crawlerdans -"project wife car"

[crawlerdan]

well, i sold my toys to buy the wife a car, sold my crazy turbo and my lifted loyal wagon

today i bought the wife a 1996 lexus es300 "coach edition"

its pretty pimp, leather, heated seats and mirrors

it has the 3 litre vvti v6 with a tiptronic 4spd auto trans

pretty nice i must say-wife likes it so goal accomplished

im just glad its a yota

heres a pic

[blackdiamond]

Do I feel a trend coming on?  Maybe we needs a new forum section for the cars we get our ladies? 

[*** YELLER ***]

nice 

[crawlerdan]

Do I feel a trend coming on?  Maybe we needs a new forum section for the cars we get our ladies? 

ya, we can call it "im crying cause my toys are gone"

fortunately, she loves my runner more then i do (thats why gotrocks doesnt own it)

and im ok with it, cause its a yota still, and its pretty damn fast for what it is

[blackdiamond]

ya, we can call it "im crying cause my toys are gone"

You must have missed what we got her, it's a toy of a different kind.  zoom zoom 

[crawlerdan]

so is mine....but dont tell her, im gonna milk the sympathy card for a year    heheheheehhe

[AaronB]

What? so you got rid of the subaru and your runner?

[crawlerdan]

What? so you got rid of the subaru and your runner?

no, i sold two subarus, the turbo and the lifted one, as well as alot of my tools, and bought this.

here are pictures of my actual car, after a detail today...i love h.i.d. lights

[AaronB]

AW you had me worried for a sec. Nice new Lexus. I need to find something like that for my wife

[crawlerdan]

AW you had me worried for a sec. Nice new Lexus. I need to find something like that for my wife

hehe, the runner stays forever!!!!

[crawlerdan]

well...after we bought the car i decided that i hated the wheels, so we went to get some 18s on it.....and they looked horrible, looked like the car was lifted....to much gap in the fender wells...so i figured these would fix that problem mmmm   black chrome

[AaronB]

what are those? 20's

[crawlerdan]

what are those? 20's

um....yes...i know i know, i never though it would happen either, but......it did, and its nice and i hate to admit it but they are nice and i like em

[DTB]

 i hope u dont have many potholes where you live! or like replacing rims! I will never own a set of lo-pros again after getting 2 flats in one hour due to bent rims.......they do look nice though! just not very practical! 

[crawlerdan]

i told her if she ruins 1 im takin them off...so we will see how long it lasts

[AaronB]

its usually the curb checks you have to worry about when the wife drives. I know I did. They are sweet rims by the way.

[crawlerdan]

i told her to drive into driveways and speedbums ect straight on rather then on an angle

[crawlerdan]

anyone else notice i smoked the tail lights?? 

[DTB]

i told her to drive into driveways and speedbums ect straight on rather then on an angle

and avoid potholes like the plague! they sneak up on you! trust me on this!!  

[46&2]

Nice car Dan, even if it is the wife's. 

So I was wondering what you did to smoke those tail lights. I want to do the same thing on my Supra, with about that much "smoke" effect, maybe slightly more. I don't like when they are totally black, I like when they are just really dark like that but with just enough red still showing. anyway, I like what you did and I would like to duplicate it on my 85 Supra

[crawlerdan]

well buddy, i tint them using a spray on window film, it isnt all that hard, but takes some practice to do it uniformly. ive done about 20 cars


i can offer to do yours if you pay for all the shipping and teh supplies-probably 20.00

[46&2]

well buddy, i tint them using a spray on window film, it isnt all that hard, but takes some practice to do it uniformly. ive done about 20 cars


i can offer to do yours if you pay for all the shipping and teh supplies-probably 20.00

Yeah I am just worried about messing it up. I have some busted tail lights laying around I could practice on. What brand stuff do you prefer? Can it be had at Napa auto parts or do you need to get it somewhere special? Sorry for the n00b questions I have just never done much "body" work

[crawlerdan]

Yeah I am just worried about messing it up. I have some busted tail lights laying around I could practice on. What brand stuff do you prefer? Can it be had at Napa auto parts or do you need to get it somewhere special? Sorry for the n00b questions I have just never done much "body" work

i use "nightshades" and you may be able to find it at reibes or kragen

[46&2]

i use "nightshades" and you may be able to find it at reibes or kragen

Right on thanks man I will give it a shot