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Old 12-29-11 | 09:32 PM
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Default Buyer's remorse anyone????

Have any of u guys ever bought wheels, aftermarket products, spacers etc. that u returned or wish u never installed on ur car in the first place??? (if u have any before and after pics or horror stories please share with us newbies) for example i wasted $$$ on a chip from ebay...lol

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Old 12-29-11 | 10:56 PM
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I was going to do paddle shifters for the GS.. decided not to do it... Now I'm left with a IS350 steering wheel. Hope i can sell it...

BTW.. your car looks great..
Old 12-29-11 | 11:04 PM
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Not yet. Then again I haven't bought much for my GS for now.
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I was going to do paddle shifters for the GS.. decided not to do it... Now I'm left with a IS350 steering wheel. Hope i can sell it...

BTW.. your car looks great..
thanks man...yours as well...man i miss S. Florida!!
Old 12-29-11 | 11:13 PM
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Not for the GS but on my Soarer I thought I'd try fitting an RX330 black/wood steering wheel. It's still sitting in a box.

Ooh, also got a set of Kei Office coilovers for my previous Soarer, hated them so much I ended up going back to conventional shocks/springs.
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I had buyers remorse after I bought a set of blizzaks and burned them out in two weeks.
Old 12-30-11 | 09:45 AM
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like alot of people here, i bought spring instead of saving up for coils, but i was a broke college kid. now i got it all and i love it
Old 12-30-11 | 10:23 AM
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like alot of people here, i bought spring instead of saving up for coils
did you sell the springs?i'd like to lower my car, but have to save for the coils & don't want to wait, lol.

i think everyone goes through it once in a while. i seem to do it with every vehicle i own. then i have spare parts after i sell the vehicle. still have parts i'm selling off my old jeep wrangler & my old M3.
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Trial and error is part of the mod addiction
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I've learned over the years to spend the money and buy it once rather then cheap out and get crap parts that wont last.
This doesnt alway work since my last buyers remorse happened a few months ago with cree backup leds. supposed to be the brightest ever but if i researched i wouldve found out that the gs stock backup lights reflect rather then project.... waste of $50 bucks because theyre no brighter then stock. the LED tail lights for the gs has the bulb positioned a different way but requires a different bulb size.. either way i screwed myself
Old 12-30-11 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by SIRLEX400
i wasted $$$ on a chip from ebay...lol
lol, dont admit that to anyone from this day forward

Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
Trial and error is part of the mod addiction


Originally Posted by luda42688
I've learned over the years to spend the money and buy it once rather then cheap out and get crap parts that wont last.
This doesnt alway work since my last buyers remorse happened a few months ago with cree backup leds. supposed to be the brightest ever but if i researched i wouldve found out that the gs stock backup lights reflect rather then project.... waste of $50 bucks because theyre no brighter then stock. the LED tail lights for the gs has the bulb positioned a different way but requires a different bulb size.. either way i screwed myself
very well said btw.

and tell me about it...i bought like 4 different bulbs to use back there before i bought the OEM JDM altezza tag lights since they factory LED and bright paid $110 for them about 2 years ago from japan

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is3...ate-bulbs.html

pics of them here

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gen...-for-sale.html

and just noticed the other day they burnt out yes they lasted 2 years but they still werent that bright

probably will go back with these

look at post # 8

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-new-mods.html
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[QUOTE=ebxgsxr;6913260]did you sell the springs?i'd like to lower my car, but have to save for the coils & don't want to wait, lol.
nope they will be in the classifieds next week
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Before i knew about cl i bought a weapon r secret weapon. Had a cel and could not get it off. Found out later it was a pos. Now i search and search befor i buy.
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I would have to say buyers remorse is pretty rare for me. Most of the time if I'm looking for something I'll research the hell out of many different models before I pull the trigger on any of them. But there are also times where something in so plain view is too good to pass up. Somethings you just know will turn out bad ***
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Originally Posted by luda42688
I've learned over the years to spend the money and buy it once rather then cheap out and get crap parts that wont last.
This doesnt alway work since my last buyers remorse happened a few months ago with cree backup leds. supposed to be the brightest ever but if i researched i wouldve found out that the gs stock backup lights reflect rather then project.... waste of $50 bucks because theyre no brighter then stock. the LED tail lights for the gs has the bulb positioned a different way but requires a different bulb size.. either way i screwed myself
1SWTGS made a video with CREE backup lights and they looked bright. I was gonna get these too.


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