philip fra

i just got my wife a 99 gs3 with 51,000 for 16900 yesterday. pearl white with powdercoated rims and rear spoiler. i bought my 98 last year.

what are the differences between the 98 and 99?

HD-GS4

Nothing, that I know of... although when asked questions like this, most CL members point the person to the Lexus web site to view the model differences. Only problem is, the site only shows 2002 and newer models. I really wish there was some sort of list somewhere else with the model/year differences for the GS, other than that stupid Lexus site. Perhaps one of the mods knows where one is

Lyrical

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98's don't have daytime running lights...

DaveGS4

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Actually it's there on the Lexus website still, they just don't list it in the menu any longer since most 1998 and 1999 do not qualify for CPO. We probably should pull it down into a FAQ in case it gets pulled off someday.

You can get to it by going to the model library for the GS400, then manually changing the year in the URL.

http://www.lexus.com/cpo/model_detai...9.html#changes

Full details
http://www.lexus.com/cpo/model_detail/gs/400/1999.html for 1999
http://www.lexus.com/cpo/model_detail/gs/400/1998.html for 1998

GS3Tek

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Pretty much

AlphaJZS

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congrats on the buy....they always say two is better than one

Neo

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I also recall the 99s have darker chrome headlights. Maybe you can confirm this with your cars Philip. I've seen it but I don't know if this happened to all 99s.

Lex_Fnatic

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mine do

Neo

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Is your car from Canada? I have not heard of any US car having DRL in 98.

Lex_Fnatic

exactly

Neo

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Since Philip is from Texas (according to his info), I don't think he needs to worry about this difference. LOL.

JPI Racing

Congrat on the new GS Phillip!
JPI

rominl

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congrats on the new car for the wife

for tehdark chrome headlights, i thought that's only for hid equipped gs?

Neo

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I didn't know if there was a distinction between HIDs and halogens as far as the chrome color. Well, if Philip has HIDs (or not), at least that is another data point.