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solo

04-18-2006, 02:48 AM

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:
http://www.s2lstudio.com/car/before.jpg

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

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

Who's next....? :)

-s-

RHDVIPbB

04-18-2006, 08:03 AM

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

solo

04-18-2006, 10:26 PM

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

-s-

Wald GS

04-19-2006, 02:14 AM

OnTop

04-19-2006, 06:47 AM

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

//935GS400

04-26-2006, 11:26 PM

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!

OnTop

04-27-2006, 05:47 AM

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''
http://vipstylecars.com/forum/index.php?topic=2889.msg32177#msg32177

bBOXD

04-27-2006, 09:45 AM

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

Sep '03- 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
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/6542/bboxd16sv.jpg

~Dec '03- 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
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/1763/bboxd26ja.jpg

~Early '04- 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
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/26/re25id.jpg

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/3655/re35ii.jpg

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2997/bbwork55ss.jpg

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/4671/bbwork48dc.jpg

~Late '04 or early '05- 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
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/1856/mcbb122bb.jpg

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/2614/mcbb37cr.jpg

~Mid '05-
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
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/1103/vip29gn.jpg

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/8484/vip65zk.jpg

Latest look...
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
http://www.scionlife.com/gallery/personal/640_10.jpg

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/3808/bbv91cg.jpg

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/484/bbv24xl.jpg

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4099/bbv58gs.jpg

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/194/bbv11rv.jpg

Right before it was sold a few months back...WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!! ;D

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4866/s25ei.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4239/s46yo.jpg

solo

04-27-2006, 10:51 AM

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

-s-

Gao Jian

04-27-2006, 11:03 AM

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

solo

04-27-2006, 12:32 PM

V8_Aristo

04-27-2006, 01:14 PM

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.
http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/21904lexus_01.JPG

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

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)
http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/medium/bridge_pic2.jpg

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gao Jian

04-27-2006, 01:16 PM

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

carb0

04-27-2006, 11:44 PM

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

solo

04-30-2006, 05:37 PM

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

-s-

//935GS400

05-07-2006, 12:48 AM

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

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

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

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

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?

V8_Aristo

05-07-2006, 02:05 AM

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?*

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.

zoompv

05-12-2006, 11:22 AM

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

pimperish

05-15-2006, 02:48 AM

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

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

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

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

shoez

05-15-2006, 03:43 AM

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

shawnthemonster

07-04-2006, 01:16 PM

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)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/000_0085.jpg
i ordered a aero kit
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/1.jpg
added tein coilovers and rs*r exhaust
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/4.jpg
skyline gts-t wheels and some clear corners
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/20.jpg
wasnt low enough (and tein sucks) so got silkroad dampers and red/clear tail corners and custom exhaust
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/22.jpg
after some body work didnt want to leave the bondo exposed so sealed it with dupont vs7 and put stock front on
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/252370_163_full.jpg
jdm tails, jdm headlamps, jdm grill, flares, wheels, spoiler, took off side skirts
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/2006_0502estima20004-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v711/shawnthemonster/2006_0502estima20010-1.jpg

david_h

07-04-2006, 01:49 PM

roughly 6month turn around.

Before:-

http://www.westsidevw.co.uk/before.jpg

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

http://www.evoposters.net/carpics/album17/Photo_0317.jpg

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

epi79

07-04-2006, 10:37 PM

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

solo

07-06-2006, 10:51 AM

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-

juniorEXE

07-06-2006, 11:24 AM

Nice mods everyone.

shawnthemonster

07-06-2006, 11:25 AM

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

Mosh_xB

07-06-2006, 12:36 PM

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

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

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

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

Still sitting on stock 15" hubcraps

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

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

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.