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Old 11-12-09, 07:03 PM
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What should I modify first? Wheels? Ground Effect Kit? or Get it Lowered?

Below is what it looks like now.

I purchased the IS300 when it first came out and then last summer got a LS400 (year 1) as a beater car for $2K (still runs like a charm!). After getting on this site, I saw lots of cool LS400s all pimped out so I started thinking to do the same to mine. Then I said "Why the f' am I gonna spend more on pimpping it out than I did on the car??" So then after beig on this site a bit longer, I started looking at all the cool SC430 and I decided instead to sell the IS and get a SC430. So I did last summer...but I didn't really think too much about it, but the reason i liked the SC430 so much is cuz they look AWESOME...but only when they're tricked out. Otherwise they look good, but sometime I look at it and think "God, why'd i buy this ugly car?"

I don't want to trick it out so it's slammed so much that it scrapes all the time or looks ghetto, or have too much bling, but I do want it to look classy and sporty. So the 3 things I do want to do is get new wheels, ground effect and have it lowered just a bit. But I don't want to spend so much money all at once. And I want to get pretty good stuff, not crap, so that's another reason I want to save up a bit before purchasing. I figure to get something now, then again a year from now and then 2 years from now have it all completed.

Would the order of acquiring these 3 goals make a difference for any reason, such as fitting? What order would you go in?

Thanks in advance!
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Old 11-12-09, 07:47 PM
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i'd save up until you can afford wheels and suspension together. not much point doing them individually, they'll look a little goofy with just one or the other. i'd wait and do a kit after that. wheels and suspension make the biggest improvement.
Old 11-14-09, 06:53 AM
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I'd just do the wheels first...see how you like the ride/look, then suspension then bodykit. Just don't do anything extreme. You can always add spacers later to push the wheels out of you go with a wider body. Just my two cents.
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