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Finally bought an IS300

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Old 10-18-13, 09:26 AM
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Just bought this two mornings ago!

GGP IS300 5 speed M/T

123K miles, immaculate interior, exterior has a few chips and tennis ball sized dent in the hood but I feel it was well worth it!



Full Black Leather, OEM spoiler, 6 Disc Changer, I love it!! Gonna throw a serp. belt on it today and hopefully a timing belt and water pump next paycheck.
Old 10-18-13, 04:55 PM
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Had years worth of dirt caked on top of the engine and in the air filter, replaced the old serpentine belt, and detailed the engine bay!!

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Sweet ride! How much did you pay for it?
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Very nice. Did you take a before pic of the engine bay? If you power washed the bay, make sure you get all of the water out of the spark plug wells or you might have trouble later. I've read a number of posts by members saying that their car didn't start after power washing the bay.
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Originally Posted by citra
Sweet ride! How much did you pay for it?
Swooped it up for $6500. It was a lady's husband who had passed. She could barely drive a 5-speed and she didn't want to teach her 16 year old daughter how to drive in it, so she sold it to purchase an automatic car for her daughter

Originally Posted by rvalero
Very nice. Did you take a before pic of the engine bay? If you power washed the bay, make sure you get all of the water out of the spark plug wells or you might have trouble later. I've read a number of posts by members saying that their car didn't start after power washing the bay.
No, I completely forgot to It had sat in a lady's garage for a year, undriven and looked like it had never been cleaned before. I will definitely keep that in mind, thanks for the tip!
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It has been raining all day here in Ohio so I got the chance to change the oil and get the brake dust off of the wheels while we were slow. Thankfully I'm a Tech at a Toyota Dealership so I got the oil and an OEM Toyota filter for $14.67!



Next to my friend in new car sales' 6 speed Acura TL when I left work today

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gorgeous...
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nice one !!
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Originally Posted by wesrod
gorgeous...

Originally Posted by jeepney
nice one !!
Thanks!

Just remembered to upload these photos from the carwash the other day. My IS300 and a friends SRT4





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Looks great man. I've been an owner for almost 8 years now, got into modding craze with this car and now I'm running a 2jzgte vvti full conversion. These cars are amazing.
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Originally Posted by trivis300
Looks great man. I've been an owner for almost 8 years now, got into modding craze with this car and now I'm running a 2jzgte vvti full conversion. These cars are amazing.
I'd love to be at that point later down the road for sure.
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