GS - 2nd Gen (1998-2005) Discussion about the second generation GS300, GS400 and GS430 (1998 - 2005)
View Poll Results: The fate is in your hands!! What should 1SICK do?
Keep subtle but classy and OEM style
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CARBON FIBER FTW!!! Go sporty and obvious
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Trade her in, save some money, get a 2.5 Altima and put Lexus badges on it
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Dude, less posting about your car, and more posting of your girls.
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Take kevs suggestion, go carbon fiber and paint it.
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Question b4 Phase II starts. Should I go with the subtle look or go Carbon Fiber?

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Old 10-31-07 | 07:49 PM
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Carbon fiber FTW.

Old 10-31-07 | 07:50 PM
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Not so hot.
Old 10-31-07 | 08:33 PM
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Dude, less posting about your car, and more posting of your girls.
Old 10-31-07 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Aristo300
Carbon fiber FTW.

small pillars like that are cool with me. OEM stuff...
Old 10-31-07 | 10:30 PM
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cf and classy paint design ;P FTW
Old 11-01-07 | 06:55 AM
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I love c/f. I added genuine c/f garnishes and plate frames to complete the TRD theme. I was planning to do so more items but I am no longer modding this car.












I would go with the sporty c/f look. I think a great idea for you would be to add a c/f diffuser to the rear bumper (if one is available for the GS). Or, you can do what socalsc4 did. Add a strip of c/f, have it clearcoated on the rear bumper (can't locate the pics). You can do the same to the front as well (pic below)


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Old 11-01-07 | 08:15 AM
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that front bumper is hot!
Old 11-01-07 | 08:59 AM
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I don't know if he is a member of CL but back in 2001, I recall scrolling overboost.com for modified Lexus GS's and discovered Martin Kraft's GS400.. Now that black GS had some beautiful carbon fiber pieces to it. Any pics of it here? The car had Volk wheels, TRD steering wheel, Greddy exhaust,and mesh inserts I recall. That car had me going bananas back then..
Old 11-01-07 | 09:48 AM
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i've searched and searched and have found nothin
Old 11-01-07 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by DASHOCKER
I don't know if he is a member of CL but back in 2001, I recall scrolling overboost.com for modified Lexus GS's and discovered Martin Kraft's GS400.. Now that black GS had some beautiful carbon fiber pieces to it. Any pics of it here? The car had Volk wheels, TRD steering wheel, Greddy exhaust,and mesh inserts I recall. That car had me going bananas back then..
I remember his car. Way ahead his time. Hood vents, 19" Volk wheels, Supra BBK, etc etc etc...Way before most modded their cars.
Old 11-01-07 | 01:16 PM
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I almost click on " more girls pic ",
but I guess better focus on the choices, yes, classy look, I am not a big fan of CF. But I have seem some of them are very tastefully done in CL.
Old 11-01-07 | 04:39 PM
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Not really a CF fan on the GS. I would opt out. But if you insist, SoCalSC4's would be the foundational template to use
Old 11-01-07 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
I remember his car. Way ahead his time. Hood vents, 19" Volk wheels, Supra BBK, etc etc etc...Way before most modded their cars.
this is the only pic that I can find since overboost.com dwindled years ago. Overboost did a wonderful spread on his car.
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Old 11-01-07 | 09:39 PM
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subtle look for me. you can use CF accents but not overdone
Old 11-01-07 | 10:20 PM
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How 'bout some subtle cf accents. Like has been said, too much cf is cheesy.


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