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Old 01-12-18, 09:17 AM
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ooo which one did you buy? I would like to get one as well
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Originally Posted by ed21x
ooo which one did you buy? I would like to get one as well
Didn't buy it. Got it for free.

I took it off another car of mine and installed it. Put the Lexus one on the other car
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Old 01-12-18, 09:52 AM
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ahh nice! so I take it they're all generic? tempted to buy one off ebay also, looking for interior accessories to 'dress up' a little
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Yup. I was just cleaning the cars, and figured why not try it out. And it worked

Let me know what dress up items you are getting

Where in CA are you? Any pics of your car?
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Originally Posted by ryanSC300lover
Loving it so far
only 8,000 miles
I wish my car was red now.
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Originally Posted by MikeFig82
I wish my car was red now.
When shopping our initial requirement was a red interior. However, because that only comes with dull exterior color, we got rid of that requirement.

We wanted Matador red or USB only on the exterior. We didn't want black interior.

So after much searching, Matador red with Alabaster (almost white) interior is what we settled on. Took me about 11 months to find a mint car, with all options we wanted, and all the right mileage. I went 3500 miles away to get it. Love how the color is so deep and looks very different under sun or shaded lighting.
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Old 01-12-18, 11:27 AM
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In my old neighborhood someone owned a USB one. The color looked too dull. Yes the Matador looks amazing.
Old 01-12-18, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeFig82
In my old neighborhood someone owned a USB one. The color looked too dull. Yes the Matador looks amazing.
Personally I hate blue. However, someone who hates blue, I have owned a few blue cars. Celestial Blue Mazdaspeed 3. Now I have a WR Blue Pearl 16 WRX. I really gave it some thought, but didn't get a red WRX, as the WR blue is very classic.

If I am going to buy blue, I prefer the in your face smurf blue like the M4 sedan, Yas Marina blue, or the STI Hyper Blue (didn't work for us, no moonroof)

Having thought it about for a while, before pulling the trigger, Matador Red > USB for us.
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Originally Posted by ryanSC300lover
When shopping our initial requirement was a red interior. However, because that only comes with dull exterior color, we got rid of that requirement.

We wanted Matador red or USB only on the exterior. We didn't want black interior.

So after much searching, Matador red with Alabaster (almost white) interior is what we settled on. Took me about 11 months to find a mint car, with all options we wanted, and all the right mileage. I went 3500 miles away to get it. Love how the color is so deep and looks very different under sun or shaded lighting.
I actually had my ISC shipped over from Florida to California ($800 shipping). Saved me a ton of money compared to local deals, but in the end, it was still quite expensive considering it was almost 4 years old with 30k miles! Payed quite a bit more for it than you did as well, but thank God I had a little bit of factory warranty left, as that got me a free fix for a trunk leak (they ended up changing all the seals in the roof), new battery, and loose air conditioning vents. Alas, all is good now, and I absolutely love my tungsten pearl 2013 IS350 F-Sport

My next mod will be to switch out the interior door handles with the backlit LS460 handles (direct drop in) and maybe add exterior handle lights as well while the door is disassembled.
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Originally Posted by ed21x
I actually had my ISC shipped over from Florida to California ($800 shipping). Saved me a ton of money compared to local deals, but in the end, it was still quite expensive considering it was almost 4 years old with 30k miles! Payed quite a bit more for it than you did as well, but thank God I had a little bit of factory warranty left, as that got me a free fix for a trunk leak (they ended up changing all the seals in the roof), new battery, and loose air conditioning vents. Alas, all is good now, and I absolutely love my tungsten pearl 2013 IS350 F-Sport

My next mod will be to switch out the interior door handles with the backlit LS460 handles (direct drop in) and maybe add exterior handle lights as well while the door is disassembled.
i looked at CPO ones
I offered $33k for the CPO one in Bakersfield It’s got 20k miles Exact car as me They were asking $39k 4 months later it’s still unsold and now they dropped price to 36k I got mine in the north east Saved a bunch of money due to snow season Shipping was $1250
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Originally Posted by ed21x

My next mod will be to switch out the interior door handles with the backlit LS460 handles (direct drop in) and maybe add exterior handle lights as well while the door is disassembled.
i am going to go research those now
Sounds like talking to you means lighter wallet for me
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Looks great in red. These cars are hard to find in the spec and color you want so +1 for going that far to get it...
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Originally Posted by svelt
Looks great in red. These cars are hard to find in the spec and color you want so +1 for going that far to get it...
thank you
Yeah to match interior and exterior, budget, super low miles Was almost impossible Really enjoying it
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I want to bring this tread back to life, anyone care to join? Debating on posting my build progress here or just create a new thread in the IS-C.
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Originally Posted by tanweerr12
I want to bring this tread back to life, anyone care to join? Debating on posting my build progress here or just create a new thread in the IS-C.
Am alive and kicking!


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