TriniGS work in progress....No Teasers Full disclosures :)
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I rarely post pictures of my car but decided to finally give it some love after a couple years of ownership. Always taught it would be cool to look back on all the work I've done on the car. It's still a work in progress so would be adding mods as I receive or install them. I plan on keeping this baby till the wheels fall off, even though lately I've been having LS460 dreams.
Last year I decided to purchase a 01 civic as a daily but my back and neck would sometimes start hurting during my commute so I sold it on craigslist after four weeks of owning it LOL. May revisit getting a daily but let’s see. At this point my car is need of a few upgrades but I believed it’s almost complete. Its a daily driven, non-show car that has no label as its not VIP, VIP styled, DUB or whatever trend is out there. I’ll like to say it’s Clean and classy with a touch of grown and sexy.
Hopefully the 3GS becomes as timeless as the 2GS.
Before my car was purchased, I already had waiting in the garage months in advance Tanabe Sustec Pro-Five Coilovers, Carson Tuned front lip spoiler, Carson Tuned Mirror covers, Sevas wheels and tires from my Infiniti G35 and a cheesy beer opener.
My G35 with the Sevas Wheels
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Below is a picture of the first day I got her home. 09/13/08
Time stamp on pictures are incorrect.
Thats right it came with chrome G- Spiders
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Last year I decided to purchase a 01 civic as a daily but my back and neck would sometimes start hurting during my commute so I sold it on craigslist after four weeks of owning it LOL. May revisit getting a daily but let’s see. At this point my car is need of a few upgrades but I believed it’s almost complete. Its a daily driven, non-show car that has no label as its not VIP, VIP styled, DUB or whatever trend is out there. I’ll like to say it’s Clean and classy with a touch of grown and sexy.
Hopefully the 3GS becomes as timeless as the 2GS.
Before my car was purchased, I already had waiting in the garage months in advance Tanabe Sustec Pro-Five Coilovers, Carson Tuned front lip spoiler, Carson Tuned Mirror covers, Sevas wheels and tires from my Infiniti G35 and a cheesy beer opener.
My G35 with the Sevas Wheels
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Below is a picture of the first day I got her home. 09/13/08
Time stamp on pictures are incorrect.
Thats right it came with chrome G- Spiders
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#2
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Had the car for a couple days, been trolling for a while on Club Lexus and saw a big meet at Bulter tires in Alpharetta was coming up in a couple weeks. This sounded like an opportunity to complete my car for the meet. Never saw a 3GS with any mods in GA before so I decided to step up to the plate for the meet. Actually KayGee may have been the first modded.
Mods check
Car check
Shop ???????
I lived in south FL and knew where to go or who to ask when I needed work on my cars but in GA there's fewer options. I had used G** *********** Customs in Stone Mountain when I had the Infiniti but was not happy with their service or price so that was a no go.
Found a paint shop while driving in Duluth. They had a 350z parked in the bay which looked like a show car. Spoke to Gabe at the shop so the following day I dropped off the car to paint my Carson Tuned front lip and mirror covers. They also did the install for the lip but I did not feel safe with anyone messing with the internal wires to install the mirror covers. On Club Lexus the 2IS guys were doing the installs but I did not see any one attempt the install on a 3GS as yet. I decided to wait it out.
After a week picked up the car and was speaking to the Gabe when he referred me to someone who can install my Tanabe coilovers, it was not a shop but he stated the guy does good work. The meet was about a week away so he was my best option. The coils and wheels were actually installed the Friday night before the meet.
My front wheels were rubbing like a mudda and my rears were too but I liked the drop so I left it for the meet.
At the meet thats where I meet 1sicklex, Tee, CarbonGS and Bing who showed 2 or 3 modded cars from his collection.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sou...ga-pics-3.html
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My first SELOC meet 10-18-08
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Rocking just the front lip. No sides or rears
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Mods check
Car check
Shop ???????
I lived in south FL and knew where to go or who to ask when I needed work on my cars but in GA there's fewer options. I had used G** *********** Customs in Stone Mountain when I had the Infiniti but was not happy with their service or price so that was a no go.
Found a paint shop while driving in Duluth. They had a 350z parked in the bay which looked like a show car. Spoke to Gabe at the shop so the following day I dropped off the car to paint my Carson Tuned front lip and mirror covers. They also did the install for the lip but I did not feel safe with anyone messing with the internal wires to install the mirror covers. On Club Lexus the 2IS guys were doing the installs but I did not see any one attempt the install on a 3GS as yet. I decided to wait it out.
After a week picked up the car and was speaking to the Gabe when he referred me to someone who can install my Tanabe coilovers, it was not a shop but he stated the guy does good work. The meet was about a week away so he was my best option. The coils and wheels were actually installed the Friday night before the meet.
My front wheels were rubbing like a mudda and my rears were too but I liked the drop so I left it for the meet.
At the meet thats where I meet 1sicklex, Tee, CarbonGS and Bing who showed 2 or 3 modded cars from his collection.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sou...ga-pics-3.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sou...t-updates.html
My first SELOC meet 10-18-08
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Rocking just the front lip. No sides or rears
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#3
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Uhhh after about a week the rubbing was annoying, my dampening was set to stiff so the ride seemed a little ruff. The wife stated I'm killing her Lexus experience, my sister (drama queen) stated she felt nauseated when in the back seat. Took the car to Discount tires after a couple days to change the front tires to 30 series. They actually destroyed my 35 series when dismounting but eventually gave me a new set. No rubbing up front now so decided to lower the coils a bit and also adjusted the dampening to the softest settings (Lexus smooth). Had the rear fenders rolled and pulled only rubs on huge dups (darn 285 West).
Did not take a picture immediately after I had all that work done but these are random pictures of how it looked.
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Did not take a picture immediately after I had all that work done but these are random pictures of how it looked.
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#4
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There was a fire sale on the Carson Tuned lip kit. Geez the price I paid for my front lip back in 08 was more than the new price of the entire kit. Well I picked up the entire kit for the crack head price; I should have brought two or maybe three. I later sold the extra front lip to a fellow member.
My other lip pieces were painted and installed and a couple months later I had CarbonGS install my Carson Tuned mirror covers which been in the garage almost two years. Cool, now I have the full Carson Tuned lip kit plus my Carson Tuned mirror covers finally installed.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...y-and-diy.html
Here are a few pictures after the mirror covers were installed.
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Rolling shot
My other lip pieces were painted and installed and a couple months later I had CarbonGS install my Carson Tuned mirror covers which been in the garage almost two years. Cool, now I have the full Carson Tuned lip kit plus my Carson Tuned mirror covers finally installed.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...y-and-diy.html
Here are a few pictures after the mirror covers were installed.
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Rolling shot
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#5
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Got these Junction Produce Neck pads from ltuned when I ordered the Carson kit.
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Had a set of Passionate Black floor mats but never got the nerve to remove the plastic rapping. Really regret selling those. Anyhow a
cool member got some exclusive mats.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ate-black.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...nd-canada.html
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Have some SAGE Front RCA's because front tires were being replaced every 7 months. Dropped those off by Zen Motors last year but the following day got laid off on my job so took them back from Zen. Tried selling them a couple months ago but took a hiatus on Club Lexus around the same time. Its back up for sale.
Sevas would be up for sale soon also.
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Had a set of Passionate Black floor mats but never got the nerve to remove the plastic rapping. Really regret selling those. Anyhow a
cool member got some exclusive mats.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ate-black.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...nd-canada.html
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Have some SAGE Front RCA's because front tires were being replaced every 7 months. Dropped those off by Zen Motors last year but the following day got laid off on my job so took them back from Zen. Tried selling them a couple months ago but took a hiatus on Club Lexus around the same time. Its back up for sale.
Sevas would be up for sale soon also.