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Billet Rear member reinforcement bars **interest thread**

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Old 04-26-07, 07:05 PM
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I'll take a set
Old 04-26-07, 07:07 PM
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definitely interested here!
Old 04-26-07, 09:03 PM
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Just signature black folks....

I might anodize so it will still be black but show off the bar a tad more.

If your intersted in red or blue you can get a list going with carson and he can work from there. I will talk to him about what is needed for colors. Retail should be 130-149 and then a GB through Carson.
Old 04-26-07, 09:08 PM
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Those bars look sweet. I am definately interested in them for the right price. 130-149 is way too high though.
Old 04-26-07, 09:18 PM
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oh i forgot to mention ..i'm in

here ya go Luis

These are the IS bars but it should give you an idea.




Old 04-26-07, 09:23 PM
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That is retail.

Some things to remember

1. For the is300 they are 13 inches of solid billet aluminum, you get 2 items
2. A battery tie from DC sports with anodizing is 68$ you get 1 for that price
3. Anodizing is not cheap for 100 bars, do 200-400 items and if the bars were smaller then the price would come down.
4. Fully machined, they aren't made in a garage, we hired a very very good machine shop to make these and our design guy spends HOURS to make these work and function like they should.

I'm going to let carson do the first group buy on these, no other dealers will be selling the first set. So if your interested put your name, I am going to make 20-50 sets so I can keep a group buy around 119 shipped or so. This is just an insterest thread to see where I would stand on how many to make.

20 people being involved would be ok for us to do these. I already have the design in the works, just need to check some things, make a proto, then have them anodized.

Thanks for the support

PS the quality will speak for itself .

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Old 04-26-07, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by is300soon
Im meeting with a second gen owner VERY soon, ill snap some pics and hold up our bars to compare.
And what local GS owner might you be approaching for this review, eh David?
Old 04-26-07, 09:51 PM
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I'd be in fo sho
Old 04-26-07, 09:57 PM
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I think black is fine. Manaray was the first to say his undeside looks like a damn crayola box, blue TRD sways, Green Teins, red Toms braces, lmao....
Old 04-26-07, 09:59 PM
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I'm good to go too
Old 04-26-07, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RMMGS4
And what local GS owner might you be approaching for this review, eh David?
Well the owner for testing works at a tire shop, so I went down there today and took some pics, he had the toms links and I must say I am not impressed with their work at all. The bar seemed a little too small and the welds were blotchy.

Im into solid designs if they can be done that way, i was looking at the links and was wondering if they could be done solid, without having a car to test for a few days I don't think I could get it done.

The rear bars I can do though...

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with a rough count thats 13 people.

Wish the is300 bars would move like that haha.... I think the isgen2 and gsgen3 might.

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Old 04-26-07, 10:37 PM
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sign me up as well
Old 04-26-07, 11:20 PM
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Yes, I met up with David today so he may take a look at my GS400 and he was able to show me some products for the IS300 and I am really impressed on the quality of work. We had time to chat about other possible bars for the 2GS to further stiffen our cars. I am pretty sure anyone who is into performance will appreciate more stiffness.
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Originally Posted by StockGS400
I am pretty sure anyone who is into performance will appreciate more stiffness.
More stiffness FTW!!! Soft Lexus suspension be damned!

Please post up pix of that guys car with the braces if you can. Thanks!
Old 04-26-07, 11:42 PM
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Do these bars go on different mounting points than the Tom's 6 links? IOW - can you use these and the Tom's at the same time?

If so - count me in too!


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