many shops willing to do this.

Very nice. I would just say add a front lip. But that looks way better than the 2014 IS!

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Originally Posted by InspireME (Post 7928146)

Why are you so badass?

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Originally Posted by Tonyy (Post 7928151)

LOL. Took the words right out of my mouth.

haha thanks guys

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Originally Posted by rookieIS (Post 7928216)

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haha good job on the custom bumper!

thanks bro

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Originally Posted by MashinA (Post 7928197)

now the most important question, how much to make me one?

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Originally Posted by dorkacho (Post 7928220)

wow.. i would pay you to get this done for my car :sad: not many shops willing to do this.

thanks guys haha I prob won't be replicating this even for money, I've got about 63 hours into the front bumper alone and I would really hate to do this again or have any twins =)

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Originally Posted by CalitriSC (Post 7928226)

Very nice. I would just say add a front lip. But that looks way better than the 2014 IS!

Looks good buddy. Is there really cardboard in there?

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Originally Posted by Sffd103 (Post 7928305)

Looks good buddy. Is there really cardboard in there?

Thanks Mariano, been meaning to ask you whyd u disappear off IG? and yes I created the mold with cardboard, left over pieces of my front bumper and fiberglass over it.

Wow. Looks amazing! Great work! :thumbup:

I definitely like this a lot better than the 2014 IS. I am not a fan of the 2014s.

Simply amazing, your bumper looks better then that other one on instagram you posted

looks good :thumbup: the only thing I'd do differently have it a solid color