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Old 05-17-05, 05:13 PM
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In the no, 4 issueU.K magazine "Banzai" there is a white/white IS on the cover. You also get a nice 2 page poster of this car.


SUPRA-IMPOSED IS200 to IS600: Mat Clawley’s Lexus is now a 600bhp ‘Monster’


http://www.banzaimagazine.com/wallpapers.htm

scroll at the bottom for the wallpaper

Go pick it up at your fav newstand! $7.99 USA, $13.95 Canada
Old 05-17-05, 05:28 PM
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im not feeling that front bumper but i bet that car is bad!
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what the hell is that bumper, that's pretty bad.....
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Originally Posted by rominl
what the hell is that bumper, that's pretty bad.....

that was a Hippo sleek bumper........customized to that above which was windtunnel tested........

his sn on is300.net is superchargedsi200 i believe.......
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He is also a member on CL but he doesn't post much.
I had a ride in this car last summer when they where still sorting out the mapping.
Even with a 4k rpm limit it was very impressive, we where doing 120mph in no time on a country road.
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Originally Posted by 1NewLexIS300
that was a Hippo sleek bumper........customized to that above which was windtunnel tested........

his sn on is300.net is superchargedsi200 i believe.......
umm..... i guess sometimes performance and look are two very different things @_@

so richie, that's the guy who did the gte swap a while back?
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Originally Posted by rominl
so richie, that's the guy who did the gte swap a while back?
Yeah, that's the guy.
Stock block with HKS twins and some other mods. Plenty fast allready.
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Originally Posted by Richie
Yeah, that's the guy.
Stock block with HKS twins and some other mods. Plenty fast allready.
yeah that's the car, cool deal man, for sure it's fast! we have a gte swap here in norcal too, that car is insane fast
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dang that is cool, just gimme what's under the hood.
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Looks like a monster. Not feelin the front bumper though
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he also has another front bumper.
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Originally Posted by irv_usc
he also has another front bumper.
One that still fits over the IC?
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