This thread made me tear.

How incredibly touching.

This thread should be transposed and made into an ABC afterschool special.

Motivating, emotional, and inspiring.

I applaud you. Bravo!

 

wow! never seen this car before.

 

You need to post pics with the new headlights!

 

^^ dont think you want him to do that... one side doesn't work anymore

 

oddly my passenger side halo's just went out...

 

wow.....i took a peek at your new stuff love your car man. Hey can i ask you did you paint your tails or is that tint. And if its tint what percent.

 

WOW, thats crazy but great job all around..... That is one bad *** GS with a lot of mods.................

 

it is painted. basically three layers of carbon black smoke colored paint then clear coated.

thank you!

 

Wow! I hadn't noticed how much has changed since this post was started. So, It is time to update!!!

Had Paul's Custom Exhaust in Snellville install my new exhaust setup

When you arrive and pull into the garage bay behind the facility you are greeted with this work of art.



After some coaxing and ramp work we were able to get my car up on the drive on lift to begin the work.





Some pics of my original install I had. This is a great example of a poor install and bad choice in materials. The craftsmanship is horrible and Paul noticed it right away. He said, "We are definitely getting rid of this and starting all over! I can't let you leave with this still on your car."



The stock Y-Pipe with catalytic converter



The new Toyomoto Y-Pipe and Remus STYLED Exhaust Mufflers. So nice and shiny!

 

Mocking up the Y-Pipe to the Headers. There was a slight issue since the Y-Pipie is also made for the IS300 it is not meant to fit on the GS300 right where the two pipes come to one there was slight rubbing on the heat shields and Tranny plate.



So, Paul and Matt decided to heat up the pipe and bend it out of the way towards a more desirable direction instead of cutting and extending the Y-Pipe. They really wanted to keep the look of the install clean and bending the pipe was a more desirable option.



There is now a hint of blue where they did the bend. Looks pretty cool to me. Too bad nobody will ever see it!



Paul decided to do a straight pipe till the rear axle to make another Y-Pipe to the mufflers. Here they are fabricating the Y-Pipe.



The product



Time to mock up one side of the exhaust. Paul wanted a clean install so he did a one piece pipe from the Y and bended it to fit.



He duplicated his work for the driver's side.

 

All welded together.



Here's a look from the Toyomoto Y-Pipe back.



My High Flow Cat



Paul and Matt then painted the piping with some silver coating to make it more durable and clean. With the slight angling out of each muffler I think this flows much better with the body kit that I have on the car.



Here's a link to a short video clip that I took before the install. Much higher pitched and less responsive.



Here's a link to a short video clip that I took after the install. Much deeper and more responsive.



Thanks again to Paul and Matt over at Paul's Custom Exhaust in Snellville, GA. They have taken me on for the 2008 show season and I will represent their name proudly!

 

Got the UGO roof spoiler test fitted








Kevin at R2B2 is wrapping my trunk, UGO roof spoiler, and Junction Produce 3 piece spoiler replica in carbon fiber

As many of you know my car has undergone many changes for the upcoming 08 show season. Here are some sneak peaks of the work that is going on. Look for a final update at the World of Wheels show in Atlanta January 3rd-6th. The car will be done next Friday and will undergo extensive detailing for the show. Just to tell you what is happening in these pics:

1. Carbon fiber wrapping the UGO Roof spoiler
2. Carbon fiber wrapping the Junction Produce Replica rear spoiler. The two side pieces will be color matched to the body to achieve my two tone carbon look.
3. Trunk will be wrapped in carbon as well. I am not deleting the inner tails. You'll see why.

 

Dropped off at the shop



Had to move it to another room since they were about to sand another car down



Test fitting the rear spoiler before carbon wrapping

 

ok so the trunk lid was wrapped today and has one layer of resin on, they are going to let it cure overnight, sand, and apply another coat of resin, sand, and clear coat it hopefully tomorrow. car is now scheduled to be complete monday or tuesday just in time for roll in at the World of Wheels Show on Thursday! Here are the pics I took today.

This is the top of the trunk lid



A corner view



and the rear shot, they are going to cut out the inner tail holes

 

Here it is guys from WOW Show in ATL. The JP replica 3 piece spoiler is not on yet and neither is the UGO roof spoiler. The car went back in the shop today and will be out Wed or Thurs morning to roll out for WOW Chatanooga.