shrikelex

Yeah there may have been one, but I may have taken it back too many years there lol,

GXAlan

LS460 Sport

BigWalt

Beautiful photo!

ryanSC300lover

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Alan

Nice car and photo. Does the sport have a factory air dam package ?

peteybabes

That is one gorgeous shot of that car GXAlan!

GXAlan

Thanks! It's new to me, but that's a 2011 LS 460 Sport after a full day of amateur detailing. That had the Brembo brakes, sport suspension and aero package. Similar to the current F-Sport minus the LSD and whatever chassis modifications were done

That's completely factory except the rims were chromed by the previous owner (or perhaps the dealer).

peteybabes

All i can say is WOW!

I will also commend you for using a higher-than-normal quality camera to get us some non-blurry images for once! LOL

Really enjoying these photos right now.

ryanSC300lover

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Man I dislike navy blue, but your car looks stunning!

Is that in East Bay in the background? I went to school up there..phone tower looks .... familiar...

lbintab

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Stopped at the atm. Snapped a quick one walking back to the car.

GXAlan

The tower is Mt. Sutro (San Francisco) in the background. The shot is from a secret parking lot in the Mission Bay area. So, if you were in the East Bay and were looking toward San Francisco, that's the view you'd see. Thanks for the compliment! The beauty of "highway neutrality" is that everyone gets to drive whatever car they want, and we all get to share the road. =)

Other than the chromed OEM rims (done by the previous owner), it's stock.

The paint correction on the car is 80% of why the pictures look good. The photography is the other 20%.

"Paint correction" is a fancy way of saying a high-end detail including compounding and polishing. For the LS460, Lexus does the amazing thing of wet-sanding between paint layers in Japan. The problem is that by the time the car reaches the US, gets worked on by the port, dealer, and possibly sees the outside world (even in sunny socal), microscratches and swirls form on the clearcoat (even self-healing clearcoat).

The paint correction process is around 800-$1200 if you use a permanent protective coating (which I recommend), and if you plan to keep your car for 4+ years, it's completely worth it. The permanent coating eliminates the need for waxing and protects the car against microscratches. The two coatings that are worth paying for are OptiCoat Pro (most proven durability, lasts 5+ years) and CQuartz Finest (highest gloss/shine, has only been tested to about 2-3 years). That means years without needing to wax, just wash and dry. The key is that you have to "correct" the paint before coating it otherwise you're just sealing in defects.

That is about 12 hours of amateur detailing work that you see... it's still not as good as the pros, but it's "'good enough" for a used car. I actually had a 2014 BMW 535i that I paid the top guy in the Bay Area to paint correct and seal, but then the car became a lemon and I lost the entire investment in the detail. That'll teach me to get something other than a Lexus.

But if you're looking for a pro I can recommend:
LA/OC people: http://www.showcardetailing.com/

Bay Area people: http://www.immaculate-reflections.com/
(everybody should watch that video to understand why these things cost so much.)

and if you're outside California, just look up
http://www.opti-coat.net/approved-dealers.php
http://cqfinest.com/where-to-buy.html

peteybabes

Just dropping a line real quick to say that I have received my rear window spoiler and trunk spoiler today and will be posting pix in the next couple days!

farming

My car just had a full body kit installed, hope you guys like it!

Tee

Looks great man! Now go check your build thread , I posted a request 2 weeks ago.

peteybabes

Beautiful kit!

Also great photo, we appreciate good photo work/quality!

farming

I hope you are happy now Tee & CJitty..lol