Hello from Maui!

[DSM_Lara]

Aloha fellow TN Members,
Some of you may know me from SolaraGuy. Named myself DSM_Lara because I am crazy about DSM cars. I still own 1991 Eclipse GSX, 1997 Eclipse GSX, 1992 Eagle Talon TSI (becoming a parts car) and had 1991 Eagle Talon TSI AWD (Sold recently). Anyways I bought a black 1999 Toyota Solara SE V6 stock back in December 19, 2009 for reliability purpose. All I can say this is the best car I have ever bought knowing that it will never leave me on the side of the road like my past cars. Being a Toyota I know that I will have to car for a very long time. Car was picked up at our Toyota dealership with about 58K miles. Price tag at first was $7995 brought down to $6100 in mint condition. I slowly turned this car into replicate the TRD Solara.

Things I have done to the car are mostly cosmetic right now.
TRD Lip Kit Gen 1.5 (All are made originally from Molly Design.)
TRD Molly Design Badge (Originally comes with the TRD Kit. *Rare*) Still in orignal package
Renova Grill (believe only 100 are made)
TRD Rims (aka TSW Revos w/R-System covers/Red Pins/TRD Caps)
TRD Front Strut Brace
TRD Rear Sway Bar
TRD Oil Cap
TRD Radiator Cap
TRD Boost Gauge w/single autometer pod (have a spare daul pod on side)
TRD Struts/Shocks (by Bilstein) with Tein S-Tech (still needs to be install)
TRD Special Edition Emblem
TRD Custom Black Chrome Grill Emblem
Tinted Tail Lights
OEM Hood Deflector
OEM Black Corners (DIY)
OEM Black Housing Headlights (DIY)
OEM Fog Light Retro Fit Lexus IS300 yellow projectors
w/Amber LED wired to blinkers (by Dawg aka Vik one of a kind)
HID 6k/current3k headlights/3k fogs
Tints 15% (around except windshield)
Black Solara Emblem
Valentine 1 Radar Detector
CP-E Intake

Parts that I would like to see on the car one day.
TRD Supercharger (that will go well with the TRD pod that I already have.)
TRD LSD
Custom exhaust Tanabe Medallion


Last but least here are some photos of the car. Pictures are in order from stock to present. Enjoy!

[TrailDust]

No b.s., that's some beautiful work you've put in on your Solara! Awesome! You're going to fit right in with our modding crowd.

Welcome to the nation! You may be hearing from one of our SuperMods soon, who's a native Hawaiian himself.

[DSM_Lara]

Originally Posted by TrailDust

No b.s., that's some beautiful work you've put in on your Solara! Awesome! You're going to fit right in with our modding crowd.

Welcome to the nation! You may be hearing from one of our SuperMods soon, who's a native Hawaiian himself.

Thanks, I am very surprise how much work I put into this car from stock to this. I haven't even own it for a year yet. I'm almost there. I also had a lot more photos on the side and didn't want to clogged up my intro thread.

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Wow! Sweet looking Solara! Excellent photography work too. Looks like you've put a lot of effort and money into it so far. As TrailDust said, you'll no doubt fit in well with the members here at TN. If you have any questions about the site, please don't hesitate to ask me or one of the other staff members

Keep up the great work, and welcome to Toyota Nation!

[DSM_Lara]

Originally Posted by Kiwi-Corolla

Wow! Sweet looking Solara! Excellent photography work too. Looks like you've put a lot of effort and money into it so far. As TrailDust said, you'll no doubt fit in well with the members here at TN. If you have any questions about the site, please don't hesitate to ask me or one of the other staff members

Keep up the great work, and welcome to Toyota Nation!

Thanks Kiwi for the welcome. I first saw your car on cardomain and all I can say it's looking good.
Also, forgot to post pix of my DSMs. Ignore the ricer in the background that was our renters.