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Old 09-28-14 | 09:30 PM
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I purchased this 2000 Platinum ES in Millennium Silver with 93k miles. I will update this thread with every modification I do. Here she is pre mod




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I removed the old, faded tint a few days after driving her around and put limo tint (4%) on all the windows. I was trying to take pictures when the sun was out but its been a nasty week and I will be busy with work soon





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Real clean car!
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reminds me of my old one.
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Wowza, that tint is pretty gangsta. You'd get pulled over in a heartbeat where I live and slapped with a hefty ticket. Nevertheless, it looks really nice with the silver paint!
Old 09-29-14 | 08:58 PM
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Yea I was thinking the same thing, no way I'd get away with that level of tint. Nope. Car looks great though, probably my favourite colour scheme.
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hahaha thats crazzy tint ..but welcome to the club
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Hahah yeah the tint is pretty dark but you get used to seeing at night. Daytime is no problem at all. It really sets the car off. Pretty much the only visible things at night from the outside are my dash lights. It was either that or no tint at all and that's just asking for a broken in car.

Edit, the daytime pictures have a weird shade of tint. It's dark *** black not a faded shade.

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Put in LED bulbs to replace the old license plate ones. I got the 194 LED Bulb - 5 LED Wide Angle Wedge Base with the NATURAL WHITE color option (WLED-NW5) from Superbrightleds


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Put in projectors with shrouds, a HID kit and 5000k Philips bulbs. Also threw in nice **** yellow bulbs in the fogs

I used Osram Fog Breaker 2600K Golden Yellow Halogen Bulbs and ordered from Nigel JDM Parts
H7 HID Kit Xtreme HID from XenonDepot
Fx-R 3's, e46-R shrouds, and D2s Philips 5000k Xtreme Vision bulbs from Retrofit Source



Hard to tell with pictures but it looks beautiful and very factory stock. I doubt people can tell it's a 14 (almost 15) year old car if they don't know Lexus, really makes it look more modern. All them dudes I ordered from took care of me and answered any questions I had, no complaints



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Old 11-18-14 | 07:57 PM
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that looks slick bro..you need to take like a video too while driving and outside walkaround too..
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Lookin' good!


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