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What did you do to your GS today?

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Old 03-17-16, 09:22 PM
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Test fitted my ls430 retrofit with clear lenses and osram cbi's and it blew my mind The output is just ridiculous. My stock hid's are like a flashlight in comparison.
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Originally Posted by SpectraBlu
Test fitted my ls430 retrofit with clear lenses and osram cbi's and it blew my mind The output is just ridiculous. My stock hid's are like a flashlight in comparison.
I remember when I 1st put my retro in....wow. I still trip out on the out put, on a 4 lane freeway it covers all of it plus some. what ever my next car is I am going to use those projectors
Old 03-17-16, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SoCal Cyco
I remember when I 1st put my retro in....wow. I still trip out on the out put, on a 4 lane freeway it covers all of it plus some. what ever my next car is I am going to use those projectors
Yeah I haven't seen them out on the road yet, cause there's still a couple more weeks of winter here From what I saw in my driveway though, I see why you wanna put them in your next car
Old 03-18-16, 06:08 AM
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Tired of looking for decent black-wood center bezel to match mt doors and steering wheel so i wrapped it in carbon.
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Old 03-18-16, 08:05 AM
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looks nice ill be doing that soon i feel^

bit the bullet and got a fsport shift **** for the ol girl. been eyein one past couple days and think itl make a nice touch.. heres wills installed cant wait!
Old 03-18-16, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by DWCOILE
Tired of looking for decent black-wood center bezel to match mt doors and steering wheel so i wrapped it in carbon.
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haha did this mod too a few years back, i love it
Old 03-20-16, 12:12 PM
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I'm going to keep the OEM yellow fog lights. But finally got around to installing 6K DDM HID fogs.



After searching for a long time finally picked up a set of G35 Rays Forged wheels.




Old 03-20-16, 06:16 PM
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I'm man enough to admit when I'm wrong lol. Finally took everyone's advice and installed OEM knock sensors and it cured my problem.

Also did the complete job twice lol, messed up one of my intake manifold gaskets putting the intake back in the first time. Didn't realize it until it was all back together and my idle was really rough. So ripped it all apart again and found the broken gasket. Replaced them and reassembled, so far so good.

Also hit 173,000 today

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Old 03-20-16, 06:26 PM
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Where did you get that shift **** and will it fit a Gs430?
Old 03-20-16, 07:13 PM
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installed this on the GTE motor. makes oil changes a whole lot easier and cleaner (works on GE motor as well)

Old 03-20-16, 07:52 PM
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Just ordered two 235/40/18 kumho ecsta asts. Wanted to get a pair that matched the bridgestones on the back, but at $400, it was a no go. Should be here by Wednesday
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One of the trunk tail lights went out, so I replaced both with Sylvania Longlife 7443. A DIY so easy, even I could do it. (Note that Amazon says it won't fit my 2001 GS 430, which is inaccurate.)
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Old 03-21-16, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by mate01
Where did you get that shift **** and will it fit a Gs430?
ebay lexus in arizona has them for 70$ hope it gits the gs300 if it fits wills should fit.. if not they take returns
Old 03-21-16, 10:19 AM
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Finally getting somewhere with my GS. Picked up some 2007 GS350 rims last week for a steal, but they were pitted and needed repainted. As a temporary fix I painted them F Sport gray until the summer when I have time to powder coat them (i think I'm going to keep the graphite color then too).

Please excuse my lack of exhaust tips, I was polishing them last night and completely forgot to put them back on, I only realized this after looking at these photos

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