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Old Jun 23, 2018 | 04:56 PM
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After selling my first SC in a misguided attempt for my wife to have a baby I swore I'd get another one eventually. Well, yesterday was the day, I pulled the trigger on a pearl white 98 SC300. It's in much better shape then my 95 was, no dings and the interior isn't torn up. It's also only 20k into a freshly rebuilt engine. I'm still a bit conflicted as I'm not as big a fan of the 97+ body kit as everyone else seems to be, I really loved the simplicity of my no-spoiler 95, but the car is growing on me.




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Old Jun 23, 2018 | 08:44 PM
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looks great congrats
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Old Jun 25, 2018 | 08:22 AM
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Looks to be well taken care of. Congrats on the buy.
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Old Jun 25, 2018 | 09:20 AM
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Welcome back! It looks like a very nice car to start over with.
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Old Jun 25, 2018 | 11:57 AM
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Welcome back dude! Now time for some mods
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Old Jun 25, 2018 | 03:30 PM
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Thanks everyone, I'm trying to track down another set of wheels like I had on my 95 but evidently they've been out of production a while now.
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Old Jun 26, 2018 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by FatBrian81
After selling my first SC in a misguided attempt for my wife to have a baby I swore I'd get another one eventually.
It happens. I'm in the same boat but refused to sell.

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Old Jun 27, 2018 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BLK13X
It happens. I'm in the same boat but refused to sell.

Welcome back
At the time we had 3 cars but none were good baby cars and we owed money on two of them so we consolidated them into one good baby vehicle. I just wish I had kept my wheels because it doesn't seem like I'm going to find them again
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Old Jun 28, 2018 | 07:50 AM
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Congrats on the new purchase. Looks to be a well-kept example, any plans for it?

I'm not as big a fan of the 97+ body kit as everyone else seems to be, I really loved the simplicity of my no-spoiler 95, but the car is growing on me.
I wasn't either for a while but my Soarer came with it and it does grow on you after a while. While it does make our cars appear a lot more current, it does lose some of simplicity of the original design, and I can only imagine how bold a luxury vehicle without a grille was in 1992.
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Old Jun 28, 2018 | 08:49 AM
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Congrats on the new purchase. Looks to be a well-kept example, any plans for it?
Right now I'm wheel shopping, my 95 was lowered 1" on the Tanabe springs but the ride was pretty bad so I'm trying to decide if I want to save up for coilovers. I also want to do something with the exhaust but I don't want it to sound like a fart cannon. I've also got a few back lights out in the AC and radio controls that need to be replaced. I'd like a turbo one day but it's not a priority right now.
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Old Jun 28, 2018 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by FatBrian81
Right now I'm wheel shopping, my 95 was lowered 1" on the Tanabe springs but the ride was pretty bad so I'm trying to decide if I want to save up for coilovers. I also want to do something with the exhaust but I don't want it to sound like a fart cannon. I've also got a few back lights out in the AC and radio controls that need to be replaced. I'd like a turbo one day but it's not a priority right now.
I'd be happy to help you get some new wheels brotha

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