** Before & After Thread **

Let's see ur before and after of ur project car over the years... I'll start:

Drove with a RMM wing and Altezza grill for 1.5 years:
[img]http://www.s2lstudio.com/car/before.jpg[/img]

Then got crazy and threw in a rollcage.. showed with Hokori:
[img]http://www.s2lstudio.com/car/after1.jpg[/img]

Today the car has a very different theme:
[img]http://www.s2lstudio.com/car/after2.jpg[/img]

Who's next....? :) 



-s-

grr...I want your car. Its too bad i don't have the cash since a local IS turbo just went up for sale.

Come-on guys.... post ur "Before & After" pictures....

-s-

[quote=solo ]
Let's see ur before and after of ur project car over the years... I'll start:

Drove with a RMM wing and Altezza grill for 1.5 years:
[img]http://www.s2lstudio.com/car/before.jpg[/img]

Then got crazy and threw in a rollcage.. showed with Hokori:
[img]http://www.s2lstudio.com/car/after1.jpg[/img]

Today the car has a very different theme:
[img]http://www.s2lstudio.com/car/after2.jpg[/img]

Who's next....? :) 



-s-
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Your car has definitely changed and is definitely more unique!
Your with Endless Projects now?

jan02 when ITR fronts were cool on accords(east coast time)
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/ontop/zeal.jpg[/img]
feb04 frsh paint. this is at my garage/shop
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/ontop/caladrpic.jpg[/img]
july04 wet sanded-going back to paint(i wasnt happy with it so i painted it myself, came out 100x better)
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/ontop/accrdside.jpg[/img]
my status now, all in pieces, redoing to widebody to fit new wheels and redefine the bodyline
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/ontop/100_1088.jpg[/img]

Daym!!! I cant wait to see your finnished project! Thats the nicest accord ive ever seen. Id love to see it in black with matching rims. 19 inch deep dish would look awesome. I love how you made those clean lines on the body. sexy!

thanks, there are some other body pictures on the exterior section. but as for the wheels i bnought some 18's. i wanted something that wasnt as tall as a 19 but with a ''comfortable tire''
[url]http://vipstylecars.com/forum/index.php?topic=2889.msg32177#msg32177[/url]

This is gonna be kinda long but here you go. :P


[b]Sep '03-[/b] This was all done within 2 hours from taking the car home from the dealership. :) Crappy ill fitting 18" wheels lowered on DF210's. :) 
Excel 18" wheels
18x7.5 +45
215/35-18
5mm spacers
Tanabe DF210
[img]http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/6542/bboxd16sv.jpg[/img]

[b]~Dec '03-[/b] These wheels were really light. They were getting me an avg of 41mpg. :) 
ADR wheels (i think) :) 
15x6.5" +38
Stock Tires
Tanabe DF210's
[img]http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/1763/bboxd26ja.jpg[/img]

[b]~Early '04-[/b] First Work Equip 03's on a Scion. First 2 pics were taken at the first Scion Night at Six Flags in Vallejo.
Work Equip 03
15x8 +25 A Disc
15x8 +10 O Disc
195/50-15 (First 2 pics)
195/55-15 Dunlop FM901 (next 2 pics) 
Dipark 3 degree Camber shims
HKS Hipermax Type C coilovers
[img]http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/26/re25id.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/3655/re35ii.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2997/bbwork55ss.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/4671/bbwork48dc.jpg[/img]

[b]~Late '04 or early '05-[/b] 18" bBist wheels in the staggered fitment.
18x7.5 +38 front
18x8.5 +35 rear
215/35-18 Dunlop FM901
Dipark 3 degree camber plates
HKS Hipermax Type C coilovers
[img]http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/1856/mcbb122bb.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/2614/mcbb37cr.jpg[/img]

[b]~Mid '05-[/b] 
Work Euroline DH Limited Edition 
17x8 +25 A disc 
205/45-17 Dunlop Direzza
OTG 3 degree Camber shims
OTG Spacer shims
HKS Hipermax Type C Coilovers
[img]http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/1103/vip29gn.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/8484/vip65zk.jpg[/img]

[b]Latest look...[/b]
Work Euroline DH
18x8.5 +25 A disc
18x8.5 +20 O disc
OTG 3 degree Camber shims
OTG Spacer shims
Air runner air suspension
[img]http://www.scionlife.com/gallery/personal/640_10.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/3808/bbv91cg.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/484/bbv24xl.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4099/bbv58gs.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/194/bbv11rv.jpg[/img]


[b]Right before it was sold a few months back...WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!! ;D [/b]

[img]http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4866/s25ei.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4239/s46yo.jpg[/img]

wow what a journey.... talk about swapping out wheels... so what do you have cooking next..???


-s-

I hear he is getting a 90 dx civic and he is going to put a huge wing on it and 13x7 inch wheels all the way around... should be the dope show!!! J/K im sure whatever it is is will turn out nice... two nice cars to start it out.

Jake

[quote=nadreams ]
I hear he is getting a 90 dx civic and he is going to put a huge wing on it and 13x7 inch wheels all the way around... should be the dope show!!! J/K im sure whatever it is is will turn out nice... two nice cars to start it out.

Jake
[/quote]


lol =D
Whatever it is, im sure it will be sweet.


-s-

2000, a guy comes in to my shop wanting to customize his GS400. I installed a bodykit, wheels, coilovers, exhaust and a full paint job. As I got to know this guy, I found out that he is just an exchange student from Taiwan and jokingly I said I'll buy the car off you when you leave. Now it's June 03, and I got a call from him saying that he is leaving. I got excited since he offerd me the car for an insane price and was willing to take terms. Of course there was a few conditions like taking his 20k system out and a few other things, but it wasn't a biggie for me.

This is what the car looked like in 2000.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/21904lexus_01.JPG[/img]

This was how the car looked when I picked it up in 07/03.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/21904gs09.jpg[/img]

This is how it looked a few months after 12/03. My thought was, I'm leaving it with just wheels and suspesion (so it stayed that way for A FEW MONTHS  ;D)
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/bridge_pic2.jpg[/img]

Summer of 04 new bodykit and audio.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/1045a.jpg[/img]

November of 04, new wheels and more audio/video.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/21904gs109.jpg[/img]

Spring of 05, air suspension and CF lip.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/DSC00743a.jpg[/img]

Summer of 05, new wheels.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC00810a.jpg[/img]

November 2005, custom front bumper, new trunk spoiler and put the Veilside hood back on.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC008741.jpg[/img]

Febuary 2006 to present, just new wheels and retouched the paint.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC00981a.jpg[/img]

that car has come along way, everytime it looks better and better!

glad to see the fitment on the hood worked out, A+++ pimpin status on the vehicle :coolsmiley:

Very nice MasterP... dun foreget to burn me a copy of that Filipino comedy DVD... that was insane... hahaa

-s-

[quote=V8_Aristo ]

Spring of 05, air suspension and CF lip.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/DSC00743a.jpg[/img]

Summer of 05, new wheels.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC00810a.jpg[/img]

November 2005, custom front bumper, new trunk spoiler and put the Veilside hood back on.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC008741.jpg[/img]

Febuary 2006 to present, just new wheels and retouched the paint.
[img]http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC00981a.jpg[/img]

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you must have the baddest white gs ive ever seen. what kind of sideskirt is that by the way? do you still work at a shop? 

[quote=//935GS400 ]
you must have the baddest white gs ive  ever seen.  what kind of sideskirt is that by the way?  do you still work at a shop?  
[/quote]

Thanks for the props //935GS400, I could've have done it without help from this forum, friends and sponsors. The side skirts are L-Tuned, which are discontinued now. I use to have my own shop 4 yrs ago, but business was getting in the way of what I like to do. So now I work for a manufacturer as a designer/fabricator, which I like better.

here is my wagon...its still an on going project aftermarket for mini-vans on this side of the pond is very rare, i have to order parts straight from japan and it could be expensive and time consuming..... anywho this my 03 Mazda MPV ES 

 1st picture......Delivered june 03...that little guy is the reason  why we got the van ::)  
                      ugggh  look at those ugly fender gaps ;) makes the stock 17"s look small

 2nd picture.... Aha!!! 8) :D....discovered guys in japan go crazy on wagon/mini-van "wagonist" aftermarket stuff abundant :coolsmiley: 
                     so decided to order some TEIN S-TECH  springs for the MPV ...hey look no fender gaps ;D

 3rd & 4rth picture ...Got to change the look of the van i ordered AutoExe Grill, Mintblue Eyelids, and Eurolite 8000k H.I.D and yellow fogs

 5th picture...I bought 18" Volk CE28 hyperblack w/polished lip wrapped with kuhmos 225/45/18

 Present.......I sold my Volks and got a 19" 5Zigen Copse Hyperblack as well wrapped with Dunlops 255/40/19 

 future Mods...body kit, TEINS Super Wagon Adjustable Coils and a kareoke sytem  :laugh: thats right :knuppel2:... well its for the wify
 

this is my car when it was a month old, lowered it, custom quad mufflers and smoked tails  :)
[url=http://imageshack.us][img]http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6808/10007473qp.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://imageshack.us][img]http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/2695/10007525si.jpg[/img][/url]

a month later i put on the wheels, 19" lowenhart LDR replicas, the car looks very high though
[url=http://imageshack.us][img]http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4717/pict00387jy.jpg[/img][/url]

6 months later the kit was finally on the car, however i wasnt satisfied w the grille 
[url=http://imageshack.us][img]http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/3011/dsc006565xf.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://imageshack.us][img]http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/1689/dsc006611dj.jpg[/img][/url]

NOW, moulded the grille to the front bumper, painted the rims black and added some minor stuff ;)
[url=http://imageshack.us][img]http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2755/dsc007300qc.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://imageshack.us][img]http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3310/dsc007866rd.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://imageshack.us][img]http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5223/dsc007880wg.jpg[/img][/url]
all comments welcome 
cheerss

Looks pretty nice, pimperish, but I'd space out the rear wheels a little bit.

well im not finished so theres no after yet but here goes
heres what it looked like when i got it (not mine, but they all look the same stock)
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/000_0085.jpg[/img]
i ordered a aero kit 
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/1.jpg[/img]
added tein coilovers and rs*r exhaust
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/4.jpg[/img]
skyline gts-t wheels and some clear corners
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/20.jpg[/img]
wasnt low enough (and tein sucks) so got silkroad dampers and red/clear tail corners and custom exhaust
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/22.jpg[/img]
after some body work didnt want to leave the bondo exposed so sealed it with dupont vs7 and put stock front on
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/252370_163_full.jpg[/img]
jdm tails, jdm headlamps, jdm grill, flares, wheels, spoiler, took off side skirts
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/2006_0502estima20004-1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/2006_0502estima20010-1.jpg[/img]

roughly 6month turn around.

Before:-

[img]http://www.westsidevw.co.uk/before.jpg[/img]

After:-
 [img]http://www.westsidevw.co.uk/after.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.evoposters.net/carpics/album17/Photo_0317.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.evoposters.net/carpics/album17/IMG_0494.sized.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/252370_163_full.jpg[/img]
saw ur car last monday monday at walmart 
so hot :D

Hey this Previa is coming together real nicely. I once had a Previa... glad to see others still playing with such a VIP van.
How size wheels are you rocking....?

Cant wait to see the finished project!

-s-

Nice mods everyone. 

thanks... i cant wait to see the finished product too ;)  
the wheels are 18x9+24 18x10+24

-First "mods" were a Pep-Boys exhaust tip, and Scion Life decals.

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/mylastbeauty/Picture410.jpg[/img]

-Sonn after came two 10" subwoofers and a 600watt amplifier
-Then came a DC Sports strut bar and Borla axleback exhaust.

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/mylastbeauty/IMGP0351.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/mylastbeauty/IMGP0384.jpg[/img]

Still sitting on stock 15" hubcraps

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/mylastbeauty/IMGP0375.jpg[/img]

Recently got 18" wheels and thats how it's sitting now
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/mylastbeauty/urban_racer_scion_VIP.jpg[/img]

Also recenly decided to go to the "performance with flare" route.
Lowering, lots of suspension work, full exhaust, header, pulley and air intake are on my wish list.
Maybe even a set of light 15" wheels for the stock rubber.
And a nice looking lip-kit.