progress pics of my LS

wanted to keep you guys updated. havent done much since i was busy with school and work, but since summer has come, i can get things done... so far, my main priority is body working my kit and get it ready for paint. heres what ive got so far.
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excuss my hand
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im also trying to get my truck ready for paint, so my progress comes by slow since i work on both my rides at the same time...
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my other door claddings and rear bumper are with my classmates from autobody, to help with time, and doing it all completely by myself would kill me. 

hope you guys dig it...

forgot to ask, im having a hard time deciding what color i want to go with. for now (for now) im gonna paint my kit the same color as my car for the hell of it. but for later, i was thinking all black...
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silver like one of these
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black and gunmetal...
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a red of some sort...
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or red/gunmetal, blue/gunmetal, green/gunmetal etc... what do you guys think?

nice progress.. another tight LS from the 808.. 

looks like a lot of sanding ahead.. 

are those door panels riveted on?  just curious.

I would say go with black or white, if not one of those two, maybe silver.

my pref is the black.. or two tone black with gun grey on the bottom.. like the JP LS that used to exist somewhere in forum..

+ black would be easier to match up.. if touch ups were needed later down the road.

lookin good raymond..i vote some deep maroon or dark green..hehe..maroon or some sort of red would be sweet though

man it's going to look mean.

dayum mista.. looking good..

im a fan of white cars so i say paint it white.. =D

[QUOTE=MS9;63164]nice progress.. another tight LS from the 808.. 

looks like a lot of sanding ahead.. 

are those door panels riveted on?  just curious.[/QUOTE]

i used tapered sheet metal screwed to hold up my sides and door claddings.

[QUOTE=MS9;63168]my pref is the black.. or two tone black with gun grey on the bottom.. like the JP LS that used to exist somewhere in forum..

+ black would be easier to match up.. if touch ups were needed later down the road.[/QUOTE]

touching up/matching, or mixing paint for that matter isnt a problem, i have access to a paint mixing system so i can get ahold of any color i want for hella cheap... but black just looks so gangsta!

go black

Looks good, can't wait to see the final products.

I'd go black, it's gonna be gangsta. :D

dark blue with green tint

I say black and gunmetal 2 tone

black is the traditional style... 
white will show all the details...
and maroon/red will pull the panties out!!!

$.02

Sweet build up man.For color i say go with black and gun metal and rep it jp style that be pretty sweet.

Looking good so far.  I think it's going to look great when it comes together.  Colorwise I'd go with a very dark cherry red.

I third the black/gunmetal. Especially if you use a nice, course, metallic.

[quote=platinumpresto;63279]
and maroon/red will pull the panties out!!!
 
$.02[/quote]
 
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

first of all, let me get it out of the way. Car is coming along awesome!
secondly, can you sell me the passenger side quarter panel cladding? The little one behind the rear door? Body shop that fixed my car did it all ghetto and put a 90-92 one on it and mine is a 94 so its different.

Nice...lookin great Ray.:thumbsup:

[QUOTE=iNS0MNiAC;63271]I say black and gunmetal 2 tone[/QUOTE]

my weapon of choice, aye but no matter what color you spray, its still gonna come out fuckin sweet!

Black and/or silver are fine, but it's been done 1067x before...

When I go that far with a car I always like to do something unique.

If you like dark colors, I'd go NightHawk black (actually a dark midnight blue).

Otherwise, I'd go PPG Rattlesnake (dark root beer brown- KILLER in person)

[QUOTE=SoCalSC4;63369]

Otherwise, I'd go PPG Rattlesnake (dark root beer brown- KILLER in person)[/QUOTE]


i was just peepin out PPG's new Vibrance collection, and saw the rattlesnake under the sun and that shit is pimpin. maybe not for a vip platform, but difinately on a low low :thumbsup:

i love black/gunmetal 2 tone...but...flat black would be killaz!!!!!!

[QUOTE=platinumpresto;63279]black is the traditional style... 
white will show all the details...
and maroon/red will pull the panties out!!!

$.02[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=gato;63349]:thumbsup: :thumbsup:[/QUOTE]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Silver.

sickness bro! paint that suckah black! bentley black metallic w/the red flakes....:thumbsup:

[QUOTE=xk-y33;63619]sickness bro! paint that suckah black! bentley black metallic w/the red flakes....:thumbsup:[/QUOTE]

might look too lowrider-ish, with flakes... maybe for my truck... 

black/gunmetal cuz it looks gangsta-old school... silver cuz ive always had a hard time spraying silver and itll be great practice... and red, ooh red, it matches the name of my kit, devils...

i ordered 2 sets of xenon white puddle lights last night. hopefully itll be here by friday so i got something else to do for this weekend. i can only take so much of body working, work on cars at work, work on cars at home....

Keep it the same color, and hurry up and buy my fabos!

I assume with the plate box on the tailgate, you are doing a roll pan of some sort?
 
Look good so far.. Keep it up.

[QUOTE=Lexbubba;63632]Keep it the same color, and hurry up and buy my fabos![/QUOTE]
I thought Aaron bough them?  Anyhow...I still say that deep cherry red..will match your aero name too like you mentioned. Haha.

Your working it out definitely looks good so far Im gonna say go red\maroon too I think it will look tight with your Devils kit.

[QUOTE=Lexbubba;63632]Keep it the same color, and hurry up and buy my fabos![/QUOTE]

i seriously want to!! buy the price is too high for me. i only work part time, it would take me the whole summer to come up with that cash.... lower the price a bit for me....lol.. plus too, im getting 24's on 25 series for my truck......

paint it a blue so dark it looks black until light is shined on it.

car is looking good so far

Nice work!  Can't wait to see the finished product!

Looks real nice.  I would go with dark glossy black!

Go with a Dark red/maroon..Something diferent and not the same color as ususal...

very nice keep up the good work.

color i would say black/silver would look sick.

well puddle lights came in yesterday. heres some install pics. i altered the brackets that came with the puddle lights, drilled some holes in the side skirts and mounted them in. the instructions said to mount them 12" apart but i did mine 17.5" across the whole skirt. mounted them flush so you cant see them from far... but in the process of wiring them up, i guess somewhere the wires crossed and now i have a burnt out integration relay. spend most of the night (til 1145pm) and part of this morning trying to find this relay. couldnt find it so ill have to do so at work tomorrow. but heres some pics...

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cant really see it, focused wrong but it hangs about 3mm.
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after being mad last night, i still hooked up the lights to see what they looked like, its ok. not as bright as i thought they would be. but guess thats what you get for buying something that cheap. ill get some night pics later tonight.

i'd say ThunderCloud Metallic

heres some (crappy) night pics but you get the picture... dont know how to work my gf's camera. and i dont have a still enough hand for the night feature, just gotta call up jfab for that...
oh yeah, that extra light you see by the spot light is the reflection off the ground. i have it temporarily (sp?) wired up to the door panel light til i fix that integration relay.
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Are those the JLevi SW puddle lights?

slightly better pics, no tripod and with as steady as my hand could get.
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Looks great! Black would be pretty gangsta but that gunmetal silver is nice too...

better pics later tonight...
i guess this coming weekend ill install my other set of puddle lights in the door claddings so when i swing open the doors (1 on each door) its lit as well, replace the under dash lights, and under the rears of the front seats for the back seat passengers. then try to spray some primer on the side skirt. didnt get much dont with weekend cuz i had to help paint my house... enjoy
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man, your car looking good. it's coming along really nice. but i say black man!

wouldn't it have been easier to paint the sideskirt first instead of installing the puddle lights first?  Seems like more work to tape them off.  I've seen your truck on other truck forums...  we have simular projects 
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HELL YEAH, feelin that conversion!  i saw the same conversion a week ago over here in socal and it looks sweet as hell. i had to do a double take cause it flowed real good with the truck, it looked like it came with the car. u should weld some caddy tails on the back bro

p.s. i'm workin on my pos s10 blazer over here.. still a long way to go

[QUOTE=speedaddict;64575]wouldn't it have been easier to paint the sideskirt first instead of installing the puddle lights first?  Seems like more work to tape them off.  I've seen your truck on other truck forums...  we have simular projects 
[/QUOTE]

i have the puddle lights held in by 1 sheet metal screw each. so it wont be hard to remove and install... 

cool, great to see others with the same interest... but im nowhere near what you mainland guys can do, isnt your truck turbo or something, cant remember. i cant figure out if i should body drop or do 24's all around, but thats another forums...

looking sick, i gotta see it at night

sick project!! oh and the LS is nice too! hahah.

nice progress, can't wait to see the results.

reppin 808!! sick progress

so i had some extra cash laying around and......
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fabos, 19x9 +10 fits perfect (i think)
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much thanks so lexbubba for the business....A+++++++

the backs however, 19x10 -2 required max camber, and im in the process of pulling more. oh yeah and as for those holes where the trim screws into, when you roll and pull it leaves a dent, i found out how to prevent that from happening. 
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and the the MRR's look sick. i thought 20's would look too big on a ucf10 but looks nice to me....
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and the pulling continues.....
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lookin good ray..so which wheels u gonna rock?? u gonna sell ur ame ax's??? maybe i can rock em for the vip meet thingy..hehehe

you think you can run a slightly fatter tire on the 20's? it looks like you are sitting on the rim lol. you are still on the springs right?

i guess this is finish product for the driver side... spent another 2hrs pulling to what you see now... im beginning to have second thoughts here, i might have to sell my AX's i got now, and get another set of AX's with similar offsets to the fabos... 

about 1hr ago...
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and hr later...
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sickness man, just pure sickness. damn just cant wait till my d3s's come in

great progress... i would have to say that the fab's is a better offset for your car.  Can't wait to see what the final priduct is going to look like.  When are you planning on painting it???

looking cherry.

Looking good, time to get some air on that thing!

U got da rolling down.... son!!! ur gonna have to roll/pull my shit again

[QUOTE=SECRET SERVICE. UCF21;65667]U got da rolling down.... son!!! ur gonna have to roll/pull my shit again[/QUOTE]

trade me rims then......

now you can practice rolling fenders on my cressida.....:smiley: ..haha....sick pics

Dammmmn 3 pairs of shoes for 1 ride... "daddy's lil girl" i can def. appriciate that!!  great job bro can t wait to see the rest

Cool - (suteki) 
mista808, you sir are now my official role model

nothing new, mounted my friends DH's to see what the offsets would look like... i really wanted to prime my side skirt but this came up...
i put a 15mm spacer on the rears with my AME's with a +25. so this would be a 19x10 +10 with rolled and pulled...
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and the DH's with stock camber settings
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i also put puddle lights on the bottoms of my door claddings, ill get pics of that later...
more pics of the DH's in the wheel fitment thread

looking smeeen Thanks- (arigatou)

got around (finally) to finishing body working my driver side skirt and lay'd down some primer..
finished body working and getting ready for primer
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1st coat of primer
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2nd coat
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3rd coat then sprayed some guide coat on
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then i just had to throw on my kit to see how it looked with the roll/pull and the DH's. very nice poke....
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i also put on the door cladding with a puddle light installed to see what they looked like...
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puddle light i installed under the dash/foot area
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lookin good man!

love the video.  They look super clean.

sweet!! Like your mullitple set of wheels..This project is  going to be mean!!!

do the red! do the red! do the red! 
so at least someone will :)

thats gonna look very good!

im really thinking of going red. some type of burgundy, deep red color. like the new IS/GS...
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or the new lexus green... couldnt find a picture though... my plan was to spray the whole car monotone red, then if i keep the fabulous rims, ill  spray the lip the same color red as the car and leave the centers chrome, like a drift/vip style, like the ones you see towards the back of the vip car/style magazines. hate it or love it, imma do it..

Awesome progress! 3 sets of shoes damn man! :smilie_thumbsup:

if you do a red, do a nice dark burgandy. Our body style just doesn't look right with a brighter red.

something in the red hugh will definitley set it off.....
 
nice progress

some sort of maroon/ burgandy...
 
i was thinking about mixing up my own custom color but if i need to repaint...say my front bumper...i don't wanna go through the hassle of color matching...

finally got around to doing work on my front bumper and driver rear door cladding, and getting these rims to fit a bit better...
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You know with the kit on the wheels doesn't look like it sticks out much anymore. 
 
I like this, keep us posted as this was what I wanted to do with my old LS.  *tear*

damn vince...i got to find a way to get that damn body kit over here haha...
 
looks good man...buy my amistads!  haha

[quote=VIP-UCF;73114]damn vince...i got to find a way to get that damn body kit over here haha...
 
looks good man...buy my amistads!  haha[/quote]

ha, someone buy my fabos, or my ame's..... seriously....

i'll buy the tires, that way it'll be easier to sell them to someone in the mainland :)

[quote=VIP-UCF;73117]i'll buy the tires, that way it'll be easier to sell them to someone in the mainland :)[/quote]

ill let you know on that, the guy that wants my ame's wants them without tires, but martin also wanted tires for when his rims come in....

keep up the great work!

heres what ive done so far this weekend (saturday)... got the rear pull the way i want them, and fitted the rear bumper for the last time. angling up my driveway helped...
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DONKed my truck for the day...
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ass shot
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Lookin' good, but damn son, you need some exhaust BAD!!  Haha, unless you got it sorted already and were just waiting to fit your aero all G first.  Anxious to see how the panels come out after paint.  Looks like you got them pretty straight.  That's usually the biggest problem with door panels...waves.  Keep the pics coming!

Fhaking unbelievable...    Great work, great pics.. Thanks for taking the time to share!

lookin good raymond!

[quote=elpresidente;73533]Lookin' good, but damn son, you need some exhaust BAD!! Haha, unless you got it sorted already and were just waiting to fit your aero all G first.  Anxious to see how the panels come out after paint.  Looks like you got them pretty straight.  That's usually the biggest problem with door panels...waves.  Keep the pics coming![/quote]

tell me about it, those exhaust cut outs are huge! but i got it planned out. gonna weld up my own exhaust system. from the cats back, 2 1/4 straight pipes to either an X-pipe or H-pipe, back to either a pair of borla or magnaflow mufflers, single in/dual out. i have no idea what type of tips yet though.... just gotta buy different radius u-pipes and straight pipes and start from there. hopefully sounding something like this guys GS...
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as for the panels, they requiered so much time to get them to where they are now, straight as an arrow... the bumpers are easier cuz there are more curves than flat surfaces... ill keep you guys posted for sure...

Ah ray fabo's look cherry, looks like you cleaned um up quite a bit since I sold em to you.

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:biggthumpup:

I'm loving it.



p.s. The wheel fitment on your truck is horrible :smiley:

Damn wheel fitment is right on!  Love the rear shot.

Always keeping an eye on this thread. Great work man, look forward to seeing the finished product. :dance:

sick look mang. Id respray the original color and lay over a sick pearl or ice pop the color.

Sweet progress bruddah!!! I first thought the fabos was wide as hell but when you put the aero on it was just right!!!!! keep up the progress and hard work!!! alojas

looks choke solid...

[QUOTE=speedaddict;75260]looks choke solid...[/QUOTE]
I don't think I ever used those two words side by side before...but if I did, it would have to be to describe the same thing as him.  Haha...anything new?

nothing really new. except that while turning left coming to a sudden stop my tire caught the lip of the fender and pulled it out and damaged that portion of the fender. other than that bumming my trip, im figuring the next set of rims i get, the fronts i can go about 5mm lower. idk yet...
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Well, it doesn't look too bad...I've seen far worse and yah, you can come out a little bit more.  I think it'll be more noticeable when the car is painted since there will be contrast between the colors as right now the fender and wheel are similar colors.  

Testing the trim?

Take a full view shot, a full view shot!  Your car's pics right now are like teasers!!

Anyways.... since your car makes me like a little girl.

Take some more pics, I'm lovin it.

Loving the front bumper! Keep it up!

havent done much cuz school and work takes up all my time, but i did have time to do this....
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after this week i wont have school until january so ill be able to work on my car a bit more, maybe for decembers car show....

damn you...

just awesomeee. what will you be doing with the old wheels?

[quote=JDMpimp;92165]just awesomeee. what will you be doing with the old wheels?[/quote]

well my first AX's, my gf and i are trying to pick her up 99 LS and im gonna slap those on it but with fatter tires. and my fabos im gonna take them apart, fix the curbage,  and spray the lip the same color im gonna paint the whole car for that different look....

if you get a 95-97 LS i have a JP kit waiting for you ;)

[QUOTE=mista808;73559]tell me about it, those exhaust cut outs are huge! but i got it planned out. gonna weld up my own exhaust system. from the cats back, 2 1/4 straight pipes to either an X-pipe or H-pipe, back to either a pair of borla or magnaflow mufflers, single in/dual out. i have no idea what type of tips yet though.... just gotta buy different radius u-pipes and straight pipes and start from there. hopefully sounding something like this guys GS...
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Hi,

I would like to know more about this exhaust sound. What does "L" tuned mean?

Also, with regards to your fabo wheels...what specs are those and what tire sizes?

Looking very nice with that kit.

Regards.

man ive gone through every page of this thread.... im def. looking forward to seeing the finish product.. good work

wow i dedicate my first post to your amazing car. your car is the epitome of my wet dreams...

i love them fabs, especially on your car brahh.

gunmetal for the win. i think itll look absolutely stunning

[QUOTE=mista808;92144] maybe for decembers car show....[/QUOTE]
Can't wait man!!!

[quote=elpresidente;92343]Can't wait man!!![/quote]

im gonna try for sure...

the fabos are 19x9 +10 slo disk, 19x10 -2 slo disk...

its kinda hard to make out but the invoice says 19x9.5 low disk +12, 19x10 superlow disk -10.... gonna run 225/35/19's front and rear....

good shit, hawaii is puttin in work!

thanks guys...

well, im officially done with school until next semester. so i got like 3 good months to put in work... you guys can expect some serious progress between now and new years, or for december car show rather....

i modified/rewired my front turn signals to alternate back and forth between the bumper and corner lenses so now i can shave the bumper lenses on my front bumper (body kit)....

a friend that graduated autobody with me is gonna help me do work on my car so i can get things done twice as fast....

are you gonna glass the fronts and finish with filler...or tape the outside of the bumper lens then expand foam the back and finisg it with bondo?  we did the latter to my friends bumper...not the 'right' way but it came out decent...

imma keep it simple and just glass it from the front....

damn, almost been a month since i posted and i dont even know how long since i worked on my car but heres what ive done this saturday.... i shaved the lenses on my front bumper... i cut the sides out, taped over the opening from the outside and glassed it from the rear... prepped everything and applied some filler (as seen in the VIP mags), good stuff.... shaped it with a cheese grader, and shaped it more with a DA....
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glassed from the rear...
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cheese grading
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sanded, and roughly shaped
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one side shaved, gotta do the other
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as of right now, im filling in the gap under the headlight and corner/turn signal...

you gonna skim coat it with bondo right?  fiberglass filler is hard to feather and leaves plenty pin holes...and if it's not featherd right, you'll see island when you clear it...

yes sir, im not done yet... gonna do all the building up, and shaping before i lay bondo...

[quote=mista808;63160]forgot to ask, im having a hard time deciding what color i want to go with. for now (for now) im gonna paint my kit the same color as my car for the hell of it. but for later, i was thinking all black...
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silver like one of these
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black and gunmetal...
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a red of some sort...
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or red/gunmetal, blue/gunmetal, green/gunmetal etc... what do you guys think?[/quote]
What kind of kit is that on the black LS400 (98-00)

Love the progress pics, i absolutely love your fuckin ride.
I cant wait to see it finished.

looking good!!!

Looking good so far.  I was never a fan of those lights on the bumper anyway

[quote=widebody_Q;101666]Looking good so far.  I was never a fan of those lights on the bumper anyway[/quote]

neither am i, if i kept them, the front would have so many lights going on... headlgiht, fog, corner, bumper lights, and lower fogs... i mean look at this...
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im now trying to work on my car as much as i can, but working on cars in school, then working on cars at work right after school, then trying to work on cars on my freetime/weekends.... i just wanna relax sometimes... but my goal is to TRY and get it finished and painted my the end of the rear.... just in time for when my next set of rims come in...........

lookin good ray..it'll look much cleaner w/o those lights

Good job. I agree, I dont like those lights on aftermarket bumpers. Cant wait till its done, its gonna be sick.

Looks good Ray.   Call me at work when you get back from SEMA if you're still interested about my exhaust..  car is gonna look sick when finished..

awesome goodluck continue to keep us posted

Nice job and Im with you on it being too many lights up front glad you shaved them...glad to see it progressing...

i cant wait...

got some stuff done today, not as much as i wanted but its something.... laid body filler and shaped where the lights were, and built up the area under the headlights where there was a gap.... enjoy...
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lookin fresh..this is a solid build...i wouldnt mind making a thread for mine but it takes to long for me to do something ahaha.

I like how you closed the gaps on the headlights....nice touch!!

getting closer...

not close enough.... woke up this morning, it rained all night, garage floor was all wet, and i just wasnt in the zone today. did what i could, filled a bit, shaped the area by the grill corners, cleaned up and finished season 5 of 24.... heres what i got, whole day wasted.... still gotta shape here and there...
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i really wanted to try and get the front bumper and 2 door claddings primed but.....

come on now..dont let a little water get to ya..looking sik man.

well, havent done much since the last i posted, but my new set of rims came in thanks to REV-01... those are them in the lower right corner. same as my first set but in lower offsets, double negative in the rear....
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and im going through ELITEAUTOSTYLE for an exhaust from yahoo japan auction.... justin is a great guy to deal with, super cool dude. most definitely doing business with him again for more sh!t for my car....
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gonna snap some shots of my progress thus far tomorrow. mounted 225/35/19's on the rears, 19x10. still gotta mount some tires for the fronts 19x9.5, going with 225's up front aswell....

lookin good ray..i still gotta come check out the rims..how much did the exhaust shipping end up costin ya?? i gotta start searchin yahoo japan auctions..

[quote=bcherry;103478]I like how you closed the gaps on the headlights....nice touch!![/quote]
 
+1 i have to agree. if u kept those lights it would've definately been overkill. and my .2 cents ls' and black is just the way to go. good luck with the rest of the work. like others i also can't wait to see the finished product.

i would like to see what your front bumper looks like painted without the turn signals. also excellent choice in rims:biggthumpup:

heres some pics from today. 
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i got tired of looking at my kit, unfinished. so i took it all off. gotta block sand everything down to ensure straightness and primer it again... but heres how she looks now...
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Looks nice!

damn man, can't wait to see it with the kit on and painted. What are your plans to make the wheels fit? Also could you give us offset specs.

i believe he already posted them on another page on this thread

damn raymond looks good! u have any rubbing problems now when u go into driveways and stuff?

What are your plans for suspension, or you just plan to stick with springs? I may have missed it if you posted earlier.

haha!! you went to radford..good one!

I love your whole project, sickest kitted LS400.

BTW
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What kind of dog is that?
My dog looks the same but more blots of white, she's an American Pitbull

1st gen ucf FTW! damn maybe i should go back a couple years..

you gonna rework those quarters too?

thanks everyone for the positive feedback....

[quote=Gao Jian;114152]damn man, can't wait to see it with the kit on and painted. What are your plans to make the wheels fit? Also could you give us offset specs.[/quote]

the wheels fit perfectly... maxed the camber, and rolled and pulled to the max... as you can see in these pics, the lip of the rim kisses the quarter panel, tire will rub that low, so now i gotta find a different brand tire with no lip protector... 19x9.5 low disk +12, 19x10 super low disk -10
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[quote=kazuo459;114161]damn raymond looks good! u have any rubbing problems now when u go into driveways and stuff?[/quote]
most probably would, thats why i took my kit of, now i can go up my driveway normally and not rub as much....

[quote=nizzan4u2nv;114164]What are your plans for suspension, or you just plan to stick with springs? I may have missed it if you posted earlier.[/quote]
well when tax returns come in, ill use that money to bag it. kyb struts, UAS bags and just build my own air management...

damn, didn't see those pics. That looks really really nice man.

I always dug those wheels on your ride even better with the new offsets its definitely coming along nicely and I hear about the kit roll clean on the wheels and the factory joints until your ready for paint still looks good keep it movin...

got a shot from the back (as if it were driving away... I'd like see the rear camber

My goodness, this is a reminder why I've always loved the early ls400's.

Mista, how did you go about pulling the fenders so far out without any waves in the paint?

It seems you used the eastwood fender roller.  I'm assuming that and a heat gun.  Any other tools?

that pull is very nice.  Smooth so it looks nearly oem.  

I was wondering what size and tire brand you are running on the 19x10?

That setup looks great!

Now get that ish done son!  Hahaha..I'll let you know when the next AHVM is.

Dude....You have a clean ass setup.... GOOD JOB!!!!:biggthumpup:

some of you may have seen my post on luxuryjcars but this came for me on christmas morning.... best present ever....
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thanks again to justin at eliteautostyle and his partner in japan for getting these mufflers for me....

That looks NASTY!!!!!! Thats gonna set the whole car off from the rest.
 
 
 
 
(Sidebar: Nasty as in Good)

Now that's VIP exhaust.

everything coming together, slow, but coming together.....
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wow.  those exhausts look so killer and damn those rear AME AX are deep!

are those pretty loud??

nice..agressive..i like it man...fitment n stance r there...keep going man

I like those rims! HAhahahaha!
At least I wish mine were that deep! :sad:

damn cant wait to see it finish

awesome tips....sooo hot

my.... WHAT BIG TIPS YOU HAVE
 
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sex. i cant wait for the finished product!

damn your car is soooo ill. i hope mine looks as good soon.

damn this thread is old. finally got around to working on my lexus. 

before, max rolled and pulled, and flared out....
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after, made it look stock. added a body line....
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looking sick..keep up the good work.

very nice...
 
why did you use a skim coat of fiberglass filler and not use straight bondo?  i know the fiberglass is stronger but i'm just curious...so i assume you're gonna add the body line to the front fenders as well?

nice work

[QUOTE=VIP-UCF;140892]very nice...
 
why did you use a skim coat of fiberglass filler and not use straight bondo?  i know the fiberglass is stronger but i'm just curious...so i assume you're gonna add the body line to the front fenders as well?[/QUOTE]
Hey, sorry about that one night at the club... I got a new phone with internet and I was all into it... didn't pay much attention to anything else....

But I used the fiber filler cuz it stronger basically. Bodyfiller cracks too easily, it takes a lot to crack it. bodyfiller tends to run if you apply it too thick... the fronts already have a bodyline, im just trying to match the front bodyline in the rear.

nah, its all g dude...me and my girl went to shokudo, came back to buy maruloustin a beer for his bday and dug out...i was looking over your way so i can say wasssup but you never looked up...focused on your phone the whole time...haha...still got the grill mannnnnnnn...COME GET IT, if you still want it...
 
i though the 1st gen LS never had body lines...mine didn't...made it easier to body work because of that...
 
[IMG]http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/VIP-UCF/IMG_0524.jpg[/IMG]
 
EDIT:
 
I stand corrected after looking at my other pic...small body line but its there
 
[IMG]http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/VIP-UCF/IMG_0523.jpg[/IMG]
 
and if i'm not mistaken, doesn't fiberglass filler have more flex than bondo?

Looks good.  Nice work.

Nice Ray...that's what's up

car is looking sick as hell keep up the good work.

looking sick ray , so what color ?

my what slow progress i make.... this must be the longest build thread out there... im just s lazy to work on my car. i really shouldnt have bought that G50. heres what i got thus far....
[IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/calitri808/IMG00144.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/calitri808/IMG00145.jpg[/IMG]
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[IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/calitri808/IMG00146.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/calitri808/IMG00137.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/calitri808/IMG00138.jpg[/IMG]
and as for the color, i was thinking a red from a 04 subaru forester, or a 01 buick, or a 06 tacoma. not sure yet, gotta do some spray out on some panels... i really gotta jump on the ball, stop being lazy, and get some new motivation.... 
 
still gotta do a few dings here and there, then i can start stripping it down, and get the jambs ready for paint...

nice...so why did you tape up that much to stop the overspray that much? is that necessary? i mean the whole car eventually has to get primered right? or are you just doing huge spot primers?

great work on the rear quarters.

wow...very impressed. wish i had the talent to do that type of work.

I can't wait to see this car when its all finished. How much longer do you think you have until its painted?

[quote=urmyhero4now;164482]nice...so why did you tape up that much to stop the overspray that much? is that necessary? i mean the whole car eventually has to get primered right? or are you just doing huge spot primers?[/quote]
 
i tape it up like that to control the overspray. i dont plan on primming the whole car, only the body worked areas. the rest of the car i can use the paint already on the car, as a primer and block that down straight. its a waste of material to primer an area that, well, doesnt need primer. and its more work for the prepper and painter (me) when i start prepping for paint. 
 
and it shouldnt be too much longer, i hope. theres a  big car show here in aug that i wanna try to make....

hard work! work!

good work...
 
you use a lot of material though...

DAmn I wish I had the balls to do that.

Looking good!

Highly skilled at your craft there, great work!

[QUOTE=Skaper;164826]DAmn I wish I had the balls to do that.[/QUOTE]

hah i was just about to say the exact same thing

[quote=VIP-UCF;164778]good work...
 
you use a lot of material though...[/quote]
 
i dont think i do... i use enough. id rather have used enough material to get the job done, rather than not enough and have to redo/touch up... or in the other sence, if i did a half ass tape job, id have overspray on/in areas i dont want i.e. chrome trim, on my rims, windows, my shoes, lol. and if the over spray was all over the car, its just more work for me when i gotta wet sand... but thanks for all the compliments, maybe all that wil motivate me more now. i really want to get the ball rolling on this.

When done,this is gonna be the sickest LS in Hawaii!maybe even the whole entire world!;)<<---motivation

haha, i think opposite...the less tape the better...sure you don't want your overspray flying but you don't want to use $5 of tape and paper every primer job...it adds up...
 
[IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b335/calitri808/IMG00144.jpg[/IMG]
 
right above the wheel well there's tons of 2" tape...if looks nice and all but we would have gotten scoldings from everyone if we taped like that...if anything, just back tape the wheel well and run the paper along that...
 
i would have just wraped the whole car in plastic, cut out the areas with a razor and tape off...that way you cover the whole car and only don't need any paper or 2" tape...
 
just giving some constructive criticism, don't take it the wrong way...your ls is gonna make martin want to sell his...haha...its gonna be sick dude...can't wait to see that red paint job (stole my idea, j/k)...

Nah its cool. Everyone got their own way of doing things... I save on material by buying in bulk, hahaha....

Damn this car is going to look insane when its done :biggthumpup:
 
I was iffy on the kit at first, but with the more aggressive offsets on your new wheels, this things going to look nuts :biggthumpup:

sick wit it ray.....sick wit it

Sick build.  I cant wait to see it done.    I love it when the owners do the work too!    Mad respect to you and your skills.

Your doing work son cant wait to see it in one of these red hues you've mentioned its gonna looks exceptional...keep it going

oh man i cant wait for it to be done

need to let me in on that trick rolling the fender without leaving the dimples im about to roll mine. i have the eastwood kit from when i had my 300c

[QUOTE=fresh;167457]need to let me in on that trick rolling the fender without leaving the dimples im about to roll mine. i have the eastwood kit from when i had my 300c[/QUOTE]

The trick is to CUT out notches where the liner anchors are.  Basically...think of it like this...

Cut a slot right on both sides of the liner anchors.  Pres them flat then roll.  So you'll have material to be rolled then a flat spot, then more material to be rolled then another flat spot...then the rest of the material to be rolled.

Trust me on this..i dimpled mine 4 years ago...no one was around to tell me any different.  In hindsight, I should have done it the way i described above. Hope that helps...PM if you got questions.

Chris

thanks that info greatly appreciated.