CarbonGS' Old GS400 Update

[carbongs]

As most of you know I sold my GS400 a while back to my cousin. I still have the GS300 (Carbon). Luckily I get the chance to do the mods to it and detail it from time to time. Today was one of those days. So I took some updated pictures of it. Big thanks to my friends for helping me with driving and carpooling - Kevin, Ming, and Daniel!

As of today this is the mod list:

Exterior:
Wald Executive Lip Kit
JP Rear Wing
Mac Blick Roof Spoiler
Erebuni Eyelids
SuperStar Customs Tinted Tail Lights

Interior:
01' Gauge Cluster
01' Shifter Surround
01' Wood Grain Ashtray
RX330 Shift Knob

Engine/Performance:
Swift Racing Technologies Intake System
Color Matched Painted Panels
SP Cross Drilled/Slotted Rotors
HKS Axel Back Exhaust

Audio:
Eclipse Double DIN w/Navigation
Kenwood Amplifier
2-12" Kicker Competition Subwoofers

Lighting:
Advanced Automotive Halos
Painted Headlight Housings
8500K HID Headlamps
3000k HID Foglamps

Wheels-Tires/Suspension:
20x8 + 20x10 Donz Montanas
Nitto 225/30/20 + 245/35/20
Eibach Pro Kit Springs
Bilstein Shocks

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609tomsgs4-5copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609tomsgs4-8copy.jpg

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http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609tomsgs4copy.jpg

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http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609tomsgs4-7copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609tomsgs4-6copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609tomsgs4-11copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609tomsgs4-10copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609tomsgs4-9copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609tomsgs4-12copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609tomsgs4-13copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609part2tomsgs4-4copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609part2tomsgs4-5copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609part2tomsgs4-6copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609part2tomsgs4-3copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609part2tomsgs4copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609part2tomsgs4-8copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609part2tomsgs4-2copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609part2tomsgs4-7copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/4-16-09%20Toms%20GS4/41609part2tomsgs4-9copy.jpg

[GaGen2Teg]

That car is clean as fuck

[Builteg]

Pretty sick :P

[pr8yr]

Pics are ok, but that car is extravagant!!! I wish it belonged to me. :(

[carbongs]

Thanks, I miss the V8

[Atlblkz06]

Nice! Mind sharing some secrets on the cleaning process? :)

[carbongs]

Nice! Mind sharing some secrets on the cleaning process? :)

This is a link to what I usually do

CLICK ME (http://www.trendsettingmotorsllc.com/2.html)

[Black4DrEK]

I love this car!!!

[ATK_Designs]

Good job as always Tony. Glad to be of help. Pics are better. Practices make perfect....:)

[RL...]

NICE! Although I like your other one better!

[browningboy7]

Eyelids-:no:
Car-:goodjob:

[collins]

thats clean as hell! love it!

[RL...]

FUK what ppl say, the eyelids are fresh!

[Dev]

this mo fo is slick! love the faded pic.

[Crazy Asian]

what did you replace it with again?

[Brian*]

Beautiful Lexus man* Rep4u!

[carbongs]

Thanks everyone!


what did you replace it with again?

i had 2 GS at one point.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/GS400%20Build/DSCN7727.jpg

I kept the one on the right. :goodjob:

[Sentra]

I like the lip on your other one better. You should get a little bit more aggressive front lip for this one....maybe

[big mac]

very clean whip man!!

[carbongs]

I like the lip on your other one better. You should get a little bit more aggressive front lip for this one....maybe

The other one has a full body kit. This GS4 was more aimed towards the VIP look and it has the authentic Wald Executive Lip Kit installed. I wish he would let me lower it more but he does not know how to drive a lowered car so we had to swap on the lowered springs instead.


very clean whip man!!

thanks, wish it was still in my driveway. :(

[Kasper]

That is just pure sexi! id love to have both them cars! why would you wanna get rid of either of them?!

[alexly]

tony, did you get rid of this before i came? nice looking setup. the 2GS3 is still nice by the way. maybe mine will get done like this one day.

[carbongs]

That is just pure sexi! id love to have both them cars! why would you wanna get rid of either of them?!

for me priorities, bills, family come before the cars. it came time for me to take care of some matters so one of the GS had to go. i hated to see it go but other things come first.


tony, did you get rid of this before i came? nice looking setup. the 2GS3 is still nice by the way. maybe mine will get done like this one day.

yeah sold the car a while back.

[singhondeck]

hawtt

[carbongs]

Here is an update for everyone. My cousin had some run-ins with some highway debris and parking curbs which resulted in the need to repaint the lip and to swap out the bumper.

Jacking up the car

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-3copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbscopy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-2copy.jpg

Removing all the screws and bolts

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-10copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-9copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-7copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-8copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-6copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-5copy.jpg

Finally ready to come off

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-11copy.jpg

Took the lip off to see what was under there. Not pretty. Paint shop didn't bother removing the lip when we had the whole car resprayed

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-13copy.jpg

New donor bumper thanks to Veritek and the Wald Lip is off.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-14copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-15copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-29copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-12copy.jpg

The new bumper was resprayed to match the car

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-16copy.jpg

Assembling all the brackets

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-17copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-18copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-19copy.jpg

Time to add the lip

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-20copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-21copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-22copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-23copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-24copy.jpg

Ewww gap! 3M double sided tape should do the trick

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-25copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-26copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-27copy.jpg

I let it sit for a few hours on clamps just to be safe

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-28copy.jpg

Transplanting the sidemarkers

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-30copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-31copy.jpg

Done and ready to put back on the car

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-32copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-33copy.jpg

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http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-35copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-36copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-37copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-38copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-39copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-4copy.jpg

Had to wait a few days for the bumper molding to arrive.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbs-40copy.jpg

It came super fast though! Thanks Carson Toyota!

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbtcopy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbt-2copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tbt-3copy.jpg

Cleaning up the bumper to put the molding on

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tzcopy.jpg

This thing is super long

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tz-2copy.jpg

Here we go!

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tz-3copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tz-4copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tz-5copy.jpg

Done now just touching up some spots and pressing down to make sure the adhesive made good contact.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tz-6copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tz-7copy.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tz-9copy.jpg

After a good detail and ready to roll again.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tz-8copy.jpg

[Da_unknown]

dammm shit fresh as hell.... thats a really nice GS

[carbongs]

dammm shit fresh as hell.... thats a really nice GS

thanks! but my real baby is in the garage!

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f279/CarbonGS/2009/6-29-09%20Toms%20Bumper%20Swap/62909tz-6copy.jpg

[DrAE86Toreno]

beautiful car!

[carbongs]

beautiful car!

thanks dood!

[JITB]

i bet that wald lip cost more than my whole vehicle...lol

looks nice..but it would look amazing lower... but i understand not having it that low..

[carbongs]

i bet that wald lip cost more than my whole vehicle...lol

looks nice..but it would look amazing lower... but i understand not having it that low..

yeah it was much lower before. Tom just can't drive it that low. Especially in Alpharetta where he works

[D3UC3S]

amazing work detail on a great car! Always loved the CarbonGS too!

[alexly]

good work, now mine needs the exact same thing done.

[HatchMan]

That 400 looks bad ass!!!
I think it looks 1000x better than your 300 no offence ;)

[carbongs]

amazing work detail on a great car! Always loved the CarbonGS too!

thanks! i appreciate the kind words


good work, now mine needs the exact same thing done.

let's do it!


That 400 looks bad ass!!!
I think it looks 1000x better than your 300 no offence ;)

to each their own, but thanks! :goodjob: everyone's style is different and you can't please everyone. the gs4 was too mild for me anyways. i like to be more unique with my mods. the way the gs4 was done was more like a puzzle where all the pieces just fit together like in a mold. it is more clean and simple, i will agree with that. but it lacks something for me. but it makes up for it with the v8 lol until i get the funds to boost the gs3

[The Green Monster]

nice, good to know what those pipes look like cuz i'm puttin one on my sc

[jdm_integra]

damn nice as fuck

[burke420]

car looks greaat!

[2turbo4u]

As always good thread. I remember when ya'll got her. I like the 400 more than the 300 though, no offense. I'm just not a show car guy.

[carbongs]

Thanks everyone!


As always good thread. I remember when ya'll got her. I like the 400 more than the 300 though, no offense. I'm just not a show car guy.

thanks! none taken. everyone is different. :goodjob: like i said before i would have loved to have kept both. one for daily the other for show.

[DrAE86Toreno]

saw this car today....car is bad ass...specially on the highway.~!