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Just wondering, with the similarities between alot of the Lexus & Toyota range.....does anyone, by ANY chance know if the Lexus LS 460 is similar to the Aurion??

In particular the rear bumper & bootlid.

Looking at the pictures they look fairly close but in real life it could be a different story.

My main reason....I really want quad exhausts, but the cut-out on the Aurion is just on 5" wide, so I'd only be able to fit 2x 2" tips in there with a bit of room between and at the sides so the bumper doesn't melt...a pretty tight squeeze & thats not even taking into account them being double-walled tips so the overall tip size would be 2.5".

If the Lexus bumper lines up correctly (somehow doubt) then I'd get a scratched or used one from ImportMonster, get a lip where the tips will fit, get it resprayed and whosyourdaddy. At worst (and cheapest) I would order the lip, remove the Sportivo one & put that one on instead. The lip in the picture below looks like it will fit dual 2.5" tips easy.

Some pics of what I want it too look like & the rear end of the LS460....

My other reason...Dont like the Sportivo spoiler, not a huge fan of the duck tail from Ebay...and came across this one, looks pretty good but I dont know if the bootlids are the same.

Pic...

........... And another reason. I realise that because they have different headlights, bonnet & grill - a front bumper won't fit. But if the width etc. are similar then I was thinking of getting a spare Aurion bumper, cutting it half way between the bottom of the grill & the lower grill. Then buying the LS460 bumper with a lip and cutting in the same spot...do some plastic surgery and make it all smooth...

Example pic - yes I know the colours dont match, doesn't blend - its just a quickie to see. On the upside - the line where the fender meets the front bumper was the same & the wheel arch matches including the flat edge.

Obviously anything is possible with customising, but I dont have $$$$$$ to throw at it so the less I spend the better. The front will cost a bit to do, I understand that.

I've made many scrapes on the middle black piece of the SPortivo kit, actually cracked it too but I've popped it back together. Some of the exterior plastics polish should make it look a bit better. I've heard $180 to respray a front bumper, but thats in country NSW for a Rolla.

Take the driveway at an angle and really creep in, slower you go - quicker you can stop if you scrape and it seems to scrape less. My driveway is borderline steep - slow is ok but any quicker & it scrapes.

Just on that supercharger, I wonder what other accessories you would need in order to put that puppy on a standard 2GR-FE..................external oil lines, drive belt, gaskets, seals...............I wonder if you tried to get these wether or not you would need to give the serial number of a TRD Aurion in order for toyota to hand over the goods, me thinks they would be a little concerned that anyone with a TRD Aurion would be getting these accessories and not having the car booked in for work to be done..............I reckon they would be a little suss............

With the bits you'll need it will probably end up costing alot more. Either have to go genuine TRD or custom.

I'd be interested to see what Raptor can come up with, they have a SC kit for Prado/Hilux v6. Might shoot them an email.

Very nice car, love the blue - I would have got it. Do those wheels come in shadow chrome or any other colour but chrome?

:o holy crap... are you serious.... 19 and you have a brand spanking new Aurion... far out I'm jealous <_< .

Im 21, there's a few other on here that are surprisingly young to own brand new cars...check out the Aurion Statistics thread.

OMFG!!! I would drive there just to pick that up. Thanks for the heads up.

You have to wonder what happened to the rest of the car though...

Had a strange experience this week with petrol....Ive used normal Unleaded in the 3 months I've had it, but this week put in 95 octane fuel. Fuel economy according to the computer was normally about 14 (alot of stop start short driving) but this week it has been between 9-10L/100km...I dont drive any different, maybe slightly more relaxed but not enough to reduce it 5L/100km!

Fuel settle back to 11-12L over the following few weeks using 95 octane. Then in a daze last week I put normal unleaded in & the fuel economy went back up to 14Lish. Im back to 95 Octane now & its working back down - 13.1L a.t.m

That my old bosses car, he flogged the Christs out of it.

Always good to know.

Pass.

Should come out a treat with the new rims. Go for 20's!!

Nice work!

Parents have that model Camry which they are about to get rid of cos its not used.....may follow a similar path.

Where's the body kit from?

june next year the cop's will be phasing out all trd aurion cause the don't like the tourqe steer... So lots of bargains will be up for grab...

!! I'll be waiting !!

man dont come here its a ***** hole!!

Nah its great there...I come from an old ***** mining town thats falling apart with nothing for the youth to do but drink and fight.

Even if it is cr@p....I can put up with it for a few years while Im earning double what I get now & dont have to clock up all the km's on the Aurion...:D

the guy that is making my intake has said that if there is interest, he might make a few more...

so the plan is to make mine and see how it goes... if people are interested, then i'll talk to him and he'll make it to order...

i havent looked closely at a normal aurion intake, but if the throttle body is in the same position, then these will fit a normal aurion too...

all i know so far is that its a short 3" pipe with a 5 or 6" bellmouth and a 5 or 6" pod...

so it should sound absolutely INSANE... :D

i've heard a green 1zz with the same sort of intake and well, ummmmmmm...... i'm getting ready to scare old ladies and small children...

Sounds a little bit like the K&N Typhoon intake, except for the bell mouth bit, pod sits around about where the filter box is now, but comes with a heat sheild.

Make sure there is pictures....

As of the end of October I will be making the big move from NSW to Albany, WA. Moving over with my partner of many years, living with brother for a few weeks until we get our own place.

Secured a great paying job in a prominent real estate office so I'm extremely happy. :D (< thats me)

Any members from down that way?

:o Aw man thats sooo tempting.

I've got a new job paying 2x as much so I can afford to sell my sx6 and upgrade.....

Gotta be a reason for not selling though. All I can see is scratches, unregistered, no warranty. I'd say it was flogged by highway patrol.

:(

Looks sweet.

Those Fox wheels were also on my list of possibilities, I've narrowed it down to those, the Fox R5's or some multi spoke ones.

The Dolce's would look alot better on a black Non-Sportivo I think.

Are you revealing your plans for the interior or do we have to wait until its done?

hi guys yeh i understand but ppl say that the s12 can be silenced so yeh just want to give it a try think one of my friends can do it for me or tomorrow i call up the performace exhaust place to help me out is the s10 much quiet than the s12 and also the hakken guy that done it for me say is a s10 and he put a s12 wonder if he can switch it for me thanx.

ok...................what?

Don't they teach punctuation in school any more?

I wonder if id be able to get a hold of that rear spoiler from somewhere. looks mad

and whats he done near the top of front wheel on the body??

Its just the Camry ducktail spoiler seen on our Aus models, check out ebay cos there's lots there.

Looks like a fender vent as seen on Commodores.

Isnt a private sale not covered by warranty? Unless there is a major problem.

Dealership sales are covered by a warranty, but private sales aren't....too bad to him.

These pics are of Joey888's ride from camryclub.com

Love the exhaust - if it didnt stick out so far I'd definitley want that one.

Veddy Naice!

Either way, I haven't seen one around and I like what it does... so I'm excited.

Wait... I know what it is! Ebay Fake Whistle Blow Off Valve!!!!!

Im contemplating getting NDR.00G as mine.

Which is N-DROOW GEE (ANDREW G) which is my name!

...I thought that was pretty clever too.

Thats fine, wasn't looking to start any sh!t, just saw the TSB, looked complicated, wasn't sure, asked the question.

Easy.

Changing oil is changing oil, thats a load of crap, just do it how you normally would. Thats what id do

Did you even read the TSB?

CRIES!!!! i want i want!

Yup. This mesh grill seems to be gaining popularity. I wasn't a big fan of the large open space and lack of badging, but once I had de-badged my Aurion, I just knew my stock front grill had to go. I really can't wait to get it. Will definitely fit in with my minimal and sleek look that I am trying to achieve. It will also tie in with what I have planned for this Thursday (actually I plan for it to happen on Tuesday, but you won't know till Thursday... unless you see me on the road otherwise). Oh the wait is painful. I'm like a kid on Christmas eve.

C'mon Daryl, give us a hint.....

In all honesty I didnt like the grill when I first put it on, but its grown on me & Im looking at a small badge such as below to put in the passenger side bottom probably.

I want AWD!!!!!