shortier1919
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After lurking for a long time thought I would finally post one of my cars which I have a real love hate relationship with
Back in 2021 I took a notion to purchase a land yacht and seen a UK registered LS430 low milage for sale in Donegal, so we quickly made the trip to Mexico and picked it up.
When we got there the car was extremely rough bodywork wise and interior was disgusting looked to have been a drug den it was too good of a deal at the time to turn down especially with only 80k miles on it
After getting it back the first thing I had to do was of course polish a turd the paint was that oxidised that you would not of thought it was a deep blue or metallic
Spent a few weeks just trying to tidy up small issues on it but one of the things that annoyed me the most was the fact the double glazing windows were delaminating at the back, so the most logical thing to do was to buy another LS430 for a set of windows...
This one was quickly stripped and scrapped with engine and cats easily offsetting the price I paid for it
I wasn't sure which avenue I want to go down with lowering it so I opted for the Datasystems controller to override the factory air suspension which is extremely slow but for £200 to have the comfort of the factory suspension and go low I couldn't complain
Just a photo beside the old workhorse (I welded the chassis before it showed signs of cracking don't worry)
Decided I wasnt a big fan of the fishbowl effect so a light tint to solve that
Trying to find a kit for this car was extremely difficult/expensive I ended up going for a WALD style kit from a company based in Russia which was actually extremely cheap £350 shipped for the whole kit, only downside was everything was cut in half for shipping costs but that was quickly fixed with some fibreglass
Next ofcourse I really needed some wheels as the standard alloys just were not going to cut it so I ended up with a set of 19" Leon Hardiritt Orden, due to they were from two different sets deciding what colour to go for was the next problem
Got the kit painted and fitted
And the choice of colour for the wheels...
Simon at Limitless Garage did a full custom exhaust 3" downpipes with Dummy Cats into an X-Pipe which replaced the middle cat back to two silencers, cracking job as always
Finally got the wheels on and took the car to its first show Letstance swiftly followed by across the pond to Fitted
Quick stop in the Lake District on the way home from Fitted
I thought to myself why own one headache when you can own two so I purchased a UK spec 200SX S14
After a year I decided the bronze on the wheels wasnt for me/the car so I got the faces diamond cut which I think really makes everything pop
have spent the last year building a new garage at home so havnt gotten much work done to it, decided last week to take into the broken wheel stud on the rear and replace it to end up snapping the carrier bolt in the hub..,..
Have ordered two new front lips from SRR due to different style of lips and hopefully be here before Dubshed aswell as waiting for a new hub to arrive. (Also a new windscreen being fitted today)
Its getting to its point in like it need a bit of TLC as the usual LS430 issue front doors starting to rust be I think I will just get it back on the road and enjoy it for the summer then start to it in the winter
Just thought I would add a few photos of all the cars now in the new garage (Which still needs work)
Back in 2021 I took a notion to purchase a land yacht and seen a UK registered LS430 low milage for sale in Donegal, so we quickly made the trip to Mexico and picked it up.
When we got there the car was extremely rough bodywork wise and interior was disgusting looked to have been a drug den it was too good of a deal at the time to turn down especially with only 80k miles on it
After getting it back the first thing I had to do was of course polish a turd the paint was that oxidised that you would not of thought it was a deep blue or metallic
Spent a few weeks just trying to tidy up small issues on it but one of the things that annoyed me the most was the fact the double glazing windows were delaminating at the back, so the most logical thing to do was to buy another LS430 for a set of windows...
This one was quickly stripped and scrapped with engine and cats easily offsetting the price I paid for it
I wasn't sure which avenue I want to go down with lowering it so I opted for the Datasystems controller to override the factory air suspension which is extremely slow but for £200 to have the comfort of the factory suspension and go low I couldn't complain
Just a photo beside the old workhorse (I welded the chassis before it showed signs of cracking don't worry)
Decided I wasnt a big fan of the fishbowl effect so a light tint to solve that
Trying to find a kit for this car was extremely difficult/expensive I ended up going for a WALD style kit from a company based in Russia which was actually extremely cheap £350 shipped for the whole kit, only downside was everything was cut in half for shipping costs but that was quickly fixed with some fibreglass
Next ofcourse I really needed some wheels as the standard alloys just were not going to cut it so I ended up with a set of 19" Leon Hardiritt Orden, due to they were from two different sets deciding what colour to go for was the next problem
Got the kit painted and fitted
And the choice of colour for the wheels...
Simon at Limitless Garage did a full custom exhaust 3" downpipes with Dummy Cats into an X-Pipe which replaced the middle cat back to two silencers, cracking job as always
Finally got the wheels on and took the car to its first show Letstance swiftly followed by across the pond to Fitted
Quick stop in the Lake District on the way home from Fitted
I thought to myself why own one headache when you can own two so I purchased a UK spec 200SX S14
After a year I decided the bronze on the wheels wasnt for me/the car so I got the faces diamond cut which I think really makes everything pop
have spent the last year building a new garage at home so havnt gotten much work done to it, decided last week to take into the broken wheel stud on the rear and replace it to end up snapping the carrier bolt in the hub..,..
Have ordered two new front lips from SRR due to different style of lips and hopefully be here before Dubshed aswell as waiting for a new hub to arrive. (Also a new windscreen being fitted today)
Its getting to its point in like it need a bit of TLC as the usual LS430 issue front doors starting to rust be I think I will just get it back on the road and enjoy it for the summer then start to it in the winter
Just thought I would add a few photos of all the cars now in the new garage (Which still needs work)
