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Can you take some day pictures so we can actually see the wheels lol.. finally I see a 2is with these wheels on them. Thinking switching my current ones to these. Thanks buddy.
Mounted these today.
The wheels are Enkei Tenjin 18x8 +45
1" spacer F and 1.5" spacer R.
It's my cousin's wheels and he is selling it to me really cheap.
I am debating if I should buy it and just use the spacers, or should I not?
Can't have the Lexus missing out on all the Christmas cheer, so I just finished installing this facelift 2012 F-Sport grille to my 2006 IS350. I've never been a fan of the 'whale-teeth' front grille that Lexus used throughout the years on the non F-Sport models so this is a mod I've been wanting to try for a long time.
For most people it's an easy process as they can buy a replica grille on eBay and fit it to their pre-facelift 06-09 IS250/350 no problem, but since my one has the optional pre-collision/radar cruise control feature the badge is a lot bigger and has a unique cut-out, so the only grille I could use was the genuine Lexus one, which I had to get from Japan at a cost of $225 USD + shipping.
That, however, was the easy part. Before buying it I looked at a bunch of photos of the rear of the grille compared to mine and noticed that the tabs were the complete opposite direction and orientation, so I knew there'd have to be some cutting involved. I decided to take the chance and buy it, then when it arrived I set to cutting off anything in the way. Well, that ended up being every single tab on the grille. Nothing lined up to the original chrome surround, so I ended up gluing the new mesh grille into the chrome surround instead.
All-in-all, it ended up coming out looking great. For a grille that was never intended to be used on this particular model year or this bumper type you'd never know
Painted the front and rear brake calipers today. Went for a anodized red color, which turned out great. Waiting for some 'LEXUS' decals to arrive from eBay before I can take some proper pics (photo #2 is what it will look like when the decals are applied).
Painted the front and rear brake calipers today. Went for a anodized red color, which turned out great. Waiting for some 'LEXUS' decals to arrive from eBay before I can take some proper pics (photo #2 is what it will look like when the decals are applied).
Wow those look really good. How did you paint them?
Wow those look really good. How did you paint them?
Thanks! I painted them on the car using Dupli-Color Metalcast Ground Coat as the base/primer and Dupli-Color Metalcast anodized red for the top coat. Masked everything off using rubbish bags (pull them over the hub and then make a small hole in the end to stretch over the brake caliper so that it's the only thing poking through). They're nice and glossy as they are, but once the decals arrive I'm going to put a coat of clearcoat over the top to seal it on.
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