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Old 08-10-09, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Faymester
This thread is asking for it ... half the things in the OP are popular mods around here.
Yeah, I was waiting for WWIII the next morning, but it's been surprisingly mild.
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Old 08-11-09, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Fizzboy7
Yeah, I was waiting for WWIII the next morning, but it's been surprisingly mild.
CarChat members all had sexstyle recently so we are pretty calm for now.
 
Old 08-11-09, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Fizzboy7
Yeah, I was waiting for WWIII the next morning, but it's been surprisingly mild.
Everybody is exhibiting a good sense of humor for sure.
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Old 08-11-09, 03:07 PM
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Is this a mod? People that come on Clublexus only to defend/promote their favorite brand and crap on Lexus in a Lexus forum?
 
Old 08-11-09, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
Is this a mod? People that come on Clublexus only to defend/promote their favorite brand and crap on Lexus in a Lexus forum?
No, but it's often propaganda for Acura and VW.
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No, but it's often propaganda for Acura and VW.
 
Old 08-11-09, 03:42 PM
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EEEEwww, I'd hate to be the coroner doing death certificate on that body.

But back on topic, how about those fancy aftermarket front lip kits on lowered cars.

They look great for about 2 weeks.

But for the next 2 years the owner is often driving around with the lip bashed up, chipped, cracked after many hits with concrete parking lot blocks and road debris.
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Old 08-11-09, 04:11 PM
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1) Big Noisy Exhausts (go fast dont pretend to)
2) Altezza Lights (wow...)
3) 2GS OEM Spoilers (i hate it...so 1990's)
4) Tiny rear view mirrors like the APR c/f mirrors (really? u dont want to see cars behind you?)
5) drifting shift ***** (lighted flowers, need i say more?)
6) over advertised cars (fast & furious, yaye cover my bad paint job and rock chips with stickers)
7) fast blinking turning signals..... (annoying)
8) any grill mods... (too ghetto)
9) hood vents (your car has enough holes already)
10) roof vents (ohh hell no)
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Old 08-11-09, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by IS-SV
EEEEwww, I'd hate to be the coroner doing death certificate on that body.

But back on topic, how about those fancy aftermarket front lip kits on lowered cars.

They look great for about 2 weeks.

But for the next 2 years the owner is often driving around with the lip bashed up, chipped, cracked after many hits with concrete parking lot blocks and road debris.
careful there, thats 80% of the CL userbase
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Old 08-11-09, 04:28 PM
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Window visors are great for rainy cities like Vancouver. When it rains 8 months of the year, it helps. You can open the windows a bit to defog faster. Get fresh air while it's raining. +1 for not getting water on my interior. When it's hot outside I can crack open the windows a bit so the interior keeps cooler when in a parking lot.
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Old 08-11-09, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by IS350jet
More neutral? Hardly. Higher threshold of grip, maybe, but far from neutral. Everyone knows that rule #1 in FWD suspension tuning is never stiffen just the rear suspension. If you find yourself flying through a turn a bit too fast, your toast. One lift on that throttle and the back end is going to be coming around with no hope for recovery. It's the very nature of FWD. Stiffening the rear end will only exacerbate the problem.
Since when do FWD cars have drop-throttle/snap oversteer? That's the kind of stuff you get with old Porsches.
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Old 08-11-09, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Since when do FWD cars have drop-throttle/snap oversteer? That's the kind of stuff you get with old Porsches.
Some can be provoked to oversteer, if they are modded cars. But it's largely academic these days as long as the stability control systems are operating.
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Originally Posted by Jetfire
Window visors are great for rainy cities like Vancouver. When it rains 8 months of the year, it helps. You can open the windows a bit to defog faster. Get fresh air while it's raining. +1 for not getting water on my interior. When it's hot outside I can crack open the windows a bit so the interior keeps cooler when in a parking lot.
I see where there would be some slight advantages as you mentioned. But the AC and Defrost buttons are far more effective, making the visors mostly unnecessary. And tacking them onto outside of door frames defeats the purpose of the millions of dollars of wind tunnel testing the premium car makers invest in their cars. But to some they look cool, my guess they will be out style soon enough.
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Old 08-11-09, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
CarChat members all had sexstyle recently so we are pretty calm for now.
CarChat is often largely mental "sexstyle" it seems.

But some of the guys with their cars slammed, under 1" of suspension travel left, negative camber burning up expensive tires every 7K miles, cracked front aftermarket lips, droning exhaust sytems, tires rubbing all 4 fenders, cut and rolled rusting fender mods, 235mm stretched tires on 10.5" wide rims, 15% tint all the way around, blackedout tail lights, they haven't had a chance to read this thread, .

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PUTTING OEM WHEELS FROM ANOTHER CARMAKER ON YOUR LEXUS!!


I swear I am going to have some fun and try to slap some random Ford or Buick or something wheels on one of the LExus to show HOW RIDICULOUS this looks.

 


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