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First, I don't have an LS400 yet and I'm only a 17 yr old punk kid... My dad will buy me one on March as a summer "VIP" project car and I have to take my last years present (a turbo'd black sand pearl 2007 Scion tC MT w/ .7 on ODO when new and now has 3754.6 miles on ODO) and give it back to him so I could get an older car
which will be a low miles LS400 1stgen in great condition and I had to make it look, feel, sound, and has a VIP attitude for 17grand for everything including the car.
Is it possible to make it "VIP" enough to be called VIP even though it's old with 17grand? I just want to know the stuff that is necessary for JDM "VIP" and what are the N.O.s (not N20, the no-nos.) for the car to be VIP style. I also play drums for my friend's punk band and I take my 4 piece drum set in my tC and it actually fits, I want to know if it's possible to fit a 20" bass drum, a 16" floor tom. a 12" mounted tom and a 14x6 snare drum in the trunk.
Thanks a million! And sorry for typing VIP too much...
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Is it possible to make it "VIP" enough to be called VIP even though it's old with 17grand? I just want to know the stuff that is necessary for JDM "VIP" and what are the N.O.s (not N20, the no-nos.) for the car to be VIP style. I also play drums for my friend's punk band and I take my 4 piece drum set in my tC and it actually fits, I want to know if it's possible to fit a 20" bass drum, a 16" floor tom. a 12" mounted tom and a 14x6 snare drum in the trunk.
Thanks a million! And sorry for typing VIP too much...
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I already have the tC for almost a year now and my dad even let me turbocharge it with a GReddy kit. Now, I'm just not into the stick shift jerking when you launch from 0-60MPH in 4.x seconds and the road noise from the coil-over dampers is somewhat horrible! And I can't insure 2 cars at once, so I have to give my tC back to my dad to get a comfortable ride that is safer than the tC and to keep my classmates from hatin me in a tuner car. (At least the LS400 would be much older than their late model muscle cars and trucks.)
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^^^ I saw the inside, and I want to know if you can change the CD player as easy as the 1st gen?
Although, I like the exterior of the 1stgen for being simple.
Although, I like the exterior of the 1stgen for being simple.
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What can the 6 grand do to be VIP style? It's hard to find those model years and here in Vegas it's being sold for 13K! I may have to stick with 1stgen or go with an early SC type Lex.
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I already have the tC for almost a year now and my dad even let me turbocharge it with a GReddy kit. Now, I'm just not into the stick shift jerking when you launch from 0-60MPH in 4.x seconds and the road noise from the coil-over dampers is somewhat horrible! And I can't insure 2 cars at once, so I have to give my tC back to my dad to get a comfortable ride that is safer than the tC and to keep my classmates from hatin me in a tuner car. (At least the LS400 would be much older than their late model muscle cars and trucks.)
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He said he's gonna try to quit street racing, and thats good. When I bought my LS400, I *magically* started driving slower and safer
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However, your tC WILL be safer... Remember, early LSs only have only a single airbag (maybe some have none? Im not sure...)... Im sure your tC has airbags everywhere! haha people often mistake a BIGGER car as a SAFER car... and thats just not the case, all the time anyways.
With that said... I would advise NOT to buy a 1gen... go for a 98+, especially if you have a dough.. and it sounds like you do.
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It's still pretty darn easy... I've installed a few navi and dvd systems in 2gens... as long as you know what you're doing, and your careful not to break clips, you'll be good.
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cars don't MAKE you street race.....
but whatever.... welcome!
i say go with the 98-00 idea. those are my favorite. and please don't replace a CD player, in whatever you get. unless it's CF10 with a tape player, there's no need, the audio systems are already great.
keep it clean, keep it simple.
but whatever.... welcome!
i say go with the 98-00 idea. those are my favorite. and please don't replace a CD player, in whatever you get. unless it's CF10 with a tape player, there's no need, the audio systems are already great.
keep it clean, keep it simple.