so i'm kinda getting bored, again. thinking about trying to pick up an older/ cheap convertible, but since i can't seem to find a cheap convertible that doesn't scare me away with all the probable maintenance it would soon require i may just do another mod to my 05 UL.

i am looking to do something fairly cheap and fairly subtle as to not rice out my LS so please vote or recommend something if you have any ideas, thanks LS 430 community, you guys are the best

currently i just have 14% tint, a datasystems controller, replaced all the bulbs i care to, and a jl12w6 w/ jl amp for a little more bass.

possible mods include but are not limited to:

1. spacers for the front & rear to push out the stock wheels a little more outward making them look more flush with the car and not so sunk in.

2. led side mirrors, like then ones that almost all benzes have on them. i am just afraid that this might fall into the icy category and not be as slick looking as i am looking for. i don't want the car to look cheap, which is why i had to get rid of my old gs400 cuz it started looking to cheap due to conflicting mods.

3. A nice set of exhaust tips, possibly chrome or definitely shinier than stock. nothing to big just a nice set of classy looking exhaust tips so as to not change the exhaust sound at all, just the look.

4. the jp or youzealand SS kit. this is a little more expensive probably like 500-700$ depending but this kit will allow the car to lower an extra 1.2 inches and does not i repeat does not change the suspension feeling or bounce or spring rate or anything. with the SS kit i could lower the vehicle an additional inch without changing the suspension feel or after i install the kit and lower the vehicle 1.2" i could then raise up my controller an additional inch which would put the suspension more closer to the original soft floaty feel. in fact i could do either of these 2 things whenever i felt like it on account of the controller depending on what i felt like that day...

5. new nav upgrade 8.1 or whatever is next..

 

ss kit ftw

 

My vote #3.

 

difficult choices....

being the "upgrading is always better" i selected nav.

I would have preferred you to invest in "oil futures" but you didn't have that selection. lol

 

my investment options right now are so i can afford to move my wife and i to hawaii next year, but that depends more on finding a good job more than anything else.

i'm leaning more towards 3, 4, or 5 the most. i have no mods when looking at it from the rear right now, so #3 would make a nice addition and subtle touch, also a brand new 460 parked next to me yesterday and as i was walking up to my car i was trying to figure out what the biggest difference to me was between the 2 and the 460's exhaust pipes/tips definitely stand out a lot, so if i had some nicer looking exhaust tips it would even the playing field a little. #4 would definitely make the drop all that more sick but i currently have a drop so maybe going for something i don't have first would be better, or doing one last mod to the drop (#4) then moving on to something else, hmmmm.. #5 would be a no brainer for me if i knew it would actually freakin' work but my current nav usefulness isn't exactly encouraging me to spend 300$ to upgrade, plus i have a g1 phone with only slightly better nav skills but usually with the combination i can get to where i am going. can anyone chime in on the overall better-ness from 05 stock nav (i think its 5.1 ver.) to 8.1 ver???