Bradwillia

Anybody on here have one? I want to get mine painted one of these days!

Pretty sure they stopped making it in 2000. I tried to find one but everyone I called wouldn't call back. Also, I couldn't help but notice the short in supply. I remember when these came out. I saw this color ALL THE TIME. There were many of them made in this color and it is not SUPER rare. Now when you search for one for sale only a few good ones will come up. The rest will be riced out/wrecked etc.

Thoughts?

sakataj

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they did indeed stop making it in 2000. i want one though. would love to paint my gs430 that color....its a beautiful color. first gs i test drove was a gs400 in spectra blue

here's the BEST example of one

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lex...-for-sale.html

fenderzig

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I agree...the nicest GS I've ever seen!

sakataj

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and these arent even the best 2 pics of it. the rolling shot is where its still uber clean

LEXUS_KID

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SoCalSC4

Indeed, 2000 was the last year for Spectra Blue, so that means there is no such thing as a GS430 in that color.

When I bought mine in 2003, my friends thought I was crazy for trying to buy a used car in a specific color. To make matters worse, I did not want a tan interior, and I wanted a V8 car - most Spectra Blue cars seem to be GS300s with tan interior.

After a couple of months of searching, I finally found a GS400 with low miles and grey interior one state away. Ironically, it had been ordered through a huge local Lexus dealer not far from me and the original owner had it transported to Arizona (not a big deal since he was the VP of Swift Transportation) when he bought the car new.

Adrian's is indeed a fine example (the BEST example, really), but, like my car, his has been repainted to further customize the look.

Bradwillia

Very nice car. I considered trading somebody my 2002 GS430 but like I said before they are all too mod'ed or Not for sale! I guess I may end up being the first one with a spectra 430. Not going to happen anytime soon though

It just still puzzles me that the supply is so low. I guess many were wrecked or junked!

toy4life86

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I wrecked one.. and I got another so thats 2 out of the supply chain, I also searched both times and actually bought both in LA, 2 of my friends bought theres locally in the bay area used and I have seen only 2 other gs400 around the area now, alot of gs300s

Bradwillia

I think that pretty much sums it up! Pretty sure alot of these have been RIP'd, tracked to death, etc. Very similar to the E36 estoril BMW M3 coupes. Those were easy to be had in their hayday. Good luck getting one now. A friend of mine had a black one and said that his insurance told him it was one of the most wrecked cars out there.

sakataj

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well, like adrian's your car is also amazing, although we cant all be wheel *****s like you

Bradwillia

I'm going through with this. I will have this thing painted within the next year. ***** it. Guess I'll be the only spectra 430 since nobody wants to sell theirs. Can't blame them I guess. And I'm not buying anyone's rice rocket. They should've all been made in blue anyway, I don't know why they even bothered offering other colors. LOL

sakataj

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cant wait for pics....i really wish they woulda made a gs430 in this color....when its polished/cleaned it looks amazing

Alexus_300

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Contact my good friend Veritek on this board. He might let go of this SBM GS with the vertex kit on it. Heck, he doesn't need three 2GS anyway.

Bradwillia

Thanks for the heads up but I want a v8 and I don't want a rice car with a body kit, unless it s EXTREMELY subtle

jadu

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pulled the trigger huh... gl with that awesome color..