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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 08:04 PM
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EDIT UPDATE ON PAGE 8 WITH 1JZ R154 PICS INSTALLED

Hey guys it comes with great pleasure to finally announce that after 3 years of being a member, and joining when I was 17, too now being 20 and finally owning my first Lexus SC300.

Quick background of myself, names Jason I live in AZ and have been a car enthusiasts since I can last remember, and I've been a fan of the SC's for about 4-5 years now, and I have now found my close to perfect SC300.

For the past couple years I've been lurking all types of forums (Supraforums.com, ClubNA-T.com, MKIV.net, as well as Clublexus.com) gaining knowledge of the SC platform, and its capabilities.

I've always wanted a white SC 5 speed, and well those are few & far between too find. Beggars can't be choosers, so I went ahead and bought this beauty.

1993 DWP Auto SC300 181K

Future plans are as follows (obviously after basic maintenance of course)

Some sort of front lip for the '93 front end (Probably end up being a SC400 lip)

'97 Tails

XXR521's (20 year old budget so cut me some slack)

K-Sport Coilovers (They are local too me, so I can get them fairly cheap)

Origin roof spoiler

Then during most of those mods, I'll slowly be buying 5 speed swap parts (Thanks to DaveGS4 for the lovely thread https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...-a-thread.html

After I get all that situated then I start saving up for some sort of NA-T kit and make sure I do it correctly.

Anyways I've done enough blabbering onto the pics









All I got for pics as of now. Thanks for looking

Last edited by Toyboxx; Nov 21, 2012 at 02:12 PM.
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 09:32 PM
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congrats on your purchase man... i'm glad you finally found yourself an sc! welcome to CL, and let the modding begin!
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 10:06 PM
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Nice rust free vehicle, keep it up and get that truck lowered
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 02:28 AM
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Nice sc! LOL

XXR521?! hmmm..

what you want with width and offset on XXR521?

let's post when you got them i wanna see it before i can get it for temporary lol
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 05:41 AM
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good find..............let the spending begin :-)
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 06:58 AM
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wise replica front lip is the only front fascia needed with 92-96 front bumpers good luck with the build and welcome to the owners club!
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 07:35 AM
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congrats! looks clean,.
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 08:44 AM
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wouldnt it just be cheaper to do a 1jz swap than boosting and tranny swapping the stock motor? thats what im planning on doing.
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 08:50 AM
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 09:04 AM
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Congrats, that's a good platform to start out on.
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 09:34 AM
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congrats man i dont kno bout them wheels
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by JDMJoe239
wouldnt it just be cheaper to do a 1jz swap than boosting and tranny swapping the stock motor? thats what im planning on doing.
wrong its cheaper to boost the car at the quotes i got for a 1j swap was ridiculous that's y im selling my 400 and getting a is3 or sc3
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 09:40 AM
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nice car the but the rims kinda creep me out tho
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by unknown159
wrong its cheaper to boost the car at the quotes i got for a 1j swap was ridiculous that's y im selling my 400 and getting a is3 or sc3
well im including the price of the tranny swap too. and im also talking about a good turbo kit. like just a quick google search the first kit i saw was a turbonetics and its 4500. and from what ive seen thats the lower end of the spectrum for good turbo kits. plus he has to buy a manual transmission on top of that. from what ive seen 1jz's go for around 1500-2500 online. and that comes with the 5speed and twin turbos.
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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 10:15 AM
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Enjoy the ride! There is no such thing as resale so only put into it what you're willing to lose. Driving these stock will get you a car that'll never die for a cheap price. Driving them modified is fun, but whatever you put in is lost in the "fun factor".
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