New to the scene from SFL

Hey guys,I'm Shahab, I've been lurking around for a while now. I've always been a fan of VIP cars and just recently bought a 2003 M45. Got a great deal on it and now I plan to start working on making it a Vip car.
There Isn't an abundance of parts that are available for this platform, but I've always loved the way the way they look.
Here are some pics of how I got it, I will continue to update the thread as I make some progress.
I have just ordered a set of BC coilovers for it, but they are about 2-3 weeks out :(.
Any help in where I can find parts for it would be appreciated.

Thanks :)

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Thanks for the warm welcome and helpful advice guys, really appreciate it :)

Well I got her sitting on coils and now I;m just waiting for my camber and toe arms to come in so I can the camber where I want, get the fenders pulled and rolled and then install all the other goodies I have lying around - LED tails, new headlight bulbs, some interior trinkets and rain guard visors :)

will update with pics once I get some that are worthy of an update :)

Welcome! Where in south Florida?

nice base to build a vip car on :)

if you got google chrome it has the inbuilt japanese translator and you can shop online for parts there, thats where i get all my parts from for my cars :)

Thanks Guys, I'm in the West Palm Beach area, about a hour north of Miami. I've tired the translator on Google chrome and its pretty good, shipping from those websites is always a pain though :)

Oh I'm up in Jupiter. I'm sure I'll be around wpb more in the coming months.

Nice, Jupiter isn't too far. Do you go to any of the meets in the palm beach area?

[QUOTE=shahabshaukat;498699]Thanks Guys, I'm in the West Palm Beach area, about a hour north of Miami. I've tired the translator on Google chrome and its pretty good, shipping from those websites is always a pain though :)[/QUOTE]

alot of the guys here have to do the same thing gotta play to ball ;)

Yeah, you're right about that. The only other thing I want in the future for now is a body kit from J-land. Not too sure on which one yet but I'm leaning towards the Aimgain Kit, I love the Autech factory option but its gonna be damn near impossible to find one. :(

[QUOTE=shahabshaukat;498766]Nice, Jupiter isn't too far. Do you go to any of the meets in the palm beach area?[/QUOTE]

I only know of the Lexus meet out in Wellington. I can't find any local sites to see what other meets are happening.

love the M as a vip platform. Im located in Miami, any plans for having the car ready for sc5 this year?

Thanks Zombie, Thats a real nice Z you have there. when is SC5? I should be done with wheels, suspension and some trinkets here and there by the middle of next month and have is looking presentable :)

I don't know of any VIP specific meets in the area but we have meets in WPB every Thursday night and meets in Boca on Monday that I sometimes go to.

thanks man and awesome you should be done in time! sc5 is on November 16th.

Hell yeah man, just looked it up its in Daytona, right?

yessir Daytona it is!

little teaser for you guys, I test fitted the front wheel today after getting the new tires put on and should have the car lowered where i want after the roll and pull by the middle of next week! :D The wheels for the front are 19 x 10 with a 225/35/19
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lemme know what you guys think

Man, that looks great!! Love the works!

Thanks man, can't wait to get it together, hopefully will have more progress around Wednesday.

[QUOTE=shahabshaukat;498996]Thanks man, can't wait to get it together, hopefully will have more progress around Wednesday.[/QUOTE]

Who are you getting to do your fender work?

Guy named Ron in West Palm, never used him before but he did a buddies Is350 that came out crispy so I'm hoping he can replicate the results for me, even though I need more aggressive pull

Take a bunch of pictures if you can! I want to see how much pull he can get. What's he charging?

Hes charging $160 for all 4 corners, as long as my paint is still nice after the pull I'll be happy :)

How'd the fenders turn out?

Fenders turned out good, they had to do alot of pulling on the rear though, I'll post some pics tomorrow.

Wheels are on the car as well as the control arms from a 350z but I can't adjust Toe because its adjusted through the arm that holds the rear Spring. I have a friend doing some custom work for me so I can adjust the Toe :) Will be  a little longer before I have it on the road but at least we're making progress.

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Little teaser for you guys :)

Custom arms for toe adjustment should be done by friday as well as a new exhaust.


Will have more pics up once I have the thing finished with the next couple projects :)