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Old Dec 9, 2014 | 11:07 AM
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Auto folding outside mirrors.
LED turn signals.
Premium Triple LED Headlights.
Better shape of back lights.
More choices of Rims. In north east, we have long winter and pot holes, low profile rims look great and I get the performance aspect, however, more rubber on tires works better for our roads.
More interior color choices - don't like all black dash, my 2G, IS 250 AWD with Lux package has a nice split or black on top and cashmere lower half dash, looks premium and more up-scale.
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Old Dec 9, 2014 | 11:38 AM
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Doesn't the RC already come with LED turn signals? I could've sworn I saw a video review that showed the LED turn signals being yellow LED strips right above the DRLs, similar to what Audi does.
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Old Dec 9, 2014 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Logain74
Doesn't the RC already come with LED turn signals? I could've sworn I saw a video review that showed the LED turn signals being yellow LED strips right above the DRLs, similar to what Audi does.
I don't think the rear tail trun lamps are LED, might be just the front.
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Old Dec 9, 2014 | 04:52 PM
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I don't believe we have LED turn signals in the front or rear.

I think the headlights are the same shape when I compared the two side by side.

I'm sure power folding mirrors are feasible. That's something I'm looking into
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Old Dec 12, 2014 | 07:25 AM
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Power folding mirrors
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Old Dec 12, 2014 | 07:34 AM
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I also would like a lighter color headliner. The current offerings makes the interior look way too dark.
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Old Dec 23, 2014 | 05:28 AM
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I don't believe we have LED turn signals in the front or rear.

I think the headlights are the same shape when I compared the two side by side.

I'm sure power folding mirrors are feasible. That's something I'm looking into

I believe the front led turn signals come with the premium triple led headlight that are not available for RC 350/350 F Sports in USA. I was watching a video from Australia where I saw that. It is unfortunate that Lexus is not offering this to us in USA?

I also noticed that the gas lid is push to open? I don’t think that is really secure. Why did Lexus opt for this? My 2G IS250 AWD has a button inside the car to open the gas lid cover, much more secure that way.
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Old Dec 23, 2014 | 05:34 AM
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500 hp engine from GSF, TVD standalone

The gas cap door locks when the door locks, or at least thats how it works on my 3IS
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Old Dec 23, 2014 | 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by NjDude
I believe the front led turn signals come with the premium triple led headlight that are not available for RC 350/350 F Sports in USA. I was watching a video from Australia where I saw that. It is unfortunate that Lexus is not offering this to us in USA?

I also noticed that the gas lid is push to open? I don’t think that is really secure. Why did Lexus opt for this? My 2G IS250 AWD has a button inside the car to open the gas lid cover, much more secure that way.
The gas lid is push to open when the car is unlocked. Otherwise it is locked. Same concept as keeping your doors locked/unlocked
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Old Dec 23, 2014 | 02:30 PM
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Premium Triple LED Headlights.

New suspension to even wheel gap between the front and rear. The AWD models especially have a much higher gap between the front wheels and the wheel wells compared to the rear. The RWD models are not as bad but they are still higher in the front by a little bit. It makes the car look like you are constantly carrying something heavy in the back.
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Old Dec 23, 2014 | 03:54 PM
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Premium Triple LED Headlights.

New suspension to even wheel gap between the front and rear. The AWD models especially have a much higher gap between the front wheels and the wheel wells compared to the rear. The RWD models are not as bad but they are still higher in the front by a little bit. It makes the car look like you are constantly carrying something heavy in the back.

Agreed!!!!
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Old Dec 23, 2014 | 06:57 PM
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Only the triple led headlights ( RcF comes in standard with it I believe ) come with the front led swoosh turn signals other wise the standard dual projectors only have turn signals located between the projectors.
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Old Dec 25, 2014 | 07:55 PM
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My wish list is only one thing....more power. This car should be at least 350hp. Especially the F-Sport.
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Old Dec 27, 2014 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by NjDude
I also would like a lighter color headliner. The current offerings makes the interior look way too dark.
people pay extra money to get those anthracite headliner comes with sport packages in Audi, BMW and Lexus. does the non-F Sport RC also have dark headliner?
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my wish: 2016 RC200T F Sport with msrp around $42k.
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