vas25tl

Went rustling through some old pics as promised; here are the pictures of my old 1st gen. I had it for about a year and a half when I was in High school. I wish I still had pics of it stock..
1st set of pics, no drop.




This is when TV's first came out, they didn't have the cool stuff yet



This is with the drop - made a huge difference in the ride and the look of the car IMO







The 1st gen family - you can see the difference in the drop.

Now I drive the green one


I got rid of the TL for a new Spec V Should have listened to everyone....

After the Spec, I got this GS400 - was my favorite car of all times


RIDE HIGHT DIFFERENCE:

bigwerm187

very nice and clean dude.. how u get the coner lights to come up white..? on the bumber and on he headlight..?

KrayzieDxC

dam flip flop trunk, haha too damn gay.

why u get rid of the gs400? if it was me i wouldnt even get rid of it

vas25tl

hahaha the trunk thing cost me like $12 I think for the brackets, people were in love with that. This was before lambo doors and all that jazz....I would never do anything like that now.

The GS was an awesome car, I sold it because I was driving 60 miles a day to and from work and that's when gas went to 3.69/gallon (this was back in 04 I think). I ended up picking up a 95 camry for $1000 in great shape and I kept both cars for about 4 months; then I ended up getting rid of the GS since that was the one that I had to make payments on...plus there were issues that needed attention and I actually ended up selling it for $50 less than I paid after about 8 months and 16K miles

vas25tl

I honestly couldn't tell you. I replaced all the bulbs for hyper white/blueish bulbs and I got rid of the yellow condoms in the fogs...that's just how it ended up looking; other than that I didn't do anything.

bigwerm187

what was the brand of lights you put in there..?

vas25tl

I couldn't tell you. I sold this car about 4 years ago. I remember using silverstar bulbs but not positive if they were in at the time of the pictures.

TLin401

You car was clean. What kind of exhaust did you have on there?

vas25tl

I don't remember what it was but I got it on eBay. I had it on for a couple of months then took it off because it was too loud.

Stereosympathy

Where did you pick up that silver grille? that looks great! I have the 96 green one, looks just like the other one in the pics.

vas25tl

I got it off eBay, I think it was like 100 bucks for both pieces but could be wrong. It was a very easy install, they just go right over the original grills and then I put the A back on over it.

I drive the green one now, but it's stock other than tints, alarm and a stereo.

Mr_Outside

Where did you get those gauges?

SCRAPcity1

goto home depot grab the screens they use for the rain gutters cut it and lay it right under the crome border and put the 'A' back on top.. its like 4 bucks a sheet instead of 25bills on ebay

vas25tl

vas25tl

Guages came from eBay. I knew the UPS guy very well back in those days.

Mr_Outside

I just ordered them. Haha

Are those 17"?

vas25tl

Yea - I always wanted 18's but tires were too expensive. I went through 3 sets of 17's on this car.

96TL_X

Man! Ur car looks like the cars in Mafia movies

levelfamily

nice ride... where can i get something like that for my gauges .

vas25tl

Thanks for all the comments. I actually still see it once in a while, still has the grills on and is still tinted. Otherwise it's stock. I took everything off when I sold it.
Kinda wish I still had her. This was def one of my favorite cars.

Carter31

can anyone tell me what kind of rims those are

vas25tl

I think they were Giovanni's but don't remember 100%. I had 3 different sets of 17's within a year on that car. I liked these the best.

vas25tl

Just got a pic text from my buddy that works at a dealership about 30 miles north of the city:



This makes me I might go look at it tonight and see what kind of condition she's in; maybe I'll buy it back.

DAiNiUS

Woah what is the chance of seeing your old car being sold back.

TLin401

Buy it no matter what kind of condition it is in!!!!!!!!!! GET IT BACK!!!!!

andrew070489

could it be a trade for that cars program or whatever? hopefully they don't destroy it

vas25tl

No, gas mileage is not bad enough. I'm going to see what they've got in it, although I don't even know what I'd do with it if I did buy it.

TLin401

If you buy it then just garage it!

vas25tl

If I was looking for a garage filler, it wouldn't be the TL :P e30 FTW!

If I'd buy it, I'd throw some Eibach's back on and a set of 18's. I would just switch off TL's every other day I guess...

TLin401

Did you see how much they want for it?

vas25tl

No. Haven't had a chance to drive out there..my friend said the whole right side was repainted and looks like a sh*t job, I don't want it.

I hate cheap paintwork.

vas25tl

Played around with HDR

TLin401

That looks dope! Too bad you couldn't of painted the side skirts, it would of looked soooo much better IMO. It also would of looked lower.

pro_found973.2TL

those rims in 18's would of been so sweet!! they go so perfect with the ride man. they remind me of the 18's i had on my G2 legend (teardrop).