Kevin's 93' Ls400 AYEEEE

[KEVIN.E]

sweet machine.

I want a video rolling. is it loud?

actually I should try and make one soon. the exhaust is still very subtle because I opted to get large mufflers to keep the sound down. I can't remember if they are 24" inches long or 28". either way its not ear deafening and doesn't drone at all. Basically it sounds like a v8 that's mellow and not too throaty. I kind of wish it was louder though but this sounds classy

[DannyE32]

sweet machine.

I want a video rolling. is it loud?

[KEVIN.E]

since I have not posted a rear shot of my car yet.


Gas $$$! by KEV.E, on Flickr

[KEVIN.E]

My god, this car is legit! Way to make this big body Lex looks ridiculously out of control! It looks so hard with the new wheels, have you thought about what color to refinish them in though? that blue is Narsty ;- /

Thanks man, when I bought them I wanted to have them refinished asap because I didn't like the idea of blue wheels, I didn't choose to have them powdercoated this color they were already done. However I actually like the blue now, and I have decided to put money towards other things (fenders/brakes). Still in debate as to what color though, w/e it is has to be even better than the blue yet it can't be more boring haha.

Damn man, nice work! I didn't think I was going to like the over fenders but they definitely grew on me.

thanks, kind of a crazy idea I had and its definitely different because most people would only consider these cars VIP. In my opinion if its nice its going to be nice regardless of how you style it as long as you execute it cleanly

you fucking win sir

thanks

is this you? or if not have you seen this?

http://www.stancenation.com/2012/08/...s-lexus-ls400/

No that isn't me, but yes I have seen the feature. I believe the guy already sold that Ls and has moved on to something else. It's actually a totally different car mines a ucf10 and his is ucf20

[paulinations]

is this you? or if not have you seen this?

http://www.stancenation.com/2012/08/01/vip-style-vincent-shumais-lexus-ls400/

[96CD7]

you fucking win sir

[Alex@BagRiders]

Damn man, nice work! I didn't think I was going to like the over fenders but they definitely grew on me.

[sally pu]

My god, this car is legit! Way to make this big body Lex looks ridiculously out of control! It looks so hard with the new wheels, have you thought about what color to refinish them in though? that blue is Narsty ;- /

[KEVIN.E]

IMG_5670 by KEV.E, on Flickr

[markshulikov]

Looks sweet

[KEVIN.E]

thanks yo.

Got the 4th wheel back on yesterday, the reseal I did seems to be holding up and I ground out some things inside the wheel well. But when I was looking around in there to see what it was rubbing on I'm pretty sure it wasn't rubbing at all. I think what happened was that the wheel had a very slow leak and when I drove it the tire pressure dropped, and then the inner sidewall just ripped all around since thats where the bulk of the weight of the car sits.

Nothing really exciting here, just a bolt that was coming through the wheel well, I ground it off for good measure but I'm certain it never touched the tire. I'm thinking I should throw some paint on the area or maybe some more of that lining, maybe even Plastidip to prevent rust.


IMG_5526 by KEV.E, on Flickr

Same story here, this is what I thought the problem was, raised the seam a bit just to be safe.


IMG_5528 by KEV.E, on Flickr

Here's a pick of the carnage, had to get animal to get the wheels on haha. Cut out quite a bit of the well and pounded the hell out of w/e that structure up there was haha. Before I did this the well and whatever was behind it sat probably 2 inches lower. So I had to beat the arch higher to accommodate for the 18x11s. NO I am not going to leave it like this, soon I will have some thin sheet metal or something welded over it.


IMG_5529 by KEV.E, on Flickr

Some more carnage, too bad my old UCA clearance mod wasn't enough for how it sits now. The actual arm was banging on the strut tower too, and the other side of the arm towards the left side of the pic near the firewall, is resting on the wall so not much I can do there. I know it looks horrible now like I'm just destroying the car but when I clean it up and get it welded it will be legit.


IMG_5545 by KEV.E, on Flickr

Notice the arm is still very close to the tower, however I can not keep cutting chunks out of it haha.


IMG_5541 by KEV.E, on Flickr

This was my old setup, 3" rings welded in and then I fiberglassed around the welds and cleaned it up. The new plan is to create rectangular boxes instead of rings, and then weld a top on that's raised, maybe 3/4 of an inch or however much the hood will allow. I do prefer the rings with the balljoints sitting inside the bay though.


IMG_5542 by KEV.E, on Flickr

[axelillo_PR]

So sick, needs some huge blast pipes

[KEVIN.E]

what flares are those?

Datsun ZG flares

[Rob&co]

what flares are those?

[KEVIN.E]

lol at the steering wheel on the dash


looks awesome bro

Beautiful!

It looks bitchin. Please paint those fenders!

Legit af!

thanks, fenders are very high on the to-do list haha, dont worry

lower it and will be perfect...

If anything I will lower the front flare because I mounted it higher so that I can enjoy full lock turns and stuff rub free. I plan on shaving the rolled edge on the flare a bit so that I can get a bit more clearance, but really I'm waiting for some type of camber adjustment to be developed for the front.