djb5118's 1992 SC300. Exhaust installed, with sound clip

[djb5118]

Well guys, i finally have something worth starting a Journal about.

Just picked up this 1992 Lexus SC300. Its a 5spd which is actually pretty rare for these cars which makes it for me.

Hopefully Ill have some new shoes by the end of the summer since its gonna need tires aswell.

Eventually I want to respray it gunmetal maybe, lower, and way down the line, do a turbo.

Since it has 99k on the odo, its still very fresh has far as these cars go, plus at 93k it had over $5,000 in maintenance done including clutch, struts, seals, etc. So its basically a brand new car.


Here she is:

[djb5118]

took the car out for a little shoot.

[twastheglow]

I still love those cars a lot. I love that body style! I like the long hood.

[GOULET]

wow wow wow wow wow i ****in hate you so bad. that thing is mintttttttyyyyyy. how much did u get it for? seriously, 99k miles. that thing has just been broken in. any plans for it? for the love of god keep it the same color.

[lownslow95]

Do it up...2JZ FTW!

[Whitesupra94]

2jz...? No ****


Seriously though, the car looks good and its very clean. These cars benefit very much from a nice drop and a nice deep dish wheel. And when you're ready for more power, the sky is the limit!!!!!....well the tranmission is, actually, buts thats not before a few hundred more rwhp

[Proven]

Def. love the SC's.

VERY nice find.. and 5-speed!!! I think it was like 10% were made manual.

1JZ!

I know elitejdm.com has acouple soarer clips for you.

[sean3]

Wow that's a sweet looking car, especially for 99k. Somewhat reminds me of an RX8 from the front but sleeker. Please don't paint it.

[240_fun]

AHHHH I hate you
I want onee soooooooooooo badddddd

[boostedfury]

nice pickup man and I have to agree with the above comments.. that color is to mint to paint it gunmetal

[240_fun]

Def keep it that color dude
Its hottt
If anythign get it resprayed the sane but with more sparkle

Get coilovers and rims ASAP
Drop that ishh dude

[Zillon]

Slam it and get some fresh kicks on it.

Awesome pick up though, we just got one in on trade at Thompson, it's white, but has 205k on it.

[KingOfDelco]

true dat, 5 speed SC300s are rare (this side of the pond). nice pickup. I didn't like these cars back in the 90s, but they've grown on me a lot. I've been thinking about grabbing on and doing a swap...

Go for a 1jz full Soarer conversion. get "toyota" and "soarer" badges... 90% of ppl on the road would have no clue what it was!

i personally would do the swap first (don't just boost the stock motor, its the 2jzge, IS300 motor, right? eventhough there are turbo kits available for that motor, you'd be better off going with a JDM 1jz.) you would have a wicked sleeper! :D

then coilovers and rims/tires. possibly a nice JDM OE lip kit or a very subtle VIP body kit.

Lexus Drift Machine anyone?? Its basically a Supra anyway. built on the same platform I believe.

heck, you could probably drop a SR20 or 3sgte in there and mount it right up against the firewall for great weight distro/balance.

[djb5118]

thanks guys for all the comments...its amazing what a few sweet pictures can do to a threads responses

twastheglow...Yea, the long hood is sweet until you have to wax it...ughhhhhh

I think there were only 1600 5spd in the US if my research is correct, and who knows how many people wrecked them doing stupid ****.

As far as the paint goes. Its not as nice as it looks in the photos. There are a lot of scratches and stuff (i like to call them "old lady racing stripes") so it will need painted eventually. Im still looking into colors, and may end up going stock in the end (i like the sleeper look).

At this point though, Im going to drive it stock for a bit...no use changing the suspension yet, its still brand new! Then ill prob do coilovers/lowering springs to start.

[Racersky]

how much you pick this up for?

[empera]

thats damn nice man, where in NJ are u located? i would like to take a look at it in person and compare some things to my sc...

[esunbaboon]

Very nice, that is my favorite color for those. Would look great with bronze rims.

[pinacup7]

<---- Tech for lexus.... let me know if you need anything.

[djb5118]

Originally Posted by Racersky

how much you pick this up for?

all ill say is it was something i couldnt pass up

Originally Posted by empera

thats damn nice man, where in NJ are u located? i would like to take a look at it in person and compare some things to my sc...

im in central jersey. what did you need to look at, maybe i can help you out?

Originally Posted by pinacup7

<---- Tech for lexus.... let me know if you need anything.

may take you up on that. do you get dealer pricing or anything?

[pinacup7]

Originally Posted by djb5118

may take you up on that. do you get dealer pricing or anything?

Yea, im sure we could work something out