skipped to the last page and saw a sick white car instead of the sick black one in the first page. Did you wrap it?

 

It was resprayed Lexus Starfire pearl. Look at mods on first post. A small build thread turned in to a large one lol

 

Please say they were overnighted from Japan!!! Freaking wild build, the attention to detail is crazy.

So is this thing going to stay as a daily driver when finished?

 

I paid for airmail EMS, but of course i still got the shaft so to speak because they are celebrating "golden week." Apparently, it was supposed to be shipped as of today, so should arrive by the end of next week.

I then have to swap some oem lights back in so that the retrofit can begin on the headlights. I also decided to have the OEM
Foglights retrofitted with IS300 projector fogs below. Lexus paint- Lexus fogs, Nissan 350z black roof and mirrors - Q45 projectors, Mercedes chassis and tranny-Mercedes brakes! Lol

Yes the car will be my daily driver as I need the back seats for my familg. luckily there is an e85 station less than 5 miles away and I'm assuming more stations making e85 more available with all of the flex fuel cars coming out.

 

I know if one of my buddies had a G emblem on their car.

 

Lol I know I know..stupid grip grille. g emblem no longer there though

 

Dayum!! Went all out on the daily! Love the build bro. I have much respect for all your builds. Well done, and tastefully modded! Love the work you put into the small details.

btw. have you thought about maybe building a custom sub-box to fit in with the rear strut bar? I personally think a custom sub-box would look dope mounted in with the rear strut bar!

 

Thanks man.

I'm not much if a sound system guy and never have been. If i do end up putting something in, it will be in the pockets on the left and right side in front of the wheel wells.

 

So BAID polish is gonna jump in on this project and I plan to make the motor pop a but more. The plan is the following:

-Top secret gold: ABS cover, firewall cover, intake manifold, fuse box cover, new coolant reservoir tank, radiator shroud cover.

-Polish with candy gold powdercoat: Valve covers, supercharger kit, timing cover, water pump, power steering pump, coil pack covers (whenever they arrive).

Sample of candy gold on an intercooler:



Some engine bays with gold:

 

the gold bay masks the gold valve cover.

 

I'm trying to have people mess with photoshop to see what combo I want. Or I can go crazy and have all of the white metal polished Along with the strut bar polished..and have the intake manifold painted gold and the fuse box black to black

 

Holy *****~ That intercooler is freakin ballin!

 

I want to see it in person. Apparently, they polish the surface first and then powdercoat it candy gold.

 

Sofa king was right, with all of the gold everywhere...the whole theme was just drowned. Keep in mind the below samples are just quick mockups and just to give me an idea on what direction to take the engine bay. I'm assuming that the gold candy coated polish...will be much more transparent and eye popping in person.

Anyone good with putting regular aluminum Polish finish on the black caps? Also making the intake and strut bar
Look more like the valve covers?

Anyways here are some samples:

Candy gold caps, strut bar white w/ candy gold center. (Keep in mind the CF intake will be replaced with all supercharger hardware that will be candy gold as well).



Black caps same as above on the rest:



Same as above, but with candy gold strut bar



What the supercharger kit looks like installed in place of the CD
Intake. Also comes comes aftermarket water coolant tank.

 

Projectors are in. Let the retrofit begin!

 

Good Luck. They say the output isn't that great but they look freakin awesome when properly setup.

 

Looks awesome Rick. Where are you getting the gold done? I want to get my plenum done.

Love watching this freud!

Chris

 

Thanks. Yeah, going with this projector more for aesthetics.

Chris...Baid Polish in Newport beach,ca I believe. You can find him on Facebook. Tell him I sent you.

 

Gold looks fitting for that style of car, pimp.

 

What about some gold and purple maybe...