First Pics: 07 350
12-29-08, 08:14 AM
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yes indeed that is my old car
take good care of her
lol...
unless they took it out you will still have the Passnu2 brake overlay (3rd brake light in the car)...I was hoping to see it on the streets of Chicago to see who got my car not that the side turn signals dont give it away but many have that now so not as unique as it once was. I also left the red outs and also the smoke overlay on the reflectors.
Yes I took almost everything off the car to trade it in and you have, for the most part, put it right back. I had the same exhaust on it. I had to remove the tint from the front windows
Front grill looks much better painted, I wanted to do that and never got around to it.
If you are a DIY I used mobile 1 synthetic oil if you want to stick with what I used or not.
Welcome to CL and good luck with the car and the future mods
take good care of her lol...unless they took it out you will still have the Passnu2 brake overlay (3rd brake light in the car)...I was hoping to see it on the streets of Chicago to see who got my car
not that the side turn signals dont give it away but many have that now so not as unique as it once was. I also left the red outs and also the smoke overlay on the reflectors. Yes I took almost everything off the car to trade it in and you have, for the most part, put it right back. I had the same exhaust on it. I had to remove the tint from the front windows
Front grill looks much better painted, I wanted to do that and never got around to it.
If you are a DIY I used mobile 1 synthetic oil if you want to stick with what I used or not.
Welcome to CL and good luck with the car and the future mods
Excellent choice, I had another buddy dump his 06 STI for a GS300. he is much happier despite the power reduction.
12-29-08, 08:21 AM
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im sure it went through the dealer car wash a few times as it was there being sold. It was fine when I took it to them and actually paid the head detail porter at the dealer to buff and polish it out before I traded it in? Im crazy like that and wanted the car to look its best when I took it back
It should polish right out come spring! Looks really good when its clean
tell me if you find out where the brake overlay is, it comes off really easy
To think I could have just left all that stuff on and saved myself lots of time I agree those OEM rims do look much better now that I see them compared to the ones that came with the car. Did you have McGrath swap those out for you or did you just buy another set of rims?
It should polish right out come spring! Looks really good when its clean tell me if you find out where the brake overlay is, it comes off really easy
To think I could have just left all that stuff on and saved myself lots of time I agree those OEM rims do look much better now that I see them compared to the ones that came with the car. Did you have McGrath swap those out for you or did you just buy another set of rims?No doubt. Would have saved me a lot of time. The 08 Wheels I bought on Ebay then had tires put on here in town and swapped over the TPMS. Saw that you had 19's... though they looked pretty nice, to get a set worth owning is more than I'm willing to pay right now so I settled on the 08 wheels.
12-29-08, 08:29 AM
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Mike did take great care of this garage kept car. We were going to remove the signal mirrors, but your benefit. We did the fancy brakes as well. Even changed the pads with better ones from the UK, painted the calipers with ceramic infused paint, and applied the awesome Lexus logo.
Excellent choice, I had another buddy dump his 06 STI for a GS300. he is much happier despite the power reduction.
Excellent choice, I had another buddy dump his 06 STI for a GS300. he is much happier despite the power reduction.
Yea, my STi was stage 2 using Cobb's Accessport and was quick as hell. But how often did I run it fast enough to know it was a 12 second car?? Barely ever. But every day I noticed how rough the ride was and despite the power reduction, I am happier. Though I do miss shifting every now and then.
After I got my new car, my wife decided she wanted more luxury as well and traded in her 06 STi (mine was an 07) for a 335xi. Funny that we bought 2 competing cars. I like both of them for different reasons. The Lexus is a little more luxury, not quite as crisp handling but still is as quick. The Bimmer is built like a tank, handles well and the Twin Turbo engine certainly is fun. Definitely better in the snow with the AWD. Overall both cars are great.
12-29-08, 05:15 PM
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WEIRD!!!!!!! Congrats on the car! It is weird that it ended up in Ohio. I am glad it made it's way on CL. He took great care of it, so you don't have to worry. Mike let me borrow the car one day because I didn't have a ride. Here some pics at my house:
12-29-08, 08:39 PM
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this is too funny! gald my car made it to a home that will make it look good again. Its just too bad I had to take off the tint and many other things that the OP is just putting back on the car. Will be interesting to see how he does the rest compared to what my taste/style was.
I hope he is close enough to make it to one of our spring/summer meets so the car stays in the group
HAHA...I kicked Vik's car out of the garage! lol...we have such a great group here, I cant wait for the summer and some time to play around again. Brian hurry up and get a car so we can be ready for some pics! I dont know if the GS aka the "baby mobile" will ever look as nice as the IS did. Man I need some rims!
I hope he is close enough to make it to one of our spring/summer meets so the car stays in the group
HAHA...I kicked Vik's car out of the garage! lol...we have such a great group here, I cant wait for the summer and some time to play around again. Brian hurry up and get a car so we can be ready for some pics! I dont know if the GS aka the "baby mobile" will ever look as nice as the IS did. Man I need some rims!
12-30-08, 05:36 AM
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Wow, Nice trip down Memory Lane. I can assure you, your car has made it to a good home. I have a friend that lives in Evanston so its definitely possible that I could make it to a meet. Plus I wouldn't mind spending a day just looking at stuff in the City. My brief stay to get the car didn't allow much time to see anything besides the substantial McGrath Dealership.
