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Old 04-08-07, 12:26 AM
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Did your tail lights have a small red reflector in-between your reverse and amber lights?
Yep, those are 95-96 tails. There's no reflector there.
Old 04-08-07, 09:01 AM
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I guess i got lucky cause i like the ones i have better
Old 04-08-07, 07:46 PM
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Yay! I finally got my hands on the paint for the headlights.
(I tried buying it yesterday but the sales person asked for my ID -_-'' its not like I'm going to do graffiti.) Soo, i had to wait for my mom to buy it. Whats the difference?!?!!?!?
They match very close to the oem 95-96 headlights which i have and its gonna be used on the sidemarker area b/c I'm just extremely annoyed at the contrast between the chrome/black chrome.

One more week till spring break!
Old 04-09-07, 10:44 AM
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LOOOL, Nice to know that theres some young people in on the club lexus forums... so how old are you?... I'm only 19..

So i am still driving around with my muffler disconnected at the flange and man oh man am i impressed with the roar that this car makes, with the ECT PWR engaged slowly take it to about 2800 then pound the pedal to the floor the car sounds turbo, you just hear masses of air being sucked in!!!
Old 04-09-07, 02:11 PM
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Hahah I'm not legally able to take anyone in my car for 2 more months...16
Old 04-09-07, 04:13 PM
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Nto bad, I never would have guessed!! Pretty into the car game for your age! Its a good thing
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i think it looks pretty good!
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So...i painted my badges today. (Front only)
I didn't test it on somthing first, and i found out it got darker as i put more coats on it, so that means it's a little dark. I wanted a light smoke effect,but o well. I'll re do it sometime else.
My camera's really bad so.. yeah.



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Not complaining, it looks good and none the less MUCH better then chrome! Are your headlights chrome inside?, cause it doesnt look like it?
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OEM stock 95-96
The color isn't black..more of a smoked chrome/black chrome look.
Old 04-10-07, 05:14 PM
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Noway, mines a 95 why didnt mine come like that? :/ Oh well gotta mod them to look how you want sometimes... Im glad i blacked them out though! ... Now i gotta start thinking of whats next... OH YAH, last night i got my muffler disconnected so my car grouls and i was driving around with a friend when i hear someone boosting coming up (B.O.V. going releasing air) and my friends like GO FOR IT, and i was kind of in the mood, bored on a sunday night. It was a 2nd Gen. Eclpse GST, so FWD turbo. We went at it stop and go for about a mile and beat him a total of like 3 times by like half a car each time!!
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Originally Posted by E-Z ES300
Noway, mines a 95 why didnt mine come like that? :/ Oh well gotta mod them to look how you want sometimes... Im glad i blacked them out though! ... Now i gotta start thinking of whats next... OH YAH, last night i got my muffler disconnected so my car grouls and i was driving around with a friend when i hear someone boosting coming up (B.O.V. going releasing air) and my friends like GO FOR IT, and i was kind of in the mood, bored on a sunday night. It was a 2nd Gen. Eclpse GST, so FWD turbo. We went at it stop and go for about a mile and beat him a total of like 3 times by like half a car each time!!

E-Z, you've got the 92-94 headlights. Maybe previously owner swapped it. The 95-96 lights have horizontal lines across the headlight in addition to the black chrome.
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Thanks Manix i really did not know this, but your saying I GOT JIPPED!! I would have liked those better, but i probally would have pianted them BLACK anyway!
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Yeah those 95 headlights do look quite nice indeed.
Old 04-15-07, 04:55 PM
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Kal-Guard had some stuff available that you spray and bake on really tough stuff... actually its for cookware but you can't scratch it with a key once its cured and its available in different colors... I baked a finish on my kz 650 the only thing that could scratch it was pavement OUCH


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