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Old Jun 5, 2015 | 09:36 AM
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My son and I just bought a clean platinum silver / black interior SC300 with 55k miles on it. Exterior wise, most if the car is clean but the previous owner had a few parking lot mishaps and compounded that by getting some half-assed paint job to cover them up. Interior is nearly perfect save for the sun damage on the driver seat leather. Engine wise, probably the cleanest 2JZ i have seen in a long time (i owned 2 Supra TTs 18 years ago). My son and I plan to fix some if the broken things, restore some of the car's lost luster, and add a few thing's to enhance it, while keeping it classy!

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Congrats on the good find with that low of miles. Hope to see some cool stuff happen with this little guy. Oh and everyone is going to say we want pics so might as well upload them now lol.
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Thanks...here she is the way we first got her....
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And here she is after some cleaning, a tint job (15R/30F) and installed....17" stockers from....a RAV4 lol....actually looked pretty good IMHO...
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And today, where we installed HIDs fronts (low/highs/fogs), LED's rear (Tail)...for now....
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The car looks great man! I like the color and how well it shines. Hope you and your son enjoy the car.
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looking good!!!
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Which HID's did you use?
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Great looking SC! I sort of like the Rav 4 wheels too! Nice!

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Thx everyone!

We used XenonDepot HIDs 5k. Surprisingly the +39mm offset on the RAV4 wheels fills uo the wheel wells nicely!

We also installed yellow fogs and 99' SC 3 spoke steering wheel. Pics to come!
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lYour car looks great, updated, but not slammed. I'm doing something similar with a 93 SC and now I know how doable installation if xenon lights are.
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lYour car looks great, updated, but not slammed. I'm doing something similar with a 93 SC and now I know how doable installation if xenon lights are.
Xenons for headlights are really easy. Foglights are a PITA though because they are H3 and hard to fit, so we ended up using yellow ones instead
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Here are night pics of the hids and yellow fogs.

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And here is our 99' sc300 3 spoke wheel in really mint condition!

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Just installed 18" Konig Oversteer Wheels!

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Ok some better pics:

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235/40/18 +45 front
245/40/18 +35 rear
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