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Old 01-22-07, 06:11 AM
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Lookin' good!
Old 01-22-07, 10:24 AM
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Joe the LX looks good.
Old 01-22-07, 02:55 PM
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uhhh yeah man you can bake german lenses, not japanese ones

joe, ever considered painted your grill guard the same grey color as the bumpers?
Old 01-22-07, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by aedgington
uhhh yeah man you can bake german lenses, not japanese ones

joe, ever considered painted your grill guard the same grey color as the bumpers?
Dude no.That would make it disgusting. Us LX owners are trying to get RID of the grey man!
Old 01-22-07, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by LXotic
Dude no.That would make it disgusting. Us LX owners are trying to get RID of the grey man!
Wouldn't want it looking like one of the kit cars with parts hanging all over it or a rappers ride
Old 01-22-07, 08:20 PM
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Grill guard is gone as soona as I can find a cheater bar to help me break the dam bolts free. They are on snug as a bug. Nobody knows a LC or LX guy just wanting one of these?

The braking... the wheels slow the truck down to begin with but its certainly a reminder to cruise gently-

Have to be kinda careful on the wheels becuase its easy to damage them... even though there is a little meat, its sitting under TONS of weight

The spoiler.. that thing was a great deal BUT I would have likedthe slightly smaller one... I just saw "Painted Black" and was excited on it.

The acceleration... well the wife drives it so I hope they SLOW HER DOWN.
Old 01-22-07, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonathan o
Joe the LX looks good.
Thanks!

Looking forward to the grill off
And the clears installed. Then take it from there. It will really be the point where I decide to dive in or not. Right now we are at less than 2k in mods. But, if we wanted to fix the bottom to be black... that would be some cash. Actually, has anyone looked into just removing the pieces and takening them to the body shop then installing yourself? (to get the bottom color matched black?) Also, there are the "window" problems. Freaking Devil tent. sweeet mother of brown tint. Why why why.
Old 01-22-07, 08:25 PM
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the panels on your doors and such are mainly double sided taped with a few clips.
Old 01-22-07, 08:38 PM
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I noticed some screws (When installing the antena, or trying to... angry....) but that sounds fairly... easy/dangerous...

What I am really trying to say is I wonder if I could "reinstall" the double sided tape well enough, and what it would cost for a high quality roll of it plus the OEM clips from LEXUS.
Old 01-23-07, 12:14 AM
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Joe, what tires are you running on the 23" wheels? What are the specs?
Old 01-23-07, 04:19 AM
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Joe, I've got friends with an LC that would LOVE a grill guard. How close to Houston are you?

Good 3M trim adhesive tape costs this much...
Old 01-23-07, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 1loudLX
DONT BAKE YOUR TAILLIGHTS....lets just say i ****ed them up beyond your comprehension. tailights were never meant to be put in an oven...
Rather than baking them, use a heat gun. I've done this to make custom clear corners for a couple different Honda's! This way you can keep the heat consolidated to only the areas you need to heat so it wont damage the rest of the plastic. Or a cheaper way would be a hair dryer but i'm not sure if this would heat up enough, I've used the hair dryer trick for decals and emblems. And if you really want it but dont have access to any of these, an iron will work to heat up the edges and adhesive then you can just take the whole thing apart.

I was thinking about that same spoiler too but had the same idea about it looking to big. So i refuse to put that spoiler on until i can get those fender flares then it will even it out a little bit and not look as big. Does anyone know where i can find those OEM fender flares? At least i think they're OEM?!
Old 01-23-07, 01:16 PM
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yeah, my friend used a heatgun on his SC to pull the lights apart. Ill probably try that next, but i just had that spare light laying around. Maybe before i move ill melt the whole housing down to a puddle of plastic in my oven. I know the new people will love that!
Old 01-23-07, 01:17 PM
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No OE flares for US LX's that I know of. Ask around IH8MUD, and you can probably get a set of flares from an LC for free.
Old 01-23-07, 02:24 PM
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no OE flares are made for the LX, but lowenhart.jp makes a kit for the LX.


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