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Old 08-04-02, 06:43 PM
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So what does everybody have under your hood. If possible can u post pics? I'm planning on getting a strut bar, and mayb a K&N fliter...what else can i do, to make it look fancy..
Old 08-05-02, 01:29 AM
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just my stock 3 liter v6. I was thinking about gettin a K&N but do you guys notice a difference in power since it was added?
Ram air intake seems like a cool mod that I have seen on the ES.
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Just browse through the gallery...you can see a lot of the mods people have made to their ES's. Here's my Weapon-R intake w/ Ram Air kit...I love it, highly recommended if you want more HP & better sound. You can get them at http://www.importstudio.com.

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here is my engine bay
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Old 08-05-02, 11:26 AM
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Looks nice fellas! Any more ideas?? or pictures...
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01M3 that looks tight. What brand of paint did you use on that plastic cap part?

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It is actually VHT Caliper Paint. I had painted one of my friends calipers blue and had some left over so I used that. I got that from JCWhitney. The hose kit is from HoseTechniques, and the strut bar is from an australian company that I got my rear sway bar from too. It is for a Camry, but fits perfectly
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how's the handling with the strut bar and rear sway bar?
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Well I also have the Eibach Springs and Tokico Struts on, but put those on after the sway and strut bar. The Strut doesn't make that much difference unless you're taking turns at high speeds (40 or over), but I could really notice a difference with the sway bar alone. Now in addition with the springs and struts my car handles outstanding. Not as well as my M3, but a hell of a lot better than a stock ES 300 that I just recently drove
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