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Old 12-09-07 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TJW98LS
Do you understand how much I would love to see something like that cruising out on the highway? Dragster LS400 - Get up beside it at a light, floor it, then look to the left and the other LS400 is popping a wheelie.

There is a little PT cruiser around town here that has a HUGE blower sticking out of the hood...goofiest thing ive ever seen. Ive yet to determine if it serves a real purpose, look sorta fake.
not to hate but the other forum member that put the 3800 series II blower is not how i would go about it. that blower is too small for the 1uz..

think about it
3.8l v6 WITH boost makes 240-260hp
4.0l v6 without boost makes 250hp

why would you put that tiny of a blower on a 1uz? i'd go with the stock blower off a 03+ cobra...
Old 12-10-07 | 02:59 AM
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good work but mercedes is not a good exemple of fiability...
Old 12-12-07 | 05:38 PM
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Work looks good, i guess you get the best of both worlds. Why don't you call it............LS-S400
Old 12-13-07 | 08:25 PM
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nice work but......mercedes......almost like a corolla with a cavalier front.....why????
Old 12-26-07 | 08:55 PM
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pretty much as japanese styled as you can get. Love it
Old 12-27-07 | 12:54 AM
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Whats really funny is, Lexus Mercedes and BMW are all rivals. Everybody knows that. Mercedes and BMW just aren't as nice. There are many who will dispute that but none that can prove that any typical Mercedes or BWM can outlast a Lexus. Initial quality, there are arguments. But after those first 50 grand its all downhill for Mercedes and BWM, and the Lexus is just getting its training wheels off. But this is all common sense to most of the people in this forum. But what most don't know, since I would say at least half of us are secondary owners at least, is that when the equivalent of the ls400 came out in 1990-1994 the seats in the lexus pissed off the mercedes owners because they were so comfortable and they had so many power options. So it really is a downgrade. Not just in opinion.
Old 12-27-07 | 06:29 PM
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im not at all a pro but the front end...no...everything else about the car is b-e-a-utiful
Old 12-27-07 | 06:48 PM
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well it is a show car, and it is so clean and flows very nicely, and your white ls is also very nice, and to ls400guy, mercedes was not always unreliable, if you remeber the older mercedes, those were tanks, before cars were overwhelmed with technology, but o well, in one of your pics, it seems like there is a black celsior in the driveway, is that yours to?
Old 04-07-09 | 10:20 PM
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This is a crazy *** conversion... I like it... I wont be doing this to my car any time soon.. but good work
Old 04-08-09 | 06:27 AM
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Clean work, it looks very well put together. I like it-looks like a s500 front? I recently sold my e320, so I appreciate it!
Old 04-08-09 | 06:33 AM
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talkin about diggin up a dead thread
Old 04-08-09 | 07:39 AM
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Someone must really be bored at work like me...

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Old 04-08-09 | 03:46 PM
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like the paint job
Old 04-08-09 | 04:02 PM
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looks fantastic man!
Old 04-08-09 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
like everything but the front.

im sorry but to me putting a mercedes front end badges and all is %*#ing DISGRACEFUL.

quality of the work actually looks amazing but i dont get wtf you would want to downgrade the whole idea is crap to me.
Take it easy bro


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