the upscale version of the X4 3 door, with more brightwork and trim, including now-stacked tailpipes.

The stacked exhaust pipes look great, way better than the ones on the IS-F. Gorgeous.

looks good, i agree about the stacked pipes, too.

speaking of the IS-F, i've gone to the movies twice in the past week to see 21 and Drillbit Taylor. both times, i had to watch 5 different IS-F commercials. i'm already tired of this car and it isn't even out yet.

+! on the stacked exhaust.

Yea IS-F seems like a bust..

When I go to the movies, I never see ads for things. Ha, if I saw one for the IS-F, I'd tell everyone the M3 pwns it.

Great chop as always Art. The stacked exhaust works here unlike the IS-F.

Ha, if I saw one for the IS-F, I'd tell everyone the M3 pwns it.

i did. they didn't believe me.

The stacked exhaust works here unlike the IS-F.

You don't know how right you are: the upper exhaust tips on the Lexus are FAKE!! They're just there for decoration......so you know what that means.
Just as the first-gen IS pioneered the whole "Altezza taillight" movement, this new one will be copied for its' stacked exhaust pipes. So everything from Civics to Corollas to Cobalts and everything else ricey will be adorned with these things.

the top ones are fake???? is this a sick joke???? Lexus, do you really think the enthusiast community is made up of retards?

my hate for the IS-F just hit the next level!

lol, so many angry smileys to choose from!!

Ha, if I saw one for the IS-F, I'd tell everyone the M3 pwns it.

i did. they didn't believe me.

i think i read that BOTH outlets on the IF are fake, that the real exhaust ends a few inches infront of those external outlets,
so they can be kept perfectly straight....

Art,

Do you remember what the first chop was you did for me? Was it you or Shift that dix the 2-door X-5 for me. That was a few years ago. Do you still have that chop?

i don't remember that. must have been Shift.

here are 5 pieces i'm working on tonight. they're on wooden siding, clapboards, some old, some new. there will be images on a layer
above the paint.