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Old 10-20-09, 04:23 PM
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i just bought her its a 2000 cinnabar pearl gs300 with 86000 miles and i paid 3800 from a guy in mass who owned it for 7 years





after driving an hour noth from ri to pick up the car i drove an hour west to pick up a set uf tein comfort sport coilovers for 800$



and about 15min from my house picked up a set of bran new 19in petrol mahul wheels 19x9 19x10 i think




the way i look at it is if it dont fit MAKE IT!!1!



much more to come ive only had the car for 4 days
Old 11-16-09, 01:42 PM
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just a few pics for now still need to lower it more and take some more



what do ya think
Old 11-16-09, 01:45 PM
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Clean, sweet looking machine, you should be proud !! Thanks for sharing the pics ! A big welcome to CL !
Old 11-16-09, 03:22 PM
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welcome to CL. great start. its a lot of people still riding on factory rims. u doing big things. loving the look
Old 11-16-09, 03:40 PM
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nice pickup. you mod very quickly
u shoulda cut the rear quarters instead.
rolling them screws you when u wanna pull.
Old 11-16-09, 06:04 PM
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^^x2..shoulda shaved em first and then roll/pull if needed..ur gonna have dimples if u dont already have em..go lower! i say that to everyone haha
Old 11-16-09, 06:07 PM
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Welcome to CL..great way to start...Keep it coming!!!
Old 11-16-09, 06:44 PM
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are you effing kidding me? 3800 for a 2000 GS3? with 86k miles?

shoot idda done it too I dont care how much im looking for a v8

Good job
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Thanks everyone for the comments...the quarters actually came out really good no dimples or anything...it was a great deal and it was on craigslist for 3 weeks I had calld on ones for more money that were on thete for hours and were sold already....would anyone happen to have any pics of cinnabar gs's with the tte lip I can't seem to find any
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3800!? amazing steal!! and looks like the mod bug already bit u lol, nice car and mods. Makes me wanna go out and buy a 2gen GS RIGHT now lol
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Old 11-16-09, 08:58 PM
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Under 4k?????!!!! Whoa thats crazy! No wonder you are modding quickly.. Welcome to the club my cinnabar brothetr
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wow. amazing price with low miles.

Good job on debastardizing the truck emblems. That looks fak-o-king terrible.
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damn good lookin so far. nice start man.. cant wait to see what it looks like a few months from now!
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Dang.. Great price and pickup! Good mods and car looks great!


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