Dutchie's second toy..

[dutchie101]

My new baby finally arrived today. 2002 LS430, only 64,000km. I have some plans for the future....

[private number]

nice! What plans?

[dutchie101]

Full VIP treatment. I have a Admiration "createur" lower lip, rear skirt, sides, grill and muffler cutters on the way from Japan, rims and other goodies to follow. Probably bags when money permits etc.. 30mm low SS kit on its way, should be here next week.

The car is immaculate inside and out. Heated and cooled front and rear seats, fridge/icebox, 14 position electric seats, driver position memory...bloody everything.. Only thing it didnt have standard was the airbags..

[chicken]

wow the project has already started. its a good time though with the aussie dollar so strong.

how does it handle?

[dutchie101]

Yeah i just wanted to sort out the kit and low then things will slowly sort themselves out from there.. wheels next obviously :D but if i start this new shop, things will slow down quite a bit...

Handles bloody well, quite light for a large car (only just 200kg heavier than the ZRE), double wishbone does the job nicely. Transmission is possibly the most amazingly smooth trans i have ever had the pleasure of driving. Havent really booted it much, but the power is there alright.

Needs some paint attention, and a claying rather soon too.

Thanks for your help Chicken, greatly appreciated.

[chicken]

no worries i love the shape of those cars

[Senna De Silva]

Mate that's a sweet looking car as it is Dutchie... but I'm definitely interested to see how the VIP treatment goes :D

[1stKill]

Great stuff Pete...look forward to seeing this one take shape.

[le.vinh.zr]

Very nice Pete!

[flipsta24]

awesome ride Pete!..cant wait to see the progress on this ride

[whitestivo]

U have good taste in cars dutchie, even your zre i like it very much

Do you still have it, or is it gone now?

[Guest]

thats big pimpin'

What engines are in these?

[Kenshin X]

jesus, thats awesome, well done! herbs (traditional) paid off eh? LOL ;)

[dutchie101]

U have good taste in cars dutchie, even your zre i like it very much

Do you still have it, or is it gone now?

Thanks :) Still have the ZRE for daily zip around, the LS is more of a weekender/ going out car. I wanna keep the K's low on it. Most 2002's have done between 120-220 thou. Thats why i jumped at this one.

thats big pimpin'

What engines are in these?

4.3l V8, VVt-i. small V8 but all alloy and plenty of torque.

jesus, thats awesome, well done! herbs (traditional) paid off eh? LOL ;)

Yeah man, traditional herbs actually make money, unlike "non" traditional.. well, these days anyway :D

I keep finding more and more buttons to push and prod! soo much electrical motorized fun! Oh, and i managed to get a full Toyota/Lexus 3 year new car warranty with it too.

[ELEGNT]

looks like a good skidder :P

[master.Cuong]

very very nice! will make a bloody good VIP car

[johnnieboi]

Nice buy pete. If i know dutchie, he aint gonna do this half ****d. Its gonna be VIP for sure!

[private number]

cant wait to see this VIP project unfold! and wow, v8? very niceeeeeeee!

[Noodle Boy]

not bad at all. how come i've never seen one of those?

[chicken]

Perth drivers must have good taste then :P I ve seen a few of these and even the ls460. Along with porsche and bmw 7series

[eviltwin]

Deluxe skids , thats pure luxobarge!

[dutchie101]

Not many of them around cause they were AU$157,000 new!! :o Luckily i saved AU$117k and it only had 65,000km on it. Very Very low k's for a 2002.

I think ive found the wheels i want...

Amistad Cloud, 19's..

Still looking tho..

Or Trafficstar STR 19's...

I love the STR's, but a little too aggressive. They just scream "look at me!", Im not sure i want that, i want subtle luxury like the Clouds... Ive found a set of new Clouds in Japan..

[chicken]

I prefer the cloud as it looks good and covers the brakes. The 19" STR showing the stock brakes might look out of proportion.

[dutchie101]

Yeah the Clouds are nice, the stock rotors are whoppin huge as are the calipers. I like the fuller faced rims for luxobarge stylie..

[ToyotaFreak]

Nice! An LS430! I notice it's from WA too (Recognized the license plate colors and layout lol).

Nice to know that its a low KM 8 year old car, my RAV4 is the same year too, and has done under 63Ks so far. :)