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Old 07-26-16 | 10:33 PM
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Just a place to keep tabs on my cars build. Bought it in January with 100k miles. Love the color and the plan has always been for a simple cleam build, no stupid camber or being slammed. I'd love to go air with it but just cant justify spending the money on it.

A pic after the first detail. the first week of having it I did new tires, HID headlights and foglights along with rewiring fogs to work independently. Also installed a full system, headunit, typre-R component front speakers and typre-R rears with an amp to power them, new speaker wires, and a sub with independent amp.
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Didnt have to do much to it other than new tires, new control arms and bushings in the front. Then last week I ordered a handful of things to keep me busy: BC Coilovers, Ebay brake kit, brake fluid to flush out the old, seals and kits to rebuild calipers, caliper paint kit, motor/tranny mounts, oil change supplies.
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Justordered wheels so hopefully I'll have those on in a couple weeks.
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Old 07-26-16 | 10:54 PM
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Rediculosly clean LS!!!! I love it
Old 08-19-16 | 05:12 PM
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Decided to roll the fenders before the wheels came in.

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Then to the shop for wheels! Rohana RC7 20x9 20x10 235/35/20 275/30/20

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Old 08-22-16 | 07:45 AM
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My God that thing is clean! Great work!
Old 08-22-16 | 07:20 PM
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Looks good! Can't to see more of this build
Old 08-24-16 | 12:42 PM
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Love the clean look. Not much needed to make this car look sick.
Old 12-05-16 | 09:24 PM
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Did a retrofit this past weekend

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Old 12-06-16 | 03:32 PM
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car looks sexy man, wish mine was that clean. I'm workin on it. The wheels look good, although I think i'm gonna stick with 18 or 19's
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Originally Posted by Scraape
car looks sexy man, wish mine was that clean. I'm workin on it. The wheels look good, although I think i'm gonna stick with 18 or 19's
Thanks, Man. I looked at many wheel sizes and just always thought anything less than 20's looked small and I wasn't looking to slam it anyways.
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A couple more recent pics. Lowered a little since wheel installment

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Old 12-07-16 | 09:43 PM
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Looking good man, nice start!
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Originally Posted by TheUncanyJ

clean install... looks very OEM
Old 02-19-18 | 04:43 AM
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Nice ride, can i ask how can i clean my ls400 headlights as they are blur. I did some polishing from outside but its not working much.
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looks really clean, Did you just heatgun the lenses or did you use the oven method?

Also any tips on the motor mount install?
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Originally Posted by blumagic
looks really clean, Did you just heatgun the lenses or did you use the oven method?

Also any tips on the motor mount install?
I did the oven method. Worked perfect.

I've had th motor mounts since i bought the car, but I just havent replaced them yet. Probably when i do the timing belt I'll do the mounts too.



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