My JZS147: finally getting to it.

Strated out with a 95 GS 300 I bought back in 2003 w/35K on the clock. Gone through many design changes, after some years researching and getting lucky with some nice parts, I finally started the build.

Thanks to my friend Damicci for helping me out figure some things out and help me here and there in the design and orientation of my project.


BTW, this is a build in process, aiming to complete EVERYTHING by mid 2011.

Aero: Kazz Sport Type II, modded by Me, JMax Design
Other body mods: Fenders and fender caps, wheel fittment and quarter panel work by Me.
Suspension: K-Sport coilovers, Night Pager RCA's (coming up).
Wheels: Lowenheart LSR 20x9 0, 20x11 +7, black polish finish by me.
Breaks: Front: MKIV TT caliper. Rear: calipers from a 2nd Gen GS300 powdercoated black (coming up).
Engine: Aristo motor swap. Coming early 2011.
Interior: Akabi:Select black/w red stitching custom seats and door panels (in the process). Wrapped Toyota Tundra steering wheel. GS430 shift knob. IS300 gated shifter. Red head liner/pillars.
Sound: Pioneer stereo (still picking one), Pioneer compound speakers, JL audio components, JL audio 12' bass speaker. (coming up)
Other mods: Modded JDM aristo headlights and fog lights, black/polished door handles (in process), custom grille (in process), red LED cluster and instrument panels, CrossRoads 2nd gen clear turn signals. 


The car:

When I bought it
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1st iteration: Painted it Millennium Silver, WedSport's Novaris S 18x9.5, 8.5 sitting on Teins for a MKIV (modded to fit my car)
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2nd iteration: Sportmax wheels 512 or something like that 20x10 +35 rear, 18x9.5 front on Tanabe D210F springs
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3rd iteration: Same wheels now with KSport coilovers adjusted the lowest
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Right now:
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The original kit:
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How it will look finished:
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Aero:
Bought it on ebay, cheap for what it is, pretty damaged. 
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Basically reconstructed missing pieces of fiberglass andfixed many of the cracks present.


Front bumper work:

Added the vents and reduced the size of the intercooler opening

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Front bumper now it is primered and ready to wetsand.

Rear bumper:
The exhaust openings were designed for a single fartcan of about 3.5"... I want two 3" polished stainless pipes coming out of each opening. Extended the openings to fit what I wanted and fixed many cracks and chips.

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Ready to wetsand as well!


Sideskirts: just repaired the damage and because of the design, I cannot add vents... not like I wanted to anyways. Fitted them as you can see in the earlier pic. Perfect.


Fender caps: I had them off so, why not add a vent, right?

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Ready to wetsand.

Pic of finished bumpers:
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Cutting-in the car

The goods:
Color: 3PO in the Toyota color chip: I am actually going to use a dark grey metallic base to make the color a bit darker. Tought of a candy red but candies are such a pain in the buttocks to take care of; since this is going to be my daily, a solid red will have to do since I do not want to deal with fading.

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The lab:
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Cutting in:

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All edges cut.

Got wheels; currently being shipped: Damicci  lent me his rear 19x10 -7 to test out fitment...

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My wheels: 
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Gives you an idea of what I want... and I want a pull that looks something like this:

Thanks RacingStylez for building such a badass LS. 

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Researching how am I going to take it there and waiting on the real wheels. I will also be designing my fender vents but haven't decided if I really want to eliminate the side marker since I kind of like it... more photoshop research/design during this week for me to come up with something... maybe a vent design that would allow me to use a skinny side marker... we'll see.

Since I have downtime from bodywork, I started the headlamp mods and fog light mods as well as the LED cluster/instrument panel change form blue to red.

I finished all this in one week (thanksgiving week) since I was off from my real work PLUS I painted my brother's rps13 (complete job as well)... been an exhausting BUT satisfying week.

Will post pics of all that later. Just got out of work, time for wife and kid.

Ti'll next time, hope you enjoyed reading through this, stay tuned for more.

Looks like a great build, definitely gonna look HOT once finished :)

wow such crazy body work skills. wish i had the knowledge. great work going on

wrd. me too, i'd fix all the stuff that's wrong with my car. :runcoold:

Great, looking project wow! totally can't wait for your awesome finish. :)

Thanks for the comments guys!



I'm posting this since I finished my headlamps yesterday (basically, had to finish putting one more thogheter) and got started on my foglamps. Even thoug the fogs were intended to be Mode Parfume  Stylish Fog Light Prism Sync, after the dollar vs yen shena****ns, I cannot afford to pay about $780+ just for foglamps... even though I REALLY want them bad. But with a wife and kid and house payment, plus currenlty trying to get an SUV for the family, that is out of the question, modded JDM fogs will have to do for now.

Headlamps: 
I have JDM Aristo headlamps; I have always liked them and I even cleared the orange piece to make them all chrome but there is something about the MKIV lamps that I have always liked... specially the black MKIV housing headlamps so, why the heck not?
Also, the JDM lamps get yellow really fast even after polishing them or sanding them... forget that. So I decided to clear them and add little details here and there.

MKIV headlamps: 
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Started by taking them appart, sanding and cleaning them (800 first, 1000 second, then used a gray scotchbrite and prepping soap), added a black outline, added some refraction tricks, candy blue over the chrome projector cover, blacking out the inside and clearing the outside. 

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They are done. Put it in for the pics.

I'll do more stuff this weekend, nothing going on this week on this project.

BTW, in the last pic the lights are OFF. Also, coloring that area of the reflector doesn't affect the color of the light, all it does it gives the impression the headlamp is on when someone takes a picture ;) learned it from an old VIP Style magazine... i think it was in a june or july 2003 DIY. Seen it done with amber, red, green and pink and looks cool too. 

Another thing is that I have wired my JDM lamps as the USDM lamps as well: my amber works as a blinker and driving light. I achieved this by modding the USDM blinker socket to fit the JDM headlamp. I like to see the amber in the corner and a white LED bulb as the day-light when I drive and with the black housing, this looks actually pretty awesome. 

I will take some pics of the entire lamp lighted up.

With this last update, I am over and out for a bit: still deciding what I want to do with my front fenders... I am thinking of using an LS460 side marker instead of the 2nd Gen GS300 and design my fender vent to accommodate that blinker... very possible this will happen. Also, lots of family things are going on (in-laws anniversary, father in-law's b-day, my dads surgery, other drama stuff, you know, family stuff) so I might not touch this project till saturday yet for only a little bit (thinking on finishing my fog light mods).

So till then, I hope this lil update was of your liking.

very nice build!! I wish I had the dedication on working on the car.

The kit was FUBAR'd so he put in ALOT of work restoring it.

Looking good just don't stray like you do. Keep at it.

lol you know me well I see. Luckily, my vision and idea is pretty much dead-locked. Maybe changing little details here and there but the main idea is still there, even with the interior.
 
I know decided to make vents on the fenders and use an LS460 turn signal since I would need to pull the fender anyway to fit extreme offset wheels. 

Now I need to find someone who would want the 3 yards of silver neffy wrap I had bought and the 2nd gen clear turn signals lol.

rims are SICK in the right size and fitment.  kit isnt my tastes, but im in for the final product.  you have a lot of knowledge and skills, so im sure youll find a way to make everything flow and subsequently, change my mind.

I'm loving the progress and the custom work on that kit.  That painted projector trick is soooo sick.

thanks for the comments guys! 

I got my wheels in yesterday: +33 on the rear on a 20x11 and +27 on a 20x9 with a 5x112 bolt pattern. I will have them re-drilled to fit 114.3. I still have to do a pull since I wont go lower than -2.2 camber on my rears since I intend to dd this car and my round trip to work is usually 12 ish mi a day: tire wear would be pretty bad.

I expect about 30 to 15 mm of poke all around; perfect for a minor pull.

I'll update the thread with some pics over the weekend. :)

wow great job on the headlights. i just did em on mine too and i messed them up. its even worst than before i started

wow... what process did you follow? also, I use real urethane automotive paint (spray gun) and I would never recommend doing it with rattle can clear.

damn..this is lookin to be real nice!

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Got them. Now it's time to fit them.

3pc, right?

yeap, 3 HEAVY pieces lol. I can't believe I'm really getting to build my car... finally, even after getting married and being a dad. Today I'm getting the interior out to start tearing down the doors completely. Will get pics of that.

3 piece but the lip is welded to the barrel under the silicone on most lowenharts. one of my favorite wheels.

you sir are correct.

 I had some downtime yesterday and finished all my led recoloring from blue to red, a/c controls and gauge cluster.

good stuff man

Nice build. Keep up the good work. I can see you have been putting alot of hours in your project. Respect.

Waiting for my wheel adaptors to get here, started working on my fenders and my fogs.

JDM fogs:

Took them apart, blacked out the housing and started removing the lense ridges. Took some 

pictures of the before stage: 

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More sometime this week.

Fenders: started desiging the vent, settled on the design, started the cutting process. 

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Need to get new metal air sheers.. I tought I had one but turns out I lend it to the troll who never 

returns crap... :(

The bodywork skills are nasty. Right now I'm in the process of doing a custom front bumper for my Q, hope it turns out as baller as yours! haha

killing the 147 game...i love it.

reallly really like this build.... keep it up!
some inspiration...
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Nice builddd!

digging the build! will be keeping an eye on this one!!!

Great job :biggthumpup: wish I had your body work skills.

Big up to you man for doing it yourself, there are never too much of us diy guys around! Built > bought FTMFW :biggthumpup:

So you are doing the GTE swap on this puppy, any big plans power wise?

Thanks for the comments guys! :)

No big plans for power yet but definitely a GTE swap. I am debating at the moment to either go with a full bag system or cups. I worked in the hood this weekend while fabricating a rear spoiler for a miata customer. Here are some pics:

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Decided to add a vent and shave the windshield sprinklers... I really never used them in the last 5 years anyways.

sick looking GS hmm makes me wanna get old GS =)

Sweet build man, loving this GS.

Dude got skillz:biggthumpup:

very good body work skills! keep up the good work and pics coming!

Hood vent for a change

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very nice! :biggthumpup:

damn! this car is getting alot of work done cant wait to see it done

Top notch work man, mad props to you! Im going to subscribe to this thread for sure, cant wait to see how it turns out!

wow cant wait to see this finished

been super busy with work and a customer's project (custom miata spoiler) so I haven't had time to work on my car. I almost finished the hood; here is a small teaser:

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-Squirter holes shaved: check
-Main spots welded: check
-Body work: pending

More coming up this weekend: Hood should be done and primered, upholstery teasers coming up!

Fog lights teasers:

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Hood getting fitted: It barely touches the fan shroud, not enough to push the metal upwards. Simply perfect. Also, the air deflector doesn't have to be removed. Hate it or love it, here are the pics:

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I love it.

gettin down. :biggthumpup:

Very nice indeed :biggthumpup:

hella work dude!! Love builds like this, its a lot of fun when you take the time to think it all out like you say and have it come out exactly the way you vision it.

Also props to have a wife that understands and lets you have time to continue a project! Hope your kid is learning lol :P

:D Yeah, my wife and I have a very good understanding and she is awesome. I usually work in the evenings after work for 3 weeks (counting saturdays),  and 1 week for family and friends activities, dinners, visits, etc. Also, all Wednesdays and Sundays are family time. Works well for me and she is amazing at supporting me during long projects... even though she doesn't like red cars (LOL since this car is going to be red!). My baby boy is still 4 months, I really can't wait till he is 2-3 so I can have him help me with lil stuff and start showing him the ropes :D

Very cool build; love seeing the 147 getting some love. I still think it's the "prettiest" GS style.

Reminds me of the builds I did with my 161 and my brother's 147; what we call "sausage being made..."  the process is not pretty, but the results are delicious!

Keep up the great work!

So the time to pick an engine has come. I have been eyeing toyota v8 engines; the one that makes sense to me is a 1uzfe from a gs400. Still researching the electronic part of this swap but i have in mind a custom cluster anyways. Trying to find more info about it. Any of you guys have an idea where would i get the toyota repair manual for such engine?

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LSx.

do it.

That has DEFINITELY crossed my mind more than once but motor sets are getting scarce and expensive. Maybe if i find a totaled lsx car with an auto before i find a uzfe motorset i might change my mind. 

The only thing it bothers me about a lsx swap is the price of an lsx plus the price of the custom parts to swap it in vs the price of a gs400 motorset and the fab to swap it in.

Also the ls in the gs makes me feel like a waste of an engine since the motor would never be driven like it should.  The 1UZFE makes more sense to me for a dd automatic car; plus, the money saved on a uzfe swap could be well spent in the interior or the sound system... still I wish I had the bandwidth to build another gs as a track car: that would definetly have an ls2 or ls7... and I really do miss track driving... 

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haha i'm just kidding you. for your purposes a 1uz def. makes more sense.

Small update: hood almost finished!

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Dinner in the garage :)
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look good...mmmmm
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So dopeeeee dude!  Subscribe fo sho!  Loving the progress on this.

That pizza is not delivery! lol

sorry if i missed it, but what shop do you work at?

None. I do this in my garage as a hobby and as a side job. My real job is at a Tax and Accounting  software company I cannot name as a Sr. RnD/Tech Support agent. Same place damicci works at ;)

[QUOTE=Kouki Monster;370023]That pizza is not delivery! lol[/QUOTE]

Not at all!! The wifey tears it up in the kitchen!

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And......

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need I say more? ;)

That white Cima is HOT! And considering the similarities in bodylines between the Cima&Aristo I think that kind of wing would work great with your car :biggthumpup:

I am not gonna lie, when i scrolled down I thought I was in the wrong thread! Was saying he posted one of my all time favs just for me!! haha then I started catching on about the wing.

Can not wait sir, can not wait.. til you fly here to make me one too HAHA

[QUOTE=JMAX;369521]So the time to pick an engine has come. I have been eyeing toyota v8 engines; the one that makes sense to me is a 1uzfe from a gs400. Still researching the electronic part of this swap but i have in mind a custom cluster anyways. Trying to find more info about it. Any of you guys have an idea where would i get the toyota repair manual for such engine?
 
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if you use the harness from an sc400, you  can get a modified supra aem ems that is plug and play.
 
if you go for a factory ecu i'd probably go with an early 1uz (ls/sc), pre vvti and odb2. seems like the swap would be much easier.

[QUOTE=OG;370675]if you use the harness from an sc400, you  can get a modified supra aem ems that is plug and play.[/QUOTE]

Interesting since i don't plan on leaving the engine stock... I was wondering what harness to get since i could source the harness from an LS or SC. Thanks for that info! Been reading some V8TT builds over in CL and seems like an interesting thing to do...

[QUOTE=JMAX;370705]Interesting since i don't plan on leaving the engine stock... I was wondering what harness to get since i could source the harness from an LS or SC. Thanks for that info! Been reading some V8TT builds over in CL and seems like an interesting thing to do...[/QUOTE]
So what's ya reckon: a stock gen1 UZ, add forged inners, port&polish the head, fab up a custom mani and IC pipes, slab 2xGT28's on that bad boy and then the AEM EMS with a strengthened box. You should be good with a solid 500rwhp/600ft-lb, that should be ok for a daily :biggthumpup:

DO IT!!!!

haha killin it, I love where this is goin ............ no homo

[QUOTE=JMAX;370705]Interesting since i don't plan on leaving the engine stock... I was wondering what harness to get since i could source the harness from an LS or SC. Thanks for that info! Been reading some V8TT builds over in CL and seems like an interesting thing to do...[/QUOTE]
 
 
modding the uz is expensive, support is weak. if you're looking to do much you may want to look elsewhere.

True but you are also saving a bunch by doing everything so good trade off

not really, the 1uz needs a lot of work to hold boost. i would expect to spend $5k just on the  bottom end for anything over a few pounds. add engine managment and the actual turbo set up and... you get the idea. more than an ls swap for sure (for equal power), but it's not always about what you make. sometimes the fun is in how you make it.

The more i look at boosting a UZ, the less it makes sense... i could just do an aristo swap and upgrade the turbo, injectors and ems to get close or over 600... which doesnt appeal to me much really since i am not building a race or fast car. Im stiill thinking of a 1uz swap but mainly leaving it stock with the basic of the basic mods. That would make for a nice car a lil bit different in its own way since i havent seen many 1st gen gs's with a UZ swap at least here in AZ.

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i'm onboard with the uz swap, just letting you know that if you want to make a lot of cheap power you're barking up the wrong tree. based on your new criteria i think it would be a great swap. i'm wondering if you could source the necesarry 1g aristo/1uz parts and make it a drop in affair. that would be dope imo.

[QUOTE=OG;370911]i'm onboard with the uz swap, just letting you know that if you want to make a lot of cheap power you're barking up the wrong tree. based on your new criteria i think it would be a great swap. i'm wondering if you could source the necesarry 1g aristo/1uz parts and make it a drop in affair. that would be dope imo.[/QUOTE]

Yea same here! I called venus-auto and they mentioned they could get me one but the wait time is enourmous (almost 8 months)... which makes sense since there is zero demand for that engine...

Unless you guys know a good importer who could get me this engine or could recommend me someone that I could talk to , that would be dope.

Thanks fellas!

oh my fuck this thing is the tits.

I'm debating if I should weld the spoiler to the trunk to make it a one piece (easier) or making a fiberglass spoiler (harder)... if fiberglass, I will have to do a wood or clay prototype like I did for a customer's miata spoiler... fiberglass would allow me to make copies easier, but i really don't intend to sell something unique like that... anyways, bought a new vehicle over the weekend (closed yesterday) and I will be getting a hachi for a paint job (ANOTHER CAR!), PLUS i'm still waiting for the wheel adapters/spacers to do the fender work, so the build will see like a 1 or 2 week pause. I might get to finish modding the new rear tailamps I got, the fog lights and might get to completely clear out the headlight lenses. I will definetly post up the results this weekend since it seems i'm not going to IFO to check out ricer cars.

Thanks for all your support guys, comments like these keep me going!

[QUOTE=JMAX;371571]I'm debating if I should weld the spoiler to the trunk to make it a one piece (easier) or making a fiberglass spoiler (harder)... if fiberglass, I will have to do a wood or clay prototype like I did for a customer's miata spoiler... fiberglass would allow me to make copies easier, but i really don't intend to sell something unique like that... anyways, bought a new vehicle over the weekend (closed yesterday) and I will be getting a hachi for a paint job (ANOTHER CAR!), PLUS i'm still waiting for the wheel adapters/spacers to do the fender work, so the build will see like a 1 or 2 week pause. I might get to finish modding the new rear tailamps I got, the fog lights and might get to completely clear out the headlight lenses. I will definetly post up the results this weekend since it seems i'm not going to IFO to check out ricer cars.

Thanks for all your support guys, comments like these keep me going![/QUOTE]

i say make it metal! mold it to the lid.

make it part of the trunk, then smooth it in. metal > glass all day.

hows the build going?  this thing is going to be awesome when it's done

Im currently spraying an ae86 for a buddy of mine, so the project is on hold. waiting for some lil goodies and news from an upholstery shop to do my seats and headliner.; also piecing the sound system since I have the car apart, this is the best time to start it.


Thanks for all your comments guys!

Now thats a DIY build thread. Awesome work so far.

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Where has JMax been????

I took a break from my GS to work  an my buddie's AE86.

These are the end results of a long strip and repaint process:

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Thought to show you what I am all about.

Now, back to my project :)

no more breaks!

^^^ Ooohh shiinyy!
Too bad the front bumper looks whack:pat:

Now do some own work son:dance:

JMAX gone underground...? The people WANT updates lol =)

Not really, just getting ready some suprises :D

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Really nice build thus far. Love the fab work on the body. Great job!

[QUOTE=JMAX;391141]Not really, just getting ready some suprises :D

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...!!!...
Ready, setto, go... =)

waiting for new pics ....

still alive, had to store my car at my parents garage while I finished 2 customer projects... now I have a dent on my quarter panel and trunk...

SOON!

Looking for a new set of wheels, changed my outside color scheme.

More pics coming :)

Forgot about this build, +1 for update pics

[QUOTE=JMAX;416907]still alive, had to store my car at my parents garage while I finished 2 customer projects... now I have a dent on my quarter panel and trunk...

SOON!

Looking for a new set of wheels, changed my outside color scheme.

More pics coming :)[/QUOTE]

Any teasers yet?
Being a curious persons I has to know what's your new color scheme? So I know if have to mix mine up, maybe add some ALSA effects to the OEM 1G0 :giggity:

Nice work, I cant wait for the picture update=)

[QUOTE=bluwagun;422550]Nice work, I cant wait for the picture update=)[/QUOTE]


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Trolling came across this thread. What happened to this build ? Just curious...  The work looks phenomenal. Wanted to see the end result.

comeon any more updates? :D