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Old 06-14-12, 06:41 AM
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whatup everyone. im pretty new to the lexus scene but was always a fan of them. after driving my gutted out boosted civic for a few years as my daily i figured its time to give it a rest and use it as a track only car. i then started my quest for a perfect daily car which in my eyes needed to have luxury, style, potential for power and a great soon to be family car. i set my eyes on the 2nd gen GS and after a few months of searching for a good clean one, i finally found it.





aside from hids and yellow fogs its pretty much stock for now. i have a few ideas as far as mod wise put i plan on throwing in an aristo swap further down the line.
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a quick shot of my honda civic



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Im not a big civic fan but yours is pretty clean. How much power are you making? What other mods do you plan on doing to the GS?
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thanks bro. As of now its alittle over 300whp. as far as the gs,i have some magnaflows im going to throw on it in about a week or 2. i want to do throw some coilovers and some nice wheels, front lip and a lip wing and some audio mods. maybe in a year or so do an aristo swap or na-t. i kinda wanna keep all the features on the car. i hear you lose a few when you do the aristo swap.
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Aristo swaps are nice but i rather keep the ge motor and boost it. (which i did lol) You can still make the same amount of power as the gte motors too.
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welcome Chubz! looks like u got some ideas going already for the GS. keep us posted!
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Originally Posted by tjmhillz
Aristo swaps are nice but i rather keep the ge motor and boost it. (which i did lol) You can still make the same amount of power as the gte motors too.
my main thing is reliability. this is my daily now so i want to keep it reliable but fun. i might just pick up a stock GE motor, refresh it, get it ready for boost and and just swap it in.
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welcome Chubz! looks like u got some ideas going already for the GS. keep us posted!
yea i have a few. just trying to convince the misses that this is stuff i need lol. she had enough with my civic lol
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Originally Posted by chubz
yea i have a few. just trying to convince the misses that this is stuff i need lol. she had enough with my civic lol
yea good luck with that...lol
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Originally Posted by chubz
my main thing is reliability. this is my daily now so i want to keep it reliable but fun. i might just pick up a stock GE motor, refresh it, get it ready for boost and and just swap it in.
Thats a smart way to do it. That way when the motor is done your car wont have much down time since the motor will be ready.
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i think its time to start updating my thread


so after feeling like i need to take a break from playing with my civic i, finally a few weeks ago i got my tints done on the lexus.

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got a free saturday this weekend and got a chance to get my exahusts done.

magnaflow!!!!


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my wife is worried about me going crazy on this car like i did on the civic lol......now im thinking she has every reason to be. the sound of the exhausts make me want to atleast throw an intake on it as well lol.
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Originally Posted by chubz
my wife is worried about me going crazy on this car like i did on the civic lol......now im thinking she has every reason to be. the sound of the exhausts make me want to atleast throw an intake on it as well lol.
lol...mod bug got u!



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Originally Posted by Evil Teo
lol...mod bug got u!



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yeeeeesssss!!! lol and i keep saying to myself "im only gonna do this, this,and this." lol Now i want to do a tte lip, trunk lip, roof spoiler, wheels, suspension, curtains, and a few JP goodies.


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