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Old May 31, 2009 | 09:57 PM
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everybody and their moms has one of these so i'll join the bandwagon.

ok here is how my car started out at first.

touring body kit with 18" adr gt sport rims. lowered on s-techs.






then i added some tyc tails reded out.




then i got rid of the "ricer" kit and got the rs1 lip kit and some bronze bsa 17" rims.






the bronze look lasted bout 2 months then i powdercoated the wheels white.





then came the black with white lip on the bsa's and added some vrd fogs and grilles.




round this time i got a lil go for the show so in came the trd supercharger.




and as my car stands right now. 17" work vs-xx with 20mm spacers and 50mm extended studs. love the new stance with the spacers.




top view of front left wheel.




top view of rear left wheel.





tell me what yall think.

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Old May 31, 2009 | 10:00 PM
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clean car! definitely looks a lot better now than it did when u first got it!
Old May 31, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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agreed! ^
Old May 31, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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I liked the White Lip wheels!....looked coool!...

I like the tail lights too!
Old May 31, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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needs more grainy pics
Old May 31, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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Definitely cleaner look man well done very clean
Old May 31, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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Looks nice, bro.

Did you consider adjusting rear negative camber or are you pretty much limited? One of the rear shots of your wheels has an odd angle... or maybe it's the pix.

Nice turn around, nonetheless.
Old May 31, 2009 | 11:33 PM
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looks good!
Old Jun 1, 2009 | 12:43 AM
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thanks for all the nice comment guys.

as far as the negative camber goes scionosis, it did rub in the back without it so ill need to dial in some negative camber.

just went for first drive on the freeway with the spacers and oh man my steering wheel was shakin like crazy. hopefully i can rebalance my front wheels with the spacers on at the same time and it will stop the shaking.

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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 04:03 AM
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i would get some wider lips for the rear.
Old Jun 1, 2009 | 04:10 AM
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yeah i would look into that if the barrels got curbed really bad or somethin. tell you the truth i wouldn't even know where to start on getting new barrels at. straight from work i assume.
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that thing looks clean!much better with the lip kit. now, are those tails tinted in red?
Old Jun 1, 2009 | 04:46 AM
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lol a hell of a turn around from the 1st couple pictures very nice comeback went from rice to nice ! good job
Old Jun 1, 2009 | 04:53 AM
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new kit>old kit

nice work man!
Old Jun 1, 2009 | 05:48 AM
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props to ya!
Old Jun 1, 2009 | 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Mos_Def
that thing looks clean!much better with the lip kit. now, are those tails tinted in red?
yeah mos def, its red lense paint. cost like $35 for a can. don't know the name cuz it was written in all japanese.
Old Jun 1, 2009 | 07:09 AM
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wow 35 a can is pricey, but well worth it. i might just have to do this with my tyc's instead of the usual dark tint. looks really good bro!
Old Jun 1, 2009 | 08:43 AM
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nice wheels, needs more lip!
Old Jun 2, 2009 | 03:56 AM
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trust me sky-on i wish i had more lip on the rims. it would look so much better.

can't believe noone likes my old touring kit.
Old Jun 2, 2009 | 04:29 AM
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heck of a lot better from when you first got it. that kit was horrendous



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