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Old 06-26-07, 01:11 PM
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1 watt LED license plate lights with LED tails







LED tails with DIY thinner turn signals and chrome trunk bar



Tein CS drop



DIY Chrome grill and OEM HID on while I redo my LS430 projector retrofit



Thanks to GSteg (Henry) for installing my Tein CS and changing my balljoints.
And drumnbass for selling me that trunk bar.

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Old 06-26-07, 01:21 PM
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Looking nice and clean so far Chris. I don't know if it bugs you as much as it did for me but those dinky stock tips gotta go!
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Thanks, the stock exhaust does bother me a lot. It's probably next on the list.
Old 06-26-07, 01:38 PM
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the car looks great. Getting rid of the stock tips would make your rear end look extremely well put together. Nice work so far with the modding process, can't wait to see those LS430 retros. Where did you get your LED tails from?
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Very nice.
Old 06-26-07, 01:53 PM
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Looks good.. I think you and Henry should have a debadge session LOL.. Car looks good.. The retros will set the front end off..
Old 06-26-07, 02:59 PM
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looks good so far chris. Where did you get the lights for the license plate area?
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Chris, where did you get the matching inner LEDs? Mine are darker...they suck
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Nice car man!

Question, how did you DIY for the thinner LED turn signal?

I wanna do it!
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looking good.
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Love the LED's
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you got the coilovers...now drop er lower
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Old 06-26-07, 11:53 PM
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License plate LEDs are 1 watt SMT LEDs from ebay.

LED tails are from ebay too. I guess I just got lucky with a 4 piece set that matched.

DIY thin signal tails were done using some red vinyl tape. I'm kind of undecided about it right now because I know it won't last.

The Tein CS doesn't drop that much. The front is maxed out and the rear still has about an inch. I might drop the rear a bit lower. The 17's make it look not as low because of the big sidewall.

I kind of like my emblems too. Not sure if I want to debadge.

Thanks guys.
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Looks great. I like the DIY idea. The drop looks nice considering you only have 17's. Good job overall!


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