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Old 07-19-20, 08:33 AM
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ok so i just got this car a couple days ago the man posted it for sale local on CL but got no hits on it cause most wont email people anymore but knowing the car thought it was likely an older guy so i took a chance and it paid off. The crazy part of the story was decided to sell on 10 year anniversary of his wifes death and I just so happen to buy it on the 1 year anniversary of my moms and it was a car she had told me to get for years cause she missed my old one. anyway in honor of my mom im going to build this luxury car up so feel free to help with good places to still get parts in 2020, wheel ideas, better air ride ideas, vip ideas etc because I m gonna make it shine for her so please don'tworry much about budget.






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Congratulations. I miss my UL a lot. Wish I never sold it.
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Originally Posted by shaggy777
ok so i just got this car a couple days ago the man posted it for sale local on CL but got no hits on it cause most wont email people anymore but knowing the car thought it was likely an older guy so i took a chance and it paid off. The crazy part of the story was decided to sell on 10 year anniversary of his wifes death and I just so happen to buy it on the 1 year anniversary of my moms and it was a car she had told me to get for years cause she missed my old one. anyway in honor of my mom im going to build this luxury car up so feel free to help with good places to still get parts in 2020, wheel ideas, better air ride ideas, vip ideas etc because I m gonna make it shine for her so please don'tworry much about budget.
Very nice looking car. (Maybe even consider keeping such a nice looking example, completely stock...? It would get a lot of attention just for being that....)
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Good score on that UL. You might want to check out the build threads, such as Romanova's. Tons of ideas there with a lot of great pictures.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/build-threads-263/
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Originally Posted by 430SLOwner
Very nice looking car. (Maybe even consider keeping such a nice looking example, completely stock...? It would get a lot of attention just for being that....)
I understand that it's not a bad idea if I could find a really nice set of ls430 wheels
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Excellent purchase. I had an 01 UL an 06 ML and now a 2011 LS460L. MY 01 UL was by far my favorite! Never get rid of it. I regret it. Good luck with your build.
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Nice UL but I’m more interested in the 70-72 Cutlass you have parked next to it...
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There's plenty of info out there on where to get VIP bits. Just search. There's even vendors on here selling body kits, suspension, etc

Forewarning you, to do it right, does not come without a steep pricetag. I see posts like this A LOT where people buy the car, claim to want to do a "bippu" VIP big body, yacht, barge, etc build, only to succumb to the cost of maintenance.

VIP is a marathon, not a race.

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Originally Posted by Gronemus
Nice UL but I’m more interested in the 70-72 Cutlass you have parked next to it...
Thank you a very close to right on the car its my 72 buick centurion convertible they were only made 2 years and shared alot of similarities. You should see my 68 pontiac its my crown jewel



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Originally Posted by kos
There's plenty of info out there on where to get VIP bits. Just search. There's even vendors on here selling body kits, suspension, etc

Forewarning you, to do it right, does not come without a steep pricetag. I see posts like this A LOT where people buy the car, claim to want to do a "bippu" VIP big body, yacht, barge, etc build, only to succumb to the cost of maintenance.

VIP is a marathon, not a race.
I understand the price tag and perhaps I shoulda been more specific ill be going somewhat vip. I'm not going to do some crazy camber build, more than likely its going to be the airlift performance kit im getting with a set of nice jdm wheels budget being about 3to4k for the wheels, maybe a body kit and some interior goodies. If im going to be realistic my budget has another 10-12k left in her after air and wheels it woulda been more but I spent wayyyy to much on my pontiac show/drag car to have much more budget left. xD
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Damn does that Buick centurion have some nice lines!!
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Originally Posted by Trilkb
Damn does that Buick centurion have some nice lines!!
Stanley Dewoski must have thought so ...

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