First SC300 in Starfire Pearl ?
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First SC300 in Starfire Pearl ? 1JZ + GT35R
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Am I the first one that actually did it ?
Last year was really unfortunate for me. I have my 97 SC300 in Poland and Im there every summer and Christmas. In last few days of being there in summer 2010 i was rear ended by other car. When i went over there again in December somebody hit me again from a side. I haven't fix a car between those accidents, so i decided to buy donor car for body parts and engine. Yes, i imported Soarer TT from UK. After i was done with swap i left a car at body shop to get it fixed and to paint entire car. I decided to go 077 Starfire Pearl. I've seen topics that somebody wanted to do it, but i've never seen finished car. Mine is almost done so i can show you few pictures. Here we go.
Sorry for poor quality, im still in NY looking to go there next week, so its my father or owner of bodyshop that is taking a pictures. But nice photo session will be as soon as i get there!
Am I the first one that actually did it ?
Last year was really unfortunate for me. I have my 97 SC300 in Poland and Im there every summer and Christmas. In last few days of being there in summer 2010 i was rear ended by other car. When i went over there again in December somebody hit me again from a side. I haven't fix a car between those accidents, so i decided to buy donor car for body parts and engine. Yes, i imported Soarer TT from UK. After i was done with swap i left a car at body shop to get it fixed and to paint entire car. I decided to go 077 Starfire Pearl. I've seen topics that somebody wanted to do it, but i've never seen finished car. Mine is almost done so i can show you few pictures. Here we go.
Sorry for poor quality, im still in NY looking to go there next week, so its my father or owner of bodyshop that is taking a pictures. But nice photo session will be as soon as i get there!
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Why is the front clip a different color from the door in the last photo if both have fresh paint? I noticed by the order of the photo's the door was sprayed at a different time, and it shows in the photo. What's the skinny on that?
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So Am I officially the first one?
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Sorry to hear about the accidents the car has been through, but on the bright side starfire pearl is a beautiful color to spray an SC in. Definitely get your paint guy to fix anything you don't like about the color now because pearl white is the trickiest color to match at any other time after the initial re-spray to the entire car. Unfortunately your not the first....this was the first one:
But on the bright side you will be the first SC in Europe to be in Starfire most likely and the first stock bodied 97+ SC to be in Starfire most likely.....so that's not too bad I would say.
I plan on re-spraying my SC in Starfire in a few more years....but it won't be stock bodied either.
But on the bright side you will be the first SC in Europe to be in Starfire most likely and the first stock bodied 97+ SC to be in Starfire most likely.....so that's not too bad I would say.
I plan on re-spraying my SC in Starfire in a few more years....but it won't be stock bodied either.
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It looks like Lamborghini Ballon White for me
Yeah my car is very unique over there, mostly because SC never been sold through Lexus dealers in Europe, so everything is grey market import. Ive never seen other SC driving my car. I would say that there is not more than 10-15 97+ SCs over there. I heard about one 97+ DWP in Warsaw but car is on Russian plates.
Yeah my car is very unique over there, mostly because SC never been sold through Lexus dealers in Europe, so everything is grey market import. Ive never seen other SC driving my car. I would say that there is not more than 10-15 97+ SCs over there. I heard about one 97+ DWP in Warsaw but car is on Russian plates.
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This should turn out good. Nice looking Soarer fellow Polak!
My dad was gonna import an SC for my uncle in Wroclaw but it was too much work/hassle to import one from Canada. He bought a 3 series instead..
My dad was gonna import an SC for my uncle in Wroclaw but it was too much work/hassle to import one from Canada. He bought a 3 series instead..