This Lexus is a bit special to me. It's owned by Mike Jones who you can find on Instagram. I'm purely talking about aesthetics here and not only is his car at the top for me but it's completely drift ready and he competes in it!
I could only find old photos - check out his Instagram - @mikejones.jz
That's why his car is the top pick for me. It's unique, it looks great, oozes style, and performs! Plus I think this car runs a 2JZ instead of the normal 1UZFE so that's a bit special. I've talked to him online, he's a great guy, and hopefully he will have time one day to answer some questions for a feature on his car.
I'm stealing some of his ideas, sorry. At night, this man can turn on purple LEDs that come out of the grill, inside, and everywhere else in the car. No actual light source is visible - it eminates from the car.
I think lights can go very wrong or very right and he nailed it like nothing I've seen. Speaking of lights in weird places...
When I saw this car, I thought to myself "Those weird ideas I had for my car that I wasn't sure of, well, this guy did it and it looks bomb!" Just from what I remember without posting the picture yet, he has lights coming from behind his grill, headlight covers, and strangely, a light on his roof. That one, I thought about throwing in the back Bosuzoku style.
Tip: If you want a Bosuzoku-style siren for the back of your car, they sell them as emergency lights at Walmart. They plug into a cigarette lighter of which there is two in the back.
The siren comes orange but I believe the top literally just unscrews. All you have to do is be creative and make something in your color to replace the top and you're golden. If you can't unscrew it... Cut it off. It's plastic. You can also tint it black, just don't leave it orange!
I tried and for the life of me, I couldn't find an example on a real Japanese bosuzoku car with one of these. Sorry!
I know what you're thinking - this is an LS400 only article. Well it is. That's a $4,000 body kit.
And it really makes the car look great in yellow.
Jokes aside, this is truly a special piece of work. I found it by chance while looking at wide-body LS400s. The only thing I don't understand is why the decal on the side looks like the BMW M division logo. I guess it's just close.
I can easily let it go because I don't know who it was that managed to improve on the LS400's lines but I want to shake his hand. If you look, it has functional vents to cool the brakes and tires. It looks like it has good aerodynamics and the quality is top notch.
The body kit also makes the LS400 look like a totally different car. The design is way ahead of its time if it came out sometime in the 1990s. It makes the car look ten years newer.
What do we have here? A beautiful VIP build, of course. This article wouldn't be complete without one.
This is the style that got me into these cars and though my tastes have changed, it will always be possibly the top style if you could say that. Which I'm not saying you can. I personally have shied away from these cars but I understand what it takes to build and run one. And they always look amazing.
Hope you enjoyed this LS400 edition of Carporn.
I have a mini update as far as my personal vehicle. I noticed that lights make a big impact on the look and style of a car so I've been focusing on that. Soon I will post one of those and an article should come when I receive the other product in the mail. I appreciate you all! Here's a little peek. Mind you I have a very dark tint on my cars but at night, with the touch of a button...
Don't mind the half-asleep person pressing the button for me.
The interior lights up yellow. Bright enough to clearly see everything in the car. (That's my excuse to buy curtains!)
- Rokas Kirvelis
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