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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 12:52 PM
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Hello CL, my name is Brian I live in San Antonio, I own a 04 ls430 that I purchased about 2 years ago. I currently have 20" concept one wheels ( which I will be selling soon) and Accuair Elevel on uas/ megan coils. Here are a few pics, thanks.
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 02:53 PM
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That's a nice car you've got there. I love the wheels and the blacked out grille.
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 06:29 PM
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Old Sep 10, 2013 | 01:38 AM
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Welcome, did you have a 460 also?
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Old Sep 10, 2013 | 06:41 AM
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Thanks or the welcoming, no I didn't have a 460
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Old Feb 12, 2014 | 08:36 AM
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added front lip kit, wheels will be for sale as soon as i get Farmingls600 to post them
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Love the grille. Is that oem painted gloss black? Been considering this for my black 05 along with doing the chrome black on rest of car
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welcome on board! looking good
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That's a good looking lip? Version select?
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Did you paint the headlights yourself? They look great!
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Nice mods on the LS. Good looking car.
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Did you paint the headlights yourself? They look great!
it is not a version select kit, its complete custom, the vs kit is everywhere
yes its a factory match grille and surround, sent my badgeless grill to get CF dipped, but will sell soon.

also, yes the headlights were painted by myself in the garage, wasnt as fun as i thought :-)
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then this happened......
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Looks good! Details on the dash kit? Do you have any pictures of how you mounted the e-level sensors?
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dash was hydrodipped locally, along with some other parts. on the passenger side i used the autolevel factory mounts, on the drivers side i modded those auto level mounts as they are used for the headlights on that side.
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