JDMmuscleMarch 1, 2009
#232212New Member from PA, Sent over From Clublexus
Hey all, a few close friends of mine sent me over here from ClublexusI am the proud Owner of a 1995 sc400, but i have fallin in love with the VIP styling and the way of life ever since i was able to hold a wrench. Iv been following the scene closely since back in 98 when i was lucky enough to tag along to a trip to Yokohama and Osaka japan and saw my first glimpse of them. The elegance, grace and stance... it all flowed so well, i was in love.
Well after receiving my license, i was giving my fathers old company car, a 1994 toyota camry, Wasnt what i hoped for, BUT beggers cant be choosers, SO i tried to mimmic what i so desperetly longed for....
this was the car that all my learning experiance's were on.
Painted her myself, Installed the air bags myself, everything.
Welded a custom 6-2-1 header and exhaust exiting into side pipes...
Redid the inteior myself to swuade (spelling)
Many laughed, it hurt, but i was determand to make something of my own, and follow in the foot steps of these oriental gods i had seen years before.
well a 2 years or so after this, i was 18 at this time, i was offered a strait up trade for a 1995 lexus SC400, agian not what i wanted, but i sadly sad good bye to my love, and accepted this new fresh canvas to get to work on.
Well at this time i had landed a job in an exotic body shop dealing with high end sports cars (ferrari's , masseratis and all that other euro garbage)
so with the cash flowing i could finally put the gloves on and get to work on the very Stock SC....
First thing that went on was exhaust, using the skills my old camry had taught me i welded myself up a true duel , 3" system from the header back, catless, and ending in 2 used masserati resinators that my boss so kindly let me take from the junk pile.
Then , blacked out the tails, and running lights, and polished up my stock highbeams and lowbeams
A week later i dropped some more cash on some tein flex coilovers to really drop her down nice all the while keeping that VIP car style i wanted so badly tucked back in my mind.
SO.... i went all the way down
But sadly... it left a bad taste in my mouth... the wheel gap... be it stock wheels, was absolutly discusting... unacceptable.
so i begain doing some research and a week later, using my shops lathe, i fab'd up some spacers...
The car remained this way for... eh maybe 2-3 months before i was back at it....
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Hey all, a few close friends of mine sent me over here from Clublexus I am the proud Owner of a 1995 sc400, but i have fallin in love with the VIP styling and the way of life ever since i was able to hold a wrench. Iv been following the scene closely since back in 98 when i was lucky enough to tag along to a trip to Yokohama and Osaka japan and saw my first glimpse of them. The elegance, grace and stance... it all flowed so well, i was in love. Well after receiving my license, i was giving my fathers old company car, a 1994 toyota camry, Wasnt what i hoped for, BUT beggers cant be choosers, SO i tried to mimmic what i so desperetly longed for.... [IMG]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m291/Acolyte119/Mainpicture-1.jpg[/IMG] this was the car that all my learning experiance's were on. Painted her myself, Installed the air bags myself, everything. Welded a custom 6-2-1 header and exhaust exiting into side pipes... Redid the inteior myself to swuade (spelling) [IMG]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m291/Acolyte119/Reardooropen.jpg[/IMG] Many laughed, it hurt, but i was determand to make something of my own, and follow in the foot steps of these oriental gods i had seen years before. well a 2 years or so after this, i was 18 at this time, i was offered a strait up trade for a 1995 lexus SC400, agian not what i wanted, but i sadly sad good bye to my love, and accepted this new fresh canvas to get to work on. [IMG]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m291/Acolyte119/PB280113.jpg[/IMG] Well at this time i had landed a job in an exotic body shop dealing with high end sports cars (ferrari's , masseratis and all that other euro garbage) so with the cash flowing i could finally put the gloves on and get to work on the very Stock SC.... First thing that went on was exhaust, using the skills my old camry had taught me i welded myself up a true duel , 3" system from the header back, catless, and ending in 2 used masserati resinators that my boss so kindly let me take from the junk pile. Then , blacked out the tails, and running lights, and polished up my stock highbeams and lowbeams [IMG]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m291/Acolyte119/P2270036.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m291/Acolyte119/Peekaboo.jpg[/IMG] A week later i dropped some more cash on some tein flex coilovers to really drop her down nice all the while keeping that VIP car style i wanted so badly tucked back in my mind. SO.... i went all the way down [IMG]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m291/Acolyte119/BackcornershotTilt.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m291/Acolyte119/P1010025.jpg[/IMG] But sadly... it left a bad taste in my mouth... the wheel gap... be it stock wheels, was absolutly discusting... unacceptable. so i begain doing some research and a week later, using my shops lathe, i fab'd up some spacers... [IMG]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m291/Acolyte119/100_0623.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m291/Acolyte119/100_0625.jpg[/IMG] The car remained this way for... eh maybe 2-3 months before i was back at it.... posted =)
