I'm baaaaaaack. With new shoes. (Thanks GS4Will!!)
07-28-04, 02:06 PM
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Very nice E, I am glad you decided on getting another GS after the mishap with your black one. As others have said, the car looks very nice, the perfect daily driven, yet modded car!
The lip action is nice, but that rear wing is ugly man, take it off now!!!
LOL
Keep up the good work and drive safely
The lip action is nice, but that rear wing is ugly man, take it off now!!!
LOLKeep up the good work and drive safely
07-28-04, 02:19 PM
#37
EV ftw!!!
Excellent mods Eric!!!! 
Your mods clearly show that you did your research and the fact that you had a GS before also helped you in your decision. I love that 4" lip in the back! Now you need to get some 14 inch StopTech's for the front to complete the package!!
I have a couple of questions for you:
1. How do you like that exhaust? Have you heard the L-tuned exhaust? Is yours more mean sounding? I noticed that your's is cat back too! Way to go bro! I wonder if the pipes after the catalytic converter to the last section can be put on to the L-tuned exhaust? I would really like to make my car sound like a big american muscle V8 car! It's probably not going to happen because of the very different type of engine's in our GS.
2. Please post a pic of your dash - some close ups of the edges of the trim kit too. I would love to see how it looks. Others I have seen just look like "fat stickers" and I am not too crazy about them.
Your mods clearly show that you did your research and the fact that you had a GS before also helped you in your decision. I love that 4" lip in the back! Now you need to get some 14 inch StopTech's for the front to complete the package!!
I have a couple of questions for you:
1. How do you like that exhaust? Have you heard the L-tuned exhaust? Is yours more mean sounding? I noticed that your's is cat back too! Way to go bro! I wonder if the pipes after the catalytic converter to the last section can be put on to the L-tuned exhaust? I would really like to make my car sound like a big american muscle V8 car! It's probably not going to happen because of the very different type of engine's in our GS.
2. Please post a pic of your dash - some close ups of the edges of the trim kit too. I would love to see how it looks. Others I have seen just look like "fat stickers" and I am not too crazy about them.
Keep up the good work 
Friggin smooth!
07-28-04, 03:41 PM
#40
Guys, HOLY CRAP is all I can say!!! I leave my laptop for a couple hours and BAM! 3 pages of responses to my "comeback" thread. LOL The love from you guys is just unreal. *tear* 
As if I need ANOTHER reason to love CL. Y'all are the best, and I mean that.
Sorry I didn't get a chance to clean her up better before taking some pics.
For those with questions about the wheels, they are a diamond-polished finish in the center with a high-polished lip. I was looking HARD at the Work Euroline DH 19" setup, and William showed me the AME Schrift that had just come out. Easy choice for me.
To be more specific, here is the setup from GS4Will's PM to me:
19x8.5, high disk, +42/58 mm lip, ~2"
19x10, super low disk, +43/ 102 mm, ~3.9"
Here's the link:
kyoho jp
I swear I must have put 3 coats of Klasse AIO on them the day I mounted them.
I hope this will make them a little easier to keep clean for now.
One thing I found the most notable is the difference in cornering feel after I put these on. I can now really tell how much wheel/tire setup contributes to the GS handling equation. Even with the stiff coilovers, TRD STB, and new wheels, the "floatiness" during cornering is still quite prevalent.
That feeling has been reduced by maybe 50% with my current mods by my best guess. Moral of the story: all you cornering/ auto-x junkies definitely need to take the next step and go for the full LCB/LSB setup to make this car corner "right".
Hameed - concerning the Apexi exhaust, it is waay more aggressive than the L-Tuned setup, which I had on my old GS. Definitely has a nice big-block rumble to it.
I can't remember if the Apexi mid-pipe looked like it would line up right to fit the L-Tuned end pipes though. That setup may give a little more rumble but I doubt it would be anything dramatic.
I will be sure to get some interior pics very soon and put them on this thread as well.
And yes, the rusty rotors hats and calipers are just killing me right now. I definitely have room for a Supra BB setup, so we shall see,
As if I need ANOTHER reason to love CL. Y'all are the best, and I mean that.Sorry I didn't get a chance to clean her up better before taking some pics.
For those with questions about the wheels, they are a diamond-polished finish in the center with a high-polished lip. I was looking HARD at the Work Euroline DH 19" setup, and William showed me the AME Schrift that had just come out. Easy choice for me.
To be more specific, here is the setup from GS4Will's PM to me:
19x8.5, high disk, +42/58 mm lip, ~2"
19x10, super low disk, +43/ 102 mm, ~3.9"
Here's the link:
kyoho jp
I swear I must have put 3 coats of Klasse AIO on them the day I mounted them.
I hope this will make them a little easier to keep clean for now. One thing I found the most notable is the difference in cornering feel after I put these on. I can now really tell how much wheel/tire setup contributes to the GS handling equation. Even with the stiff coilovers, TRD STB, and new wheels, the "floatiness" during cornering is still quite prevalent.
That feeling has been reduced by maybe 50% with my current mods by my best guess. Moral of the story: all you cornering/ auto-x junkies definitely need to take the next step and go for the full LCB/LSB setup to make this car corner "right".Hameed - concerning the Apexi exhaust, it is waay more aggressive than the L-Tuned setup, which I had on my old GS. Definitely has a nice big-block rumble to it.
I can't remember if the Apexi mid-pipe looked like it would line up right to fit the L-Tuned end pipes though. That setup may give a little more rumble but I doubt it would be anything dramatic.I will be sure to get some interior pics very soon and put them on this thread as well.
And yes, the rusty rotors hats and calipers are just killing me right now. I definitely have room for a Supra BB setup, so we shall see,
Last edited by ebruce2; 07-28-04 at 03:43 PM.
