What did you do to your GS today?
08-12-17 | 02:29 PM
#526
Driver School Candidate
Joined: Jun 2017
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From: Pennsylvania
Painter the calipers, painted the wheels with 5 coats of clear coat to top of the black, installed the Joe Z axle back, installed the Takeda intake and the carbon fiber lips -- ready for the car show tomorrow.
08-12-17 | 05:24 PM
#528
Intermediate
Joined: Nov 2016
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From: Ca
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08-12-17 | 09:35 PM
#533
Chavez, looks awesome man, I have the same rear blacked out as you. The only thing I"m missing that I might do next after seeing yours is blacking out the exhaust. I have the CF inserts in the Lexus logo too which I really like.
Alright guys, I worked a bit on the wrapping today. Honestly this stuff is a huge pain to work with, it doesn't have very much flexability like a quality film. The upside is it actually looks like CF, I should do a side to side next to my CF spoiler in comparison. The knifeless tape is hard to use doing the trim on the inside without removing it since I can't lay the tape on a flat surface to start the cut, its a bit tricky to work with. So I ended up using a blade which I didn't want to do because I don't like risk cutting anything on the dash, but I think it was OK. In order to do the other panels in the center console I have to figure out how to remove that, also I need to so the rear doors. I got a bit faster at doing it after trial and error.
I had a huge roll of this stuff sitting in the garage, its pretty cheap stuff, I think it was only $20 shipped for a huge amount.
Alright guys, I worked a bit on the wrapping today. Honestly this stuff is a huge pain to work with, it doesn't have very much flexability like a quality film. The upside is it actually looks like CF, I should do a side to side next to my CF spoiler in comparison. The knifeless tape is hard to use doing the trim on the inside without removing it since I can't lay the tape on a flat surface to start the cut, its a bit tricky to work with. So I ended up using a blade which I didn't want to do because I don't like risk cutting anything on the dash, but I think it was OK. In order to do the other panels in the center console I have to figure out how to remove that, also I need to so the rear doors. I got a bit faster at doing it after trial and error.
I had a huge roll of this stuff sitting in the garage, its pretty cheap stuff, I think it was only $20 shipped for a huge amount.
08-12-17 | 10:03 PM
#534
Intermediate
Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 444
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From: Ca
Chavez, looks awesome man, I have the same rear blacked out as you. The only thing I"m missing that I might do next after seeing yours is blacking out the exhaust. I have the CF inserts in the Lexus logo too which I really like.
Alright guys, I worked a bit on the wrapping today. Honestly this stuff is a huge pain to work with, it doesn't have very much flexability like a quality film. The upside is it actually looks like CF, I should do a side to side next to my CF spoiler in comparison. The knifeless tape is hard to use doing the trim on the inside without removing it since I can't lay the tape on a flat surface to start the cut, its a bit tricky to work with. So I ended up using a blade which I didn't want to do because I don't like risk cutting anything on the dash, but I think it was OK. In order to do the other panels in the center console I have to figure out how to remove that, also I need to so the rear doors. I got a bit faster at doing it after trial and error.
I had a huge roll of this stuff sitting in the garage, its pretty cheap stuff, I think it was only $20 shipped for a huge amount.
Alright guys, I worked a bit on the wrapping today. Honestly this stuff is a huge pain to work with, it doesn't have very much flexability like a quality film. The upside is it actually looks like CF, I should do a side to side next to my CF spoiler in comparison. The knifeless tape is hard to use doing the trim on the inside without removing it since I can't lay the tape on a flat surface to start the cut, its a bit tricky to work with. So I ended up using a blade which I didn't want to do because I don't like risk cutting anything on the dash, but I think it was OK. In order to do the other panels in the center console I have to figure out how to remove that, also I need to so the rear doors. I got a bit faster at doing it after trial and error.
I had a huge roll of this stuff sitting in the garage, its pretty cheap stuff, I think it was only $20 shipped for a huge amount.
08-13-17 | 05:20 PM
#535
Pole Position
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 235
Likes: 20
From: Iowa
Chavez, looks awesome man, I have the same rear blacked out as you. The only thing I"m missing that I might do next after seeing yours is blacking out the exhaust. I have the CF inserts in the Lexus logo too which I really like.
Alright guys, I worked a bit on the wrapping today. Honestly this stuff is a huge pain to work with, it doesn't have very much flexability like a quality film. The upside is it actually looks like CF, I should do a side to side next to my CF spoiler in comparison. The knifeless tape is hard to use doing the trim on the inside without removing it since I can't lay the tape on a flat surface to start the cut, its a bit tricky to work with. So I ended up using a blade which I didn't want to do because I don't like risk cutting anything on the dash, but I think it was OK. In order to do the other panels in the center console I have to figure out how to remove that, also I need to so the rear doors. I got a bit faster at doing it after trial and error.
I had a huge roll of this stuff sitting in the garage, its pretty cheap stuff, I think it was only $20 shipped for a huge amount.
Alright guys, I worked a bit on the wrapping today. Honestly this stuff is a huge pain to work with, it doesn't have very much flexability like a quality film. The upside is it actually looks like CF, I should do a side to side next to my CF spoiler in comparison. The knifeless tape is hard to use doing the trim on the inside without removing it since I can't lay the tape on a flat surface to start the cut, its a bit tricky to work with. So I ended up using a blade which I didn't want to do because I don't like risk cutting anything on the dash, but I think it was OK. In order to do the other panels in the center console I have to figure out how to remove that, also I need to so the rear doors. I got a bit faster at doing it after trial and error.
I had a huge roll of this stuff sitting in the garage, its pretty cheap stuff, I think it was only $20 shipped for a huge amount.
08-13-17 | 06:24 PM
#536
Driver School Candidate
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 17
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From: Texas
Spent hours cleaning up stone chips on the front end the original owner left me. Must have been a couple of hundred! Never used the product before, but Dr Color Chip works great. No, I'm not a salesman for them. I'll try to post pics soon.
https://www.drcolorchip.com/
https://www.drcolorchip.com/
08-13-17 | 07:03 PM
#537
Finished wrapping my backseat trim. I also had a broken wheel stud on my rear left I finally got around to replacing. Always used a impact wrench but mine is too powerful and saw the need to torque stuff down properly. My impact doesn't have a good gauge of what its set to just a slider and it goes all the way to 950lb/s. Got the broken lug replaced, and then installed my 20mm rear spacers. Running stock AWD suspension and stock 18s, I'm happy with how it turned out, I'm still debating if I want to do front spacers.
Edit: Have no idea why the upload it didn't fix image rotation, tilt your head if you want to see it haha.
Edit: Have no idea why the upload it didn't fix image rotation, tilt your head if you want to see it haha.
08-13-17 | 07:33 PM
#538
Intermediate
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 397
Likes: 70
From: Tennessee
Looks great!
