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Sep 28, 2011

Photography By: Anthony Lezada

Words By: Josh Wilson

VIP Lexus GS’s: Brothers with a Purpose

VIP Lexus GS

Every car is built for a different reason. They can be something daily driven or something that only catches fresh air on a perfect day. Then you have the option of going track, drift, or hard-parked low. The options seem to be limitless but these two brothers and their classy Lexus GS’s show that you can take a VIP style in two opposite directions. Adam Mao has taken his GS and built a daily driven and drifted machine where his older brother Ken Mao has gone with a clean weekend cruiser but both have kept that VIP feel.

Lexus GS

VIP Lexus GS

Lexus GS brothers

Lexus front

Lexus GS side

Lexus GS camber

VIP camber

For Adam, this is actually his second time having a car featured on Canibeat. Last year he brought us a sick S14 and now he has brought us his drift inspired VIP Lexus. This GS is not only daily-driven but also has hit up events like the Fatlace Classik, Fatlace Word Up, Thunder Hill and much more. He’s taken this from just another big sedan to a tweaked banshee that slides in ways a VIP sedan shouldn’t and if that doesn’t make you smile I don’t know what will.

VIP wheel

VIP wheels

Lexus GS

Lexus GS light painting

Lexus GS

Lexus GS

Lexus GS

Adam’s big bro Ken has gone for a VIP GS that is all class. For Ken’s build to happen, he had to make a sacrifice. That sacrifice was that he had to sell his 240sx and XB in order to build the GS he wanted. That yielded a clean GS that sports a +1 Ing body kit that has been custom fit for this 2008 as they don’t even make that kit for a Lexus newer than 2008. To be this clean and also have a style that sets you apart takes some work and Ken’s work has been well worth it.

Lexus GS

Lexus GS

Lexus GS

Lexus GS

Lexus GS

Lexus GS stance

bagged Lexus GS

Adam would like to thank: “Tech3 Performance in advance because they will be the ones to dyno and tune my car once it is turboed

Ken would like to thank: “Autostage, SonicMS, Air Runner, and Auto Fashion

Lexus GS fitment

Lexus GS brothers

Lexus GS front

Lexus GS

Lexus GS rear

Lexus GS VIP

Adam’s 99 Toyota Aristo V300

Mods:

  • Blitz sus intake
  • TRD oil cap
  • HKS radiator cap
  • HKS adjustable Cam gear
  • Cometic Head gasket
  • ARP head studs
  • ARP rod bolts
  • Gates racing timing belt
  • PBM oil drain plug
  • R154 transmission full marlin crawler parts
  • Light wheel pulley kit
  • ACT stage 2clutch
  • OEM 1jz/2jz flywheel
  • Stainless steel clutch line
  • Extended shifter
  • Intense solid transmission mounts
  • One piece aluminum drive shaft
  • Differential adapter


Suspension Modifications:

  • Stance GR+ w/ swift springs 24kg 22kg
  • TRD blue sway bars
  • Front strut bar
  • Front lower brace
  • Daizen bushings

Wheels/Tires Modifications

  • SSR Agle Minervas 18×10+11
  • 225/40/18
  • Bridgestone Potenzas
  • 225/40/18
  • Nankang

Interior/Exterior Modifications:

  • Full vertex body kit
  • NRG short hub
  • NRG 2.0 quick release
  • Nardi 350mm leather deep corn
  • Bride FO seat rails
  • Bride ZETA III’s
  • IS300 brake pedal
  • IS300 clutch pedal
  • Chrome handles
  • Weld on exhaust tips

Ken’s 2008 Lexus GS 350

Mods:

  • Air runner
  • Works euroline 19×9 and 19×10
  • +1 ings body kit
  • Full interior Junction produce
  • Tanabe full exhaust system



Editor: cristian loza

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