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Stuart Smith
TryHard NEW SOUTH WALES SC400 V8 GT LIMITED Proper Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance
Posts: 221 Reg: 06-2008
| Following up after purchasing a S/Hand front bumper here on the forum, headlights from the group buy and HID headlight upgrade from Damian Ware, I have finally had the time to install these parts. What an amazing transformation to the tired front on my Soarer. I have deleted the side indicator lights, and plan to re-locate them to the mirror housings. I have also installed the chrome look blinker globes in the headlights (They appear silver until lit), and crystal vision high beam globes (the HID beams overpower them, I may replace them with HID at a later date). Thanks to the suppliers of these parts, it has given a new look to a great car.
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Drew Rechner
TryHard South Australia JZZ30 TT
Posts: 314 Reg: 10-2007
| Hey Stuart, looks $10000000 bucks in comparison with your profile pic. Fine work mate |
Rob Rojo
Goo Roo NSW Soarer TT
Posts: 1066 Reg: 12-2007
| What a difference! Makes the stock bar look way out of date, Great work! |
Jason Munro
TryHard NSW Soarer GTT-L
Posts: 201 Reg: 07-2008
| very nice. was it difficult to do the bar swap ? |
Don Bagnall
Moderator New Zealand Mercedes Benz SLK230 Kompressor
Posts: 7136 Reg: 05-2005
| Excellent transformation Stuart |
Stuart Smith
TryHard NEW SOUTH WALES SC400 V8 GT LIMITED Proper Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance
Posts: 222 Reg: 06-2008
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Jason Munro wrote on Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 12:28 am:was it difficult to do the bar swap ?
Jason, the B/Bar goes straight on and everything lines up, however the holes in the lower edge of the extruded aluminium impact rail behind the bar cover are at a different spacing for the plastic scrivets, so I left them out. The only time they would come into play is reversing over an obstacle (like Mother-in law)and getting lower edge snagged. I would also like to say thanks to Andrew McKellar for his help with parts! |
Jason Munro
TryHard NSW Soarer GTT-L
Posts: 204 Reg: 07-2008
| thanks. looks like i will start looking for a silver 97+ bar! |
Sam Tow
Tinkerer WA 2.5 TT
Posts: 23 Reg: 07-2008
| the headlights are awesome!!! relocate the indicator lights on the side mirrors housings is great. do u do it yourself or can you get them from anywhere? |
Jason Munro
TryHard NSW Soarer GTT-L
Posts: 205 Reg: 07-2008
| there are mirror housings available on ebay. they clip (or stick) onto the existing mirror. they have led indicators in them. but they need to be painted. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lexus-SC300-SC400-LED-mirror-signal-Lights-SC-300-400_W0QQcmdZViewIte mQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em122QQcategoryZ33649QQihZ023QQitemZ360099036393QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD2V |
Gary Morriss
DieHard SA TT
Posts: 738 Reg: 07-2005
| Stuart...very nice transformation mate. looks great well done, you have to be chuffed with that! |
Stuart Smith
TryHard NEW SOUTH WALES SC400 V8 GT LIMITED Proper Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance
Posts: 223 Reg: 06-2008
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Jason Munro wrote on Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 09:59 pm:there are mirror housings available on ebay.
There was some feedback on these mirror housings here previously, I didn`t do a search for them because, as I recall, they don`t fit that well, and anyway I was just going to drill some holes in the factory housing and epoxy some amber LEDs in there. Hotronics in Anaheim, Ca. make a light sequencer, that would be cool, I have thought about running the rear blinkers with them. AKA Thunderbird, Shelby Mustangs and California Special Mustangs where the lights illuminate in sequence starting with the inner globe and working outwards then refreshing back to the start again, I need to re-read the tute on the error code for tail lights to do that mod. |
Adrain Parsons
DieHard Qld JZZ30 tt
Posts: 892 Reg: 08-2005
| nice job mate, looks great |
Don Bagnall
Moderator New Zealand Mercedes Benz SLK230 Kompressor
Posts: 7139 Reg: 05-2005
| When I first got our Soarer Stuart, I thought of doing the same thing ala Thunderbird, and even got around to sourcing a unit from a 65 T'bird, but alas the unit needed a full o'haul, and I lacked the skills (and enthusiasm!) to see it through |
Rob Rojo
Goo Roo NSW Soarer TT
Posts: 1275 Reg: 12-2007
| After seeing how much of a change it makes I could not help myself.
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Jason Munro
TryHard NSW Soarer GTT-L
Posts: 233 Reg: 07-2008
| looks good, Rob. wish i could do the same to mine. funds wont allow it right now..... |
Gary Redman
TryHard NSW UZZ31
Posts: 158 Reg: 09-2005
| I just completed mine last week also. New headlights from the group buy, but I replaced my cracked and broken Vertex copy front bar with a standard one and the car looks great (the car is painted XR8 purple). Only thing is I washed the car for the first time and one headlight fogged up inside. Can't believe I am the only one to get a new headlight that leaks already |
Stuart Smith
TryHard NEW SOUTH WALES SC400 V8 GT LIMITED Proper Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance
Posts: 249 Reg: 06-2008
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Rob Rojo wrote on Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 08:56 pm: I could not help myself.
Rob, It really cleans up the front of the car, a truly worthwhile upgrade. Kudos to you for the group buy on these lights. |
Rob Rojo
Goo Roo NSW Soarer TT
Posts: 1280 Reg: 12-2007
| Yeah I was lucky, picked up the front bar with fog lights and grill for $250.00 from a wrecker and another $400 for the rear bar and skirts. So all up was around $1250 painted. |
Ken Tran
TryHard NSW Crazy japs did the mods
Posts: 267 Reg: 07-2007
| Good to finally see the front bar sprayed and fitted Stuart! Looks mega hawt! |