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Lexus stretch Limo... wish i got one of these instead..

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Old 08-24-10, 07:58 PM
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Default Lexus stretch Limo... wish i got one of these instead..

just thought this was a cool pic of a ls430 limo i found on the web


http://www.cwwcardesign.com/cars/lexusls430stretch.html
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looks kind of funny...
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The extension doesn't quite fit right.
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I think the fit is pretty good, the color just doesn't seem to match very well.
Old 08-24-10, 10:08 PM
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Whoever built it slapped it together. Should have repainted the whole car.
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The paint quality is terrible.
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i used to go to this shop in okinawa that did some crazy work on cars and they had a stretch version of the car i was actually driving at the time (95 y33 gloria) that looked a lot better, but same exact theory. thanks for the link.
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They also show a LS430 wagon. Not so sure about this.

http://www.cwwcardesign.com/cars/lexusls430wagon.html
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Just recently had some touch up work done on my LS430. The paint guys were saying that Mercury Metallic and Millennium Silver were almost impossible to match perfectly and that any silver regardless of car manufacturer was simply a b_ _ _ _ to work with.

Will and the Fur Crew
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both look bad
they just trashed 2 nice LS
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I rather like the wagon, in a MB sort of way. That's something i would consider. I wonder what the back end looks like.
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The wagon looks interesting... almost looks like the previous gen. MB E-wagon.

The limo... thumbs down big time. Looks like someone took two ends from two totalled LS430s and crazy-glued them together with an extension. I think if you're gonna limo something, you have to do the full 20' or 30' extension, not a 2' extension.
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The wagon combines the pinnacle of luxury with the versatility(which most sedans lack in)

I like it it looks like an MB E series wagon!

I would definitely buy one!
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Originally Posted by mewhee
Just recently had some touch up work done on my LS430. The paint guys were saying that Mercury Metallic and Millennium Silver were almost impossible to match perfectly and that any silver regardless of car manufacturer was simply a b_ _ _ _ to work with.

Will and the Fur Crew
This is true, you can almost always tell a collision damaged or repainted silver car from a mile away. Three stage pearl whites are also damn near impossible to match.
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Originally Posted by TJW98LS
Whoever built it slapped it together. Should have repainted the whole car.
The cars on the car design website are not real cars. They are all digitally altered photos.
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