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Old Sep 3, 2014 | 10:06 AM
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Greetings, been a long time member here but was only in the LS400 forum for 5 years in the long ownership of my LS400, been heavy in the VIP scene for a while now as I make particular products for our brand of cars so Im not new to Lexus. Sadly parted with my LS400 a few days ago but picked up a beautiful 02 SC430 about 2 months ago. Bought bone stock at the dealership and have begun a lot of modding since day one. Not a whole lot done to my car but a whole lot for almost 2 months. Anyways I am posting this because Ive been able to do everything to my car myself fairly easy thanks to all the members here and would like to inspire as I have been. I was first kind of scared from tearing apart an easy 92 LS to a newer more electronic-components 2002 SC430, but have been doing everything without any problems. Anways here is a list of the mods, and I will probably forget a thing or two... custom built 19x10.5&11.5 Weds Kranze Bazreias, Megan LPs, LED everything, puddles, 3d printed clear corners (front & rear bumpers), 06+ tails, Pioneer in-dash w Beat Sonic 12L, Coqui Creations VIP table, wood flooring in cabin, wood flooring in trunk, black company pinstripe, Coqui Creations engraved rear wind deflector with LED lights, white LED lights under dash, OEM wood panel switch box for LED light control behind center console, fixed all speakers & sub, exhaust resonator delete, k&n filter change. So far car is awesome, breaks necks and love everything about car, except the ride at 50-70mph, gotta see if hub rings will fix that problem. Anyways onto the pics!!












Still have much much more to come as none of my builds have ever ended! Cheers!!
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Old Sep 3, 2014 | 01:47 PM
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Looks great! Congrats!! Curious why you have a shimmy between 50-70mph. Let us know if gorilla rings work...
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....which route did you go installing the puddle lights ? I know we tossed a few ideas into the hat & wanted to know what you came up with
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Looks great! Congrats!! Curious why you have a shimmy between 50-70mph. Let us know if gorilla rings work...
Measured hub and wheel and they are 72mm/72.6mm so theres barely any wiggle room to not be centered and no spacers for such a small difference so that's not it either. Still trying to figure out this annoying deal
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....which route did you go installing the puddle lights ? I know we tossed a few ideas into the hat & wanted to know what you came up with
Bought some ebay ones for now until I find something better, they are pretty decent and I hooked them up to the door sills power and ground cables. Im quite happy but Id be a lot happier if I am able to fine some without haloing light effect. Half of them have it and the other half doesn't...
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Beatiful work. Congratulations!
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Looking good welcome
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Old Oct 18, 2014 | 03:20 PM
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Great work...where did u find the seat neck cushions?
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Perfect and great photos - absolutely love the grill! (minus the Lexus emblem)

hope you settled the ride
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Welcome to the SC forum. Nice pics!!
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