I'm pretty excited about this. I picked up this beautiful '02 RX Coach AWD with 97k miles for $8,800 just last week and couldn't be happier with it. Previously I owned a '92 ES then a '95 ES, so this is quite the step up for myself. Right now I have a few things I want to do to her:

1) Install USB/ Aux/ Bluetooth module for playback of and charging my iPhone. I have also seen the How-to thread on splicing the CD wiring to make an aux input which I'm open to, what are peoples' thoughts/ experience with this?

2) Speakers. I know I eventually want to replace all four 6.5's in the doors, and figure out what the best route is for the joke of a sub under the passenger seat (which I believe is already blown). I have already thrown the addition of a stereo head unit out the window because I don't want to lose my screen/nav controls.

3) Tail light tint: What are peoples' thoughts on this? I've found a good custom RX vinyl tint on ebay for $20 and the picture they provided looks pretty damn good...is there any reason I shouldn't do this?

4) Rims: has anyone powder coated their RX rims black? I would love to see pictures.

Anyways, here she is

 

Congratulations.

Remember to read the owner's manual <= best advice ever.

Salim

 

Congratulations on the purchase!

Look's pretty clean aside from the seats! Give leatherique a shot, it can really clean those suckers up!

 

Very nice, congratulations. Is that grill unique to the Coach edition?

 

It is. They call it the honeycomb grill.

 

Very nice. Do what Salim says. I a lot of info there.

Bax

 

Very nice! Congratulations and welcome!!

 

Congratulations on the purchase. On #4, there have been some people who have powdercoated the rims, I can't remember offhand the names, but one of the vehicles was black like mine.

 

Congrats! Looks really nice!

I just got my RX300 a couple months ago. I needed to work on my seats as well. I used Meguiars leather conditioner, and it pulled up a LOT of dirt. The creases are not nearly as noticeable. I stopped short of re-dying the leather and just let it be. Nothing is peeling up or delaminating, so I'll just leave it in "used" but "clean" condition. Good luck with yours!

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

wow thats the 1st time i have seen in that exterior color..plus you got it all loaded too..
welcome!!

 

If I just bought a RX300 used, first thing I would do is look at the various options on changing the tranny fluid. (Other fluids too, but transmission fluid would be #1 on my list). Many DIY's here on how to do this. As a basic DIY'er, I preferred to do the drain/fill. If you buy a case of fluid, you can get 3-4 (3 maybe for your AWD). With a ~3 week interval between drain/fills, to me, its the safest bet. Check he specs for your tranny fill, mine, as a FWD is exactly 3.7 qusrts. The AWD is more. Do not over fill.

 

Looks like a good specimen to me!
Just get those seats recovered by a reputable shop and you're good to go!

 

Sweet ride.

 

Good looking RX. Congrats!