Got another Lexus yesterday :)

We'll I decided against the heavy mods I wanted to do to the SL. Im still in $hock over buying the damn thing....sooooooo, I picked up an LS400 to start a small VIP project with. 

I found an Original owner who just upgraded to a newer model.  Its pretty basic (4 now;) ) and has cloth interior, which I kinda like. A couple scrapes here n there but its a nice platform to get started with.

Now I just have to find time to work on it....

[quote=DriftGirl;43212] A couple scrapes here n there but its a nice platform to get started with.
 
[/quote]
 
:thumbsup:  Definitely. What color?

Its silver. 

I have to do research on what can and cant be done to these. 

Gonna change the fluids and see what kinda budget I can swing it. 

kinda excited to get started!!

you sound like me

from drifting to VIp style lol

Hey Im in the same boat.

I just started a 1991 LS project of my own.  problem is its gonna take a LOT of work. I need to change 4 doors, interior and fix all the electrical gremlins.

and freezing rain is falling here.

nice!!! cant wait to see this new project rolling. i say just buy all used parts. make it a really cheap build. make it work around your budget. congrats!!

[QUOTE=DriftGirl;43221]Its silver. 

I have to do research on what can and cant be done to these. 

Gonna change the fluids and see what kinda budget I can swing it. 

kinda excited to get started!![/QUOTE]

hey I might have seen you driving down Broadway last friday in the afternoon. It was a silver LS 400 with what seemed to be some mild drop, it was a girld driving it.

[QUOTE=Dark Anghel] It was a silver LS 400 with what seemed to be some mild drop, it was a girl driving it.[/QUOTE]

Shes so CUTE you didnt say hi or wave :smiley: 

If its anyhting like all your other cars it will look HOT VIPstyle and its a VIPcar:thumbsup:

[QUOTE={-.-};43270]Shes so CUTE you didnt say hi or wave :smiley: 
[/QUOTE]

I was coming back from volunteering at Juvie, so I was tired...all I saw was some girl in LS yelling someting to me. I only had time to say WTF?! Didn't see the face all that well. That's my excuse haha

Washington is getting alot of VIP interest. Glad to see you got a LS400 Emerald!

So show us wat it looks like??

nice
 
what are you going to start with??

Grats on the purchase Em...now do us proud!

I just want to see a lexus with cloth interior!

MAny congrats! now howabout some pics?? :)

[QUOTE=Yokotas13;43222]you sound like me

from drifting to VIp style lol[/QUOTE]
LoL!! yeah, Im still out there burnin up tires ...and my savings account :(

[QUOTE=antbo;43234]nice!!! cant wait to see this new project rolling. i say just buy all used parts. make it a really cheap build. make it work around your budget. congrats!![/QUOTE]

Thank you. :)  I'll start search thru the classifieds next week or so. 

[QUOTE=Dark Anghell;43236]hey I might have seen you driving down Broadway last friday in the afternoon. It was a silver LS 400 with what seemed to be some mild drop, it was a girld driving it.[/QUOTE]

Nope, not me :) I had got it the night I posted this. 

[QUOTE={-.-};43270]Shes so CUTE you didnt say hi or wave :smiley: 

If its anyhting like all your other cars it will look HOT VIPstyle and its a VIPcar:thumbsup:[/QUOTE]

Thank you VERY much!! :) I'll spend a bit more time reading the forums to 'get it right'.

[QUOTE=2tirefire;43296]Washington is getting alot of VIP interest. Glad to see you got a LS400 Emerald![/QUOTE]

thanks! I couldnt pass it up and thought Id finally join the party ;)

[QUOTE=BigMone;43305]So show us wat it looks like??[/QUOTE]
Silver on gray cloth. Im uploding pics now....

[QUOTE=gato;43311]nice
 
what are you going to start with??[/QUOTE]

I dont really know what to do with it yet. LoL!! 
[QUOTE=PagongLS;43320]Grats on the purchase Em...now do us proud![/QUOTE]

Thanks...I'll try :) But Remember, Im a newb at this 4dr stuff LoL!!

[QUOTE=TLontheDL;43340]I just want to see a lexus with cloth interior![/QUOTE]
 I didnt even know they mad these things with Cloth.

[QUOTE=Brandicus;43347]MAny congrats! now howabout some pics?? :)[/QUOTE]

Thanks :) 


[IMG]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/DriftGirl/DSCF4288.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q49/DriftGirl/DSCF4211.jpg[/IMG]

Its gonna need a LOT of cleaning. Everything is orig. has the factory phone switches on the well worn steering wheel...that needs to be swapped... U  G L Y :(

Has the spare / jack and tools in the trunk. Thats something that I always look for after the service records when buing a car. Kinda lets you know how much they 'cared' about a car ;) 

I'll be using the search function a lot to see 'what' can be done with these and 'How' to do it. 

Im happy :)

Wow Nice Em, cloth interior huh!.......Well eff VIPING int i think u should stand by ur name :D and drift that big bad LS!!!! :D

is that underwear i see? and does it have a sunroof also? pagong's didnt even have a sunroof i believe.

Caoboy: LoL!! no, thats a steering wheel cover and It doesnt have a Sunroof :p

nyARISTO: Thank you :) I need a toned down daily driver...no sliding :(


And here I thought the shift knobs in SC's were ugly

you can switch them out, i think luxurymods.com has some, but are like 95 bucks. real wood knobs though! that sucks it doesnt have a sunroof, i loved mine!

Thanks! I'll check them out!

Miss Em....congrats on your purchase, first off.

Secondly, I think that interior is screaming for a nice wood kit to break up all that interior gray...maybe some curtains, table, pillows....lol. The list is endless.

Have fun with it!

Eric

Looks like a pretty straight car can't wait to see what you have in store.

[QUOTE=ebruce2;44783]Miss Em....congrats on your purchase, first off.

Secondly, I think that interior is screaming for a nice wood kit to break up all that interior gray...maybe some curtains, table, pillows....lol. The list is endless.

Have fun with it!

Eric[/QUOTE]

Thanks!! Ive been looking around for 'stuff' to revive the interior. LoL!!

[QUOTE=Yokotas13;43222]you sound like me

from drifting to VIp style lol[/QUOTE]

Ill second the notion... 2 S13 COUPE TO ONE Y33

LoL!! I hear ya!! 

Im actually still Drifting, still have the S13's...They're pretty beat up no tho :(

Yes, mine didnt have a single option on it.

Cloth interior
No sunroof
No factory phone
No trac control
No heated seats
No on pretty much everything..lol

But that was the past.

I am also drift to soon to be v.i.p.

89 240sx :) to hopefully an ls400.

hey emerald was that the ls you picked up that you rolled into import motion with?  mine was the white GS that was showing with JDM office.. im anxious to see what mods you come through with :)

Geese, how many cars do you got Emerald? You could start your own dealership?

Congrats on the new project!!

[QUOTE=PagongLS;44995]Yes, mine didnt have a single option on it.

Cloth interior
No sunroof
No factory phone
No trac control
No heated seats
No on pretty much everything..lol

But that was the past.[/QUOTE]


amazing how many people dont believe it when I tell them that it has 'cloth' :p  LoL!! 



[QUOTE=KickEachVerse;47566]I am also drift to soon to be v.i.p.

89 240sx :) to hopefully an ls400.[/QUOTE]


cool! my 240's have the worst ride ever!! LoL!! I hate driving it ont he street to even get to the 'spots'  4 Drifting :( 

The LS is growing on me, more n more :)

[QUOTE=mrkenji;47988]hey emerald was that the ls you picked up that you rolled into import motion with?  mine was the white GS that was showing with JDM office.. im anxious to see what mods you come through with :)[/QUOTE]

yeah, that was the one :p Not really sure how much I'll do with it, since its such an older car...I love the body style tho!

 I saw the white GS there...nice! 


[QUOTE=LevisteY0;48482]Geese, how many cars do you got Emerald? You could start your own dealership?

Congrats on the new project!![/QUOTE]

Thank you :) 

um, I have a 'few'. I think I fall in love with a car and hate to see them go....and end up stuck with them. Maybe I should stop giving them 'names' LoL!

[QUOTE=DriftGirl;48518]amazing how many people dont believe it when I tell them that it has 'cloth' :p  LoL!! 






cool! my 240's have the worst ride ever!! LoL!! I hate driving it ont he street to even get to the 'spots'  4 Drifting :( 

The LS is growing on me, more n more :)[/QUOTE]

yeah i second that. my 240 rides like crap. with that in mind, is anyone interested in purchasing an 89 240sx fastback? haha.

Ewww..cloth?  I have yet to see an LS in Hawaii with cloth interior.  Every single one I ever saw had leather.  Maybe we never got those lower bare bones models in Hawaii.  Odd...start off with some leather...it'll thank you.

hey driftgrl, congrats on the LS... we actually quite a bit of cloth-interior LS celsiors in hawaii, u just gotta know where to look.... for example, i looked at one last wk from an older gentleman:

[img]http://a.im.craigslist.org/WA/ex/EGxgP6MGwhbaRRPrtzEyQmiONEMO.jpg[/img]
[url]http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/car/285339214.html[/url]

older dude's 2nd car, but then the AC's all bust. i actually would prefer the cloth interior on my next vip car projekt so that i can buy a set of the interior/re-skin covers from robert {*|*} coz then that'd make the seats all new, then it'll just be the dash and door panels to worry over... but yah, good luck on your projekt and if it's anything like ur drift car, i am sure it'll turn out sick! woot-woot!

vr,
mikey

[QUOTE=xk-y33;48535]hey driftgrl, congrats on the LS... we actually quite a bit of cloth-interior LS celsiors in hawaii, u just gotta know where to look.... [/QUOTE]
I wouldn't want to look, maybe why I've never seen these cars, the cloth models lack "extras" that to me are necessary in a true VIP car.  They're all yours!  Not to mention older LS's are pretty cheap to come by, even with leather and the works.  The money you'd spend to "fix" not having those items would be more than if you just bought the loaded model to begin with.  Just my $0.02

[QUOTE=xk-y33;48535]hey driftgrl, congrats on the LS... we actually quite a bit of cloth-interior LS celsiors in hawaii, u just gotta know where to look.... for example, i looked at one last wk from an older gentleman:

[img].org/WA/ex/EGxgP6MGwhbaRRPrtzEyQmiONEMO.jpg[/img]
[url]http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/car/285339214.html[/url]

older dude's 2nd car, but then the AC's all bust. i actually would prefer the cloth interior on my next vip car projekt so that i can buy a set of the interior/re-skin covers from robert {*|*} coz then that'd make the seats all new, then it'll just be the dash and door panels to worry over... but yah, good luck on your projekt and if it's anything like ur drift car, i am sure it'll turn out sick! woot-woot!

vr,
mikey[/QUOTE]


Thank you sooo much :)  

Thats what I was thinking when I bought it: I love the body style, but being that old, the leather would need to be replaced anyway. Every car that I have has leather interior, i didnt realize how nice it was to tget into the car on a cold (or hot) day and not have to lay a Tshirt down and let the AC (or heated seats) run before driving off. I will end up replacing the cloth when I figure out a color, but its a nice change for a while :)

[QUOTE=elpresidente;48669]I wouldn't want to look, maybe why I've never seen these cars, the cloth models lack "extras" that to me are necessary in a true VIP car.  They're all yours!  Not to mention older LS's are pretty cheap to come by, even with leather and the works.  The money you'd spend to "fix" not having those items would be more than if you just bought the loaded model to begin with.  Just my $0.02[/QUOTE]

Money isnt really that big of an issue. I PREFER to start with a blank canvass when building a car...like an artist :) 

I just got a car last Sept or so, with Navi and almost every option (sum Id never use) available on it...I will be pulling that crap out this summer. I can throw a rock over my city, so The navigation system really isnt needed. :p

[QUOTE=DriftGirl;48697]Thank you sooo much :)  

Thats what I was thinking when I bought it: I love the body style, but being that old, the leather would need to be replaced anyway. Every car that I have has leather interior, i didnt realize how nice it was to tget into the car on a cold (or hot) day and not have to lay a Tshirt down and let the AC (or heated seats) run before driving off. I will end up replacing the cloth when I figure out a color, but its a nice change for a while :)[/QUOTE]

^^^^ ahhh, the true words of an enthusiast, why "buy" when you can "build". plus i heard the jdm seat covers are cigarette-burn proof and repels water pretty well. all jibby-jabbah nonsense aside, its takes a true enthusiast to be creative and resourceful. hell, why buy someone else's project car and call your own?!?! dats like me buying a vip car all done up, change some rims or bolt on this and that and then say i built it and take the credit. nikka pls, gimme a brk...lol....oh wellz, some people do it and it's all good! i'm just hellah glad a lady in the scene is tearing it up w/a celsior! you go gurl! Thanks- (arigatou)  btw, we re-did our website: [url]www.executivekonnexion.com[/url] -- peas and alohaz from the 808!!! woot-woot!  VR, mikey

[QUOTE=DriftGirl;48699]Money isnt really that big of an issue. I PREFER to start with a blank canvass when building a car...like an artist :) [/QUOTE]

^^^ now that's whut i'm talkin... *snap in the "Z" formation"....

Em, I have brand new Daizen control arm bushings for your car. Let me know if you want them.  :)

[QUOTE=PagongLS;48723]Em, I have brand new Daizen control arm bushings for your car. Let me know if you want them.  :)[/QUOTE]

my homie cody just got those and the engine bushing (?) from Daizen, that shiet mean! handles like a chamP! woot!

[QUOTE=DriftGirl;48699]Money isnt really that big of an issue. I PREFER to start with a blank canvass when building a car...like an artist :) 

I just got a car last Sept or so, with Navi and almost every option (sum Id never use) available on it...I will be pulling that crap out this summer. I can throw a rock over my city, so The navigation system really isnt needed. :p[/QUOTE]
That's cool.  Didn't know the scale of what you had planned, should be interesting.  I just assumed you were starting off slow since you're new to VIP, but I guess you want to hit the ground running.

[QUOTE=elpresidente]I just assumed you were starting off slow since you're new to VIP[/QUOTE]

HER NEW....... LOL

Shes been on here way before you came around. She signed up on the 1st original forum and has been reading and taking notes for a while. Now that she has a VIPcar she knows what she wants to do.  If im NOT mistaken she was asking questions back in the day before VSC came around on CL.


Em......... show us how its done Lady Like   :thumbsup:

[QUOTE={-.-};48772]HER NEW....... LOL

Shes been on here way before you came around. She signed up on the 1st original forum and has been reading and taking notes for a while. Now that she has a VIPcar she knows what she wants to do.  If im NOT mistaken she was asking questions back in the day before VSC came around on CL.


Em......... show us how its done Lady Like   :thumbsup:[/QUOTE]
That's nice.  Look forward to seeing what she has up her sleeve.  I've seen many nice VIP rides owned/built by girls.  The latest VIP CAR cover is a girl's car...

LS400 FTW!!!! congratulations on your purchase. i have a 1990 and mine is still running strong. i want another "brand used" one. maybe after i graduate