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My first whip ~~~ 1993 lexus sc300

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Old 03-19-13, 11:32 AM
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I want it too sit very nice but I want to look for parts for the motor and interior

What would you recommend ? Does a cold air intake help ? My car feels a little heavy while I have my foot on the petal
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Listen to everyone on here. More pictures of the entire car? Interior, engine bay, rear, etc. I say do all the needed stuff and in the meantime do the paint later.

Whats wrong with the color now?
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Youngsters (yes I know my post isn't very helpful... lol)
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Originally Posted by zzobeyyzz
I want it too sit very nice but I want to look for parts for the motor and interior

What would you recommend ? Does a cold air intake help ? My car feels a little heavy while I have my foot on the petal
intake : Probably wont help anything but looks and sound. I have one.

Trust me...... save your money. Things YOU MUST fix will find you after you start driving it and wrenching on it. The money earmarked for visuals will be diverted to repairs anyway.
That is if we like it, or not! Just chill and drive, learn, wrench.
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Originally Posted by zzobeyyzz
I want it too sit very nice but I want to look for parts for the motor and interior

What would you recommend ? Does a cold air intake help ? My car feels a little heavy while I have my foot on the petal
Stock SC300= slow. No intake, exhaust, or whatever will help with that. Only the high dollar mods will work, ie; manual transmission swap, turbo.

Just focus on getting the major maintenance items up to snuff for now.
Old 03-19-13, 03:12 PM
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http://s1323.photobucket.com/user/zZ...tml?sort=3&o=0

http://s1323.photobucket.com/user/zZ...tml?sort=3&o=4

http://s1323.photobucket.com/user/zZ...tml?sort=3&o=1

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Congrats and welcome to the forum
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beautiful first car
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Originally Posted by Dougspeed
Stock SC300= slow. No intake, exhaust, or whatever will help with that. Only the high dollar mods will work, ie; manual transmission swap, turbo.

Just focus on getting the major maintenance items up to snuff for now.
Keep in mind, a car that is "Slow" to a guy named "DOUGSPEED" may still be pretty darned fast to you.
Old 03-19-13, 06:03 PM
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Great first car, i wish i was as lucky, i got stuck with a 35 whp Toyota Paseo. LOL
Old 03-19-13, 06:21 PM
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If you need any help with anything just let me know ill be glad to help. You have my number bro!

Looks great from the pic. I actually like your color more than black. Black a a pain to keep nice. As least for me. I've owned too many balck vehicles.
Old 03-19-13, 06:44 PM
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In for paseo dyno sheets. Thing had to have made at least 70 I call bs.

Op, car has 160k. Bet you need struts, at a minimum flca's, and steering rack bushings. That's an easy $500. And then its still slow. If you don't make/have access to a continuous flow of decent money I'd consider trading for a Honda of some sort and learning about cars the cheap way. Starting with an sc and little working knowledge of autos could get you in real deep real quick.
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^^Op you make It seems like its a Ferrari or Porsche!!!
Lexus is Toyota so its not even that expensive to fix things.
Im sure he makes decent money to fix it even if he ever runs into problems.

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Old 03-19-13, 07:30 PM
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Thanks for keeping it positive

I do have a steady income and I still have some money left over
Old 03-19-13, 10:11 PM
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Looks pretty clean man, beige isn't my cup of tea though


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