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Old 11-04-08 | 12:27 AM
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hello, im pretty new just bought my 94 gs300 after i sold my bike. bought it pretty cheap cause the owner said it had a valve cover gasket leak. anyways got that fix and im already looking to my gs look nice! i seen some "VIP" bodykits and they do look nice only if the gs is dumped and i cant be riding like that in oklahoma, so heres my noob question is there a oem lip kit out there for my gs? really looking for that oem look. and what is a good setup on suspension? springs and shocks. and my last question has anyone every tried putting another vechile lip on a 1st gen GS? cause i think my friend said he put a 00 civic lip on his 02 IS300 and after i saw it, it was a good fitment. just my questions thanks.
Old 11-04-08 | 01:27 AM
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welcome to Club Lexus!!!any pics of your car?
for the front bumper lip,please use the search feature.if you have a jdm bumper,you have multiple choices of styles.if not,theres only one style.kinda looks like the "Mugen" lips for civic's and *****.
Old 11-04-08 | 06:47 AM
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thanks, i will post pictures when i get home. do you happen to know the website for the lip? and also one more questions i tried looking ebay for aftermartket strutbars and H braces do they not make them for the 1st gen GS?
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Originally Posted by miickeyxd
hello, im pretty new just bought my 94 gs300 after i sold my bike. bought it pretty cheap cause the owner said it had a valve cover gasket leak. anyways got that fix and im already looking to my gs look nice! i seen some "VIP" bodykits and they do look nice only if the gs is dumped and i cant be riding like that in oklahoma, so heres my noob question is there a oem lip kit out there for my gs? really looking for that oem look. and what is a good setup on suspension? springs and shocks. and my last question has anyone every tried putting another vechile lip on a 1st gen GS? cause i think my friend said he put a 00 civic lip on his 02 IS300 and after i saw it, it was a good fitment. just my questions thanks.
hey there! welcome to CL and the 1GS forums.

like BigJz said, there is only the one usdm lip kit, and i don't have the link either. there are plenty of jdm lip kits, but you would need the jdm front bumper.

springs and shocks, pssh. there have been countless threads on which is better, bouncier, stiffer, is it better to just get coilovers, cut the springs? its really up to you and if you say you can't slam it in OK, i live in NJ and our state is one big pothole. i have tanabe springs and kyb struts, not slammed but work just fine for me i'm sure others will council you on coilovers though (absolutely no cut springs!)

as to other lips, i know members on here Elite GS and Rising_Sun had i believe it was an SC430 lip molded to their stock USDM bumper, but i'm not positive, so PM them if you're interested.

and lets see some pics!
Old 11-05-08 | 05:23 AM
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^^^ what he said about the sc430 lip fitted to the usdm bumper. Theres one lip I know of made for the usdm bumper but in all the pictures I've seen, the fitment looks eehhhhhh.




You can find a jdm bumper on ebay, or elsewhere and you have more options.
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^^^ what he said about the sc430 lip fitted to the usdm bumper. Theres one lip I know of made for the usdm bumper but in all the pictures I've seen, the fitment looks eehhhhhh.




You can find a jdm bumper on ebay, or elsewhere and you have more options.
so are these usdm bumpers with a SC430 lip on here? or these are jdm bumpers with lips on here?
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so are these usdm bumpers with a SC430 lip on here? or these are jdm bumpers with lips on here?
no those are pics of the only usdm lip kit
Old 11-05-08 | 02:53 PM
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Forget the add-on lip, go with the JDM front bumper, IMO, it looks really clean.

Here's a pic



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What is all required to put on the jdm front bumper? Do I have to have the jdm crash bar also?
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Forget the add-on lip, go with the JDM front bumper, IMO, it looks really clean.

Here's a pic



is that bumper for real? its looks NICE
Old 11-06-08 | 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by miickeyxd
What is all required to put on the jdm front bumper? Do I have to have the jdm crash bar also?
to the best of my knowledge, no, you don't need the JDM crash bar, undo 11 bolts, take the bumper off, put the JDM one on
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is that bumper for real? its looks NICE
yes,thats a jdm bumper.but it doesnt have those chrome grills and LED fog lights.

i believe a member is selling 2 jdm bumpers in the classifieds.
Old 11-06-08 | 02:23 AM
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and yeh,id rather go with just a jdm bumper instead of the usdm bumper with a lip.because the front will hang way lower than the sides.
and the bottom of the jdm bumpers are straight unlike the usdm ones where they come up towards the front.
Old 11-07-08 | 10:45 AM
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Welcome to CL! Post pics!



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