Hey guys Im new to the forums so i figured id make a thread about my 96 ls400. Ive had the car for a little over a year and haven't done any work to it, car drives and feels great 170k miles on it so far, a few months ago i was in a minor accident and had a tree fall on the car so i decided it is time to give my ls a new look. The car is currently all stock with an Ebony teal pearl and grey two tone paint job. I plan on repainting the entire car with a Black swartz pearl and changing out all the current lighting.

Before i started work on the car: (pre fender bender)


After my little accident


After the tree damage was fixed


Bumper fixed and the headlights and grill pulled


Last steps before paint, wet sanding and removed the grill and headlights, i am changing all the lighting and the grill which suffered damage from the accident.

All ready for paint


All painted next step compounding and then all new lighting


All paint finished and lighting installed

 

great, keep us posted

 

Just wondering. Since you're painting, are you thinking of also painting the bottom panels to have monotone color?

 

yeah im gonna paint the entire car swartz black pearl, currently the bottom panels are grey and the rest of the car is ebony teal pearl

 

sickk, like the previous comment, keep us updated paul! lol

 

update!


and yeahh benn cant wait to take her out this week

 

Update: All paint and lighting is now finished, 95% done


More pics to come later today

 

Damnnnnnnnn that looks amazing you just made me decide to reprint mine black!!! Looks great!!!

 

haha thanks man, ive wanted to paint it black for months and finally did it, i think its the best color for this car imo

 

Nice job. Did you pull the grey moldings and the chrome trim when you painted the car?

 

that looks great. the bumper lenses are a nice touch against the black paint. Are you doing new tails too?

 

yes i striped the moldings and put them back to ensure a perfect paint job, and thanks yeah i got leds in the tails ill try and get some pics up soon