hey tony, u know i've always liked your ride. PROPS to you!
hey tony, u know i've always liked your ride. PROPS to you!
thanks bing and daniel
Hey man, don't use real names, keep it on the down low!!!Originally Posted by carbongs
what like Bing Low? ooops that's your real name isn't it?
damn this car is beautiful. love it. nice job!
great transition, i had no idea that much was into. i got a new respect for it now. thanks
thanks again guys!
Wow! I hadn't noticed how much has changed since this post was started. So, It is time to update!!!
Had Paul's Custom Exhaust in Snellville install my new exhaust setup
When you arrive and pull into the garage bay behind the facility you are greeted with this work of art.
After some coaxing and ramp work we were able to get my car up on the drive on lift to begin the work.
Some pics of my original install I had. This is a great example of a poor install and bad choice in materials. The craftsmanship is horrible and Paul noticed it right away. He said, "We are definitely getting rid of this and starting all over! I can't let you leave with this still on your car."
The stock Y-Pipe with catalytic converter
The new Toyomoto Y-Pipe and Remus STYLED Exhaust Mufflers. So nice and shiny!
Mocking up the Y-Pipe to the Headers. There was a slight issue since the Y-Pipie is also made for the IS300 it is not meant to fit on the GS300 right where the two pipes come to one there was slight rubbing on the heat shields and Tranny plate.
So, Paul and Matt decided to heat up the pipe and bend it out of the way towards a more desirable direction instead of cutting and extending the Y-Pipe. They really wanted to keep the look of the install clean and bending the pipe was a more desirable option.
There is now a hint of blue where they did the bend. Looks pretty cool to me. Too bad nobody will ever see it!
Paul decided to do a straight pipe till the rear axle to make another Y-Pipe to the mufflers. Here they are fabricating the Y-Pipe.
The product
Time to mock up one side of the exhaust. Paul wanted a clean install so he did a one piece pipe from the Y and bended it to fit.
He duplicated his work for the driver's side.
All welded together.
Here's a look from the Toyomoto Y-Pipe back.
My High Flow Cat
Paul and Matt then painted the piping with some silver coating to make it more durable and clean. With the slight angling out of each muffler I think this flows much better with the body kit that I have on the car.
Here's a link to a short video clip that I took before the install. Much higher pitched and less responsive.
Here's a link to a short video clip that I took after the install. Much deeper and more responsive.
Thanks again to Paul and Matt over at Paul's Custom Exhaust in Snellville, GA. They have taken me on for the 2008 show season and I will represent their name proudly!
Last edited by carbongs; 03-11-2009 at 08:49 PM.
Got the UGO roof spoiler test fitted
Kevin at R2B2 is wrapping my trunk, UGO roof spoiler, and Junction Produce 3 piece spoiler replica in carbon fiber
As many of you know my car has undergone many changes for the upcoming 08 show season. Here are some sneak peaks of the work that is going on. Look for a final update at the World of Wheels show in Atlanta January 3rd-6th. The car will be done next Friday and will undergo extensive detailing for the show. Just to tell you what is happening in these pics:
1. Carbon fiber wrapping the UGO Roof spoiler
2. Carbon fiber wrapping the Junction Produce Replica rear spoiler. The two side pieces will be color matched to the body to achieve my two tone carbon look.
3. Trunk will be wrapped in carbon as well. I am not deleting the inner tails. You'll see why.
Dropped off at the shop
Had to move it to another room since they were about to sand another car down
Test fitting the rear spoiler before carbon wrapping
Last edited by carbongs; 03-11-2009 at 08:51 PM.
ok so the trunk lid was wrapped today and has one layer of resin on, they are going to let it cure overnight, sand, and apply another coat of resin, sand, and clear coat it hopefully tomorrow. car is now scheduled to be complete monday or tuesday just in time for roll in at the World of Wheels Show on Thursday! Here are the pics I took today.
This is the top of the trunk lid
A corner view
and the rear shot, they are going to cut out the inner tail holes
Last edited by carbongs; 03-11-2009 at 08:52 PM.
Here it is guys from WOW Show in ATL. The JP replica 3 piece spoiler is not on yet and neither is the UGO roof spoiler. The car went back in the shop today and will be out Wed or Thurs morning to roll out for WOW Chatanooga.
Last edited by carbongs; 03-11-2009 at 08:52 PM.
here you can tell how kevin matched up the weaves from the trunk lid to the jp replica spoiler
here's the full rear end. you can see how they painted the side pieces of the rear spoiler to match the car and there's the ugo roof spoiler up top.
We also tinted the tails
from the side
a better angle with the slightly tinted tails. we did two coats of smoke black and called it quits. it is easier to get darker than it is to go lighter.
They also faded the sides of the ugo roof spoiler to match te car so that when you see it from the side it looks black
you can see the fade here
hope you guys like it!
ending this post with the shot of the rear again
Here you can see where my Bucky got creative with some paint.
I am also getting my pro lex performance exhaust manifold heat shield painted black. after some research i found that it really doesn't do much of a job shielding heat from the intake piping so i decided to create a show piece of it. i cut out a rectangular window so that you can see the headers through the hole. It should add for some good contrast with the black heat shield and the gold headers.
up close idea of it. it is only filler primered right now. not painted yet.
further away
Here are both of my projects side by side!
that is all for now. i'll keep you guys updated
Ok, so today was a very productive day for me considering how late it started lol. I want to thank Dan, Juan, and and Shin (GGPIS3, Jvillagran and CarbonIS) for helping me out with parts and last night with my AEM wideband install, and thanks to Bucky for loaning me his spare carbon fiber single guage pod to use until we come up with something better later.
We took off the exisiting paint on the nitrous bottles yesterday night with aircraft paint remover. It is some cool stuff if you haven't ever used it before. Apply the goopy stuff on and spread it around. Let is sit for about 5 minutes and watch the paint bubble off! lol we then primered the bottles with a little sandable primer just to make the paint adhearable later. Thanks to Dan for letting me use one of his spare nitrous bottles until I get my new one in the mail!
Here is my header heat shield, along with the shifter panel, and double din face. These will be painted later today when Bucky gets a chance.
We trimmed the carbon panels and sanded the edges. We will be added 1 or 2 more flood coats of resin on top before sanding down and clearing them.
Here is the AEM Wideband. It is temporarily mounted to a chrome bezel guage holder.
And this morning with the carbon fiber guage pod Bucky let me borrow. I only have it held down right now with double sided 3m tape until i figure out what to do. I am trying to source a driver's side a-pillar so that i can mold my triple guage pod to it and wrap it with carbon fiber. until then this guage pod cup will do.
PS2 Slim with i-Pod in the glove box
Carbon trim pieces are all off again.
Well, I haven't been doing much lately but I decided to get a few things done off of my check list these past few weeks. I finally got my HKS Cam Gear installed. CarbonIS helped me with the install of a custom oil catch can. We like to call it the Shin Motorsports Husky Custom Oil Catch Can lol.
Thanks for looking
My Tunerzine Feature
Here is a link to the full feature
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Last edited by carbongs; 03-11-2009 at 08:54 PM.
tubular turbo manifold and tial 38mm wastegate purchased from bluestreakgts
before cleaning and during cleaning
thanks to our friend duke for taking off those rusted on bolts to the wastegate at ez-autoservice.
all cleaned up
I will eventually be taking the manifold up to Miller's Powder Coating to get it heat coated for 10k degrees
Last edited by carbongs; 03-11-2009 at 08:55 PM.
GT35R FTMFW!!! Thanks Dan, Rico (RIP Juicy), etc... the money that i am paying for this turbo is going to rico's son
Last edited by carbongs; 06-16-2008 at 01:49 PM.
looks good.
well headlights were sent off so i had the room to do some work
so i test fitted the intercooler today and got new arp studs and bolts as a graduation present, thanks dan!
as you can see the bumper is not fully attached so fitment is a little off. there will need to be some cutting of the lower portion of the bumper to make this set up work. but at least i know it fits!!!
looks pretty stealthy to me!!!
you can see i have about 1.5 - 2 inches of play that i can work with
with the bumper off
the studs
Last edited by carbongs; 06-16-2008 at 01:50 PM.
thanks! lol you got to post before i finished updating lol
thanks! i appreciate that
WOW I so thought it was going to end on the 2nd change... then you added the rims you have now and lowered it and OMFG its like 2398472394872349087 x better!!
like all things, lessons are learned through actions! i know i've made a few mistakes in deciding some parts over others but as i've grown i've learn to inquire about others' opinions before purchasing parts. i also get mad deals now as well. the car is coming along slowly but surely. thanks for the kind words as well
D@mn that car is hot. Keep it up!
That's gay.
Last edited by Boosted FC; 08-13-2009 at 11:04 AM.
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thanks! i will try!
thanks! i appreciate the kind wordsThat's badass. Car is sick
BEAST MUCH IT IS
WOW I love your car! great job!
OH SO SICK! MAKES ME WANNA GO DOWN THE NA-T ROUTE STILL!
Worry not, you will see a sick VIP Project LS400 and maybe Rear-Mount Turbo LS400 after VIP stage (looks wise) is completed. Coming soon to a meet near you, lol.
Greatest picture of them all!
Last edited by IndianStig; 06-16-2008 at 04:12 PM.
lol, i had it on another site so i was copying and pasting over. plus i am asian! lol we quick like that. but apparently not as quick as you lolim quick like thatbut how the hell did you have everything post so fast?? Multiple tabs??
not sure what you mean but thanks!
thanks! i appreciate it!
cool cool, hope to see you out at a meet soon
That is a nice ass Lex. Nice work man.
i dont give a monkeys **** what anyone says, this is by far the best looking car on IA....
must spread some reps around....damn, i bet the last time i gave you reps had to do with your car, lol
-2001 Lexus IS300
-2004 Pontiac GTO - 530hp/625ft lbs - 10.62@130mph - Sold!
what type of power does it put out with those type mods? fuel economy horrible?
-Super cool .gif TO UNBAN JITB, JM, Buttons AND NEMISIS here-
2jz's have never been known to have good gas mileage.... they aren't bad, but not good. whats funny is that i actually got better mpg when i had a good tune on boost vs. being NA..
as for his power goals... it will be kept in the low 300's for daily driving.. we want to keep his car reliable with absolutely 0 issues besides oil changes. we will probably have a higher boost tune which will make about 400ish rwhp, but knowing tony, it will never see higher than 10 psi. lol
Lexus' are garbage.
Especially jade green sc300's.
still looks good tony
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