1994 SC300
yo I'm ninetwo. I'm 27 at the time of writing this and have owned SCs for 5 years now. They are my favorite cars, I have a huge love for these cars and I will own one (AT LEAST!) throughout my life.
I recently purchased this Black 94 "hardtop" "slicktop" whatever. I also own a 92 SC300, 95 SC300, and a 97 SC300 I've scavenged a lot of parts off of. (Own a 09 Challenger and a 73 Duster also)


I found this 70,000 mile California car listed out of Pennsylvania after searching around for a low mileage SC without a sunroof. I honestly was just looking at every SC for sale on the internet, looking for a missing black rectangle on the roof..
Found this 94, the listings pictures looked like they were taken with a potato. Searched the VIN no accident reports and I found previous evidence of it on the internet for sale in Chula Vista about 10 years ago. Vehicle history showed it around the Mexico border in CA for 20 years then to Philly PA.


So I decided to fly up and see it.




Before I went to see the car I got to check Philly out a bit. Went downtown, got a sandwich and went sight-seeing.






The car was 40 minutes west of Philly so I made my way to it.
It definitely didn't live in a garage, the paint is pretty ate and there are some dings and a bunch of SC problems. ECU had been serviced by Tanin. Best suspension on a SC I've driven so far.


Flew up, shrewdly negotiated and drove the car home 600 miles through the night.
Here's the first picture I took of the car.



I made it home, time to dig in



Any ideas for getting this baked plastic off? Its really hard to peel but when it does peel, no paint is pulling up...
Both the door actuators were damaged on this car, so neither exterior door handle worked... the previous owner stored it with the window cracked and this film over the cracked window.
This stuff works to keep water out, but why leave it on for a long enough time to let it bake to the car. Laziness. It took a couple hours to do the first actuator (remove from one car, replace on this car) but its not rocket science. So much information available on ClubLexus and YouTube..


It was raining a ton and I was in a hurry to get the door handle working so I could seal up the window. This thing will be in my garage eventually, but no room currently - gotta sell something. Drivers door actuator was priority #1.
The rod that clips into the door handle was snapped off. My Grandpa and I got the drivers door actuator off my 97 SC300 parts car and swapped it over. Works great now - now I can roll up my window without worrying locking myself out.


Took both the door panels in the house for a rainy week project. I followed O. L. T. 's guide to repairing these door panels.. I used Liquid Nails - great product, I will definitely use it again in the future.
Here are some of the pictures from this repair.








I got a couple sunny days and took a look at the passenger side door actuator and the door handle rod was still intact on this one. Replaced the clip without taking the inner door apart - legitimately took 30 seconds once I was looking at it. Works great now.
Swapped the wheels it came on with the wheels I bought for my 92. 18x10 square on Michelin Pilot Sport 4S. No rubbing or scraping on stock everything.






No more KBD for me. Next on the list is install the 97 parts I didn't use on my 92, restore and upgrade my lights, replace the window tint and do some future-proof maintenance on this car. I have some Brembos, and Figs parts I will throw at this thing too.. Expect updates sooner than later I will have time to work on my vehicles this year! -
Hope yall have a great day thanks for reading.

ninetwo