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411 views 14 replies 4 participants last post by  Austezza2J  
#1 ·
Just did some cosmetic/ handling work to my SportCross today. After nearly 6 months of driving my car around with a bashed fender and broken grille I finally bought a replacement fender and grille, and what a difference! It looks like a brand new car!

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I also got a Megan Racing front upper strut brace. If nothing else it looks pretty xD

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Here it is all pretty looking! It's really coming together. Now that I have fixed the glaring issues I think the next mod is an exhaust because 2JZ go brrrr
 
#4 ·
Thanks! I’m thinking of a Greddy Supreme SP. I would like something more aggressive than stock but not obnoxious. I was going to go with a Revolution RS but I’ve heard it’s got a good bit of drone to it

P.S.: now I’m wondering if there were any slick top wagons sold here in the states… 🤔
 
#6 ·
SP supreme was going to be my choice until I realized how long it would take to actually get to my house (~4-5months!) so I settled on an ISR MBSE. It might be worth a look if you have time. It is a full cat back unlike the pictures on their website might suggest. It sounds great, zero drone. Just slightly more sound than stock.
 
#7 ·
Thanks! I’m thinking of a Greddy Supreme SP. I would like something more aggressive than stock but not obnoxious. I was going to go with a Revolution RS but I’ve heard it’s got a good bit of drone to it
I ordered the Revolution RS. Hopefully it's not too droney 😬

P.S.: now I’m wondering if there were any slick top wagons sold here in the states… 🤔
Dunno. Seems most Lexus models came with the sunroof.

SP supreme was going to be my choice until I realized how long it would take to actually get to my house (~4-5months!) so I settled on an ISR MBSE. It might be worth a look if you have time. It is a full cat back unlike the pictures on their website might suggest. It sounds great, zero drone. Just slightly more sound than stock.
It seems ISR basically make their own versions of the GReddy SP and RS. I would totally have gotten an ISR MBSE but the shipping costs to me are obscene 😭

Hopefully the RS sounds good. I'll be lucky if it arrives by Christmas 😏
 
#13 ·
I just don’t like sunroofs at all. I never use them. I think the idea of them is silly. There are mostly two reasons the first being the majority reason by far.

1. I don’t like the sun just beaming down on me burning my head up. If I wanted to suffer I’d just say go buy a convertible which I absolutely never would do haha.

2. The break sometimes.

I guess I can add a third point, they leak water or have the potential to which wouldn’t happen if they were just never there.😜
All fair points. My Subaru's sunroof had clogged drains so the first winter I had it it leaked water into the interior a bit. The most I use mine is as a vent, I don't use it wide open all that much. Sounds like you gotta find yourself a slicktop!
 
#14 ·
All fair points. My Subaru's sunroof had clogged drains so the first winter I had it it leaked water into the interior a bit. The most I use mine is as a vent, I don't use it wide open all that much. Sounds like you gotta find yourself a slicktop!
Yeah definitely. Although as @Austezza2J put it, most all of them have sunroofs. So much so I never thought they were offered without sunroofs because I’ve never seen one until on this forum.