Welcome to Club Lexus! SC430 owner roll call & member introduction thread
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#258
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Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your acquisition. It sounds like you have a similar color combination to mine, dark blue (Indigo Ink) though I'm not sure as to which color you mean by cream (mine is called saddle,). I suspect that it is the lighter leather though. Be sure to post some pictures of it.
#260
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Very nice. It looks like you have the ecru leather (light or white) and the lighter wood package. Mine is the dark wood and saddle (think of the color of a typical saddle or baseball mitt).
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I have an appointment tomorrow to tighten the transmission pressure after reading about it in some threads on here. Hopefully get rid of the slow start and slow shifting I feel sometimes.
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Guys hi! my name is Ramil . I'm from Moscow. 2002 car, 113000 miles. several alterations have been made and will be made.
.Installed Torsen T2-main steam 4.1.
2. installed spacers on top and behind CUSCO.
3. installed on the front brake supra jza80.
4.bottom mounted strut trd.
5.installed fulltap tein .
6.put the facelift lights
something like that.
my page on auto https://www.drive2.ru/r/lexus/sc/500030676473479339/
.Installed Torsen T2-main steam 4.1.
2. installed spacers on top and behind CUSCO.
3. installed on the front brake supra jza80.
4.bottom mounted strut trd.
5.installed fulltap tein .
6.put the facelift lights
something like that.
my page on auto https://www.drive2.ru/r/lexus/sc/500030676473479339/
#263
Pole Position
Guys hi! my name is Ramil . I'm from Moscow. 2002 car, 113000 miles. several alterations have been made and will be made.
.Installed Torsen T2-main steam 4.1.
2. installed spacers on top and behind CUSCO.
3. installed on the front brake supra jza80.
4.bottom mounted strut trd.
5.installed fulltap tein .
6.put the facelift lights
something like that.
my page on auto https://www.drive2.ru/r/lexus/sc/500030676473479339/
.Installed Torsen T2-main steam 4.1.
2. installed spacers on top and behind CUSCO.
3. installed on the front brake supra jza80.
4.bottom mounted strut trd.
5.installed fulltap tein .
6.put the facelift lights
something like that.
my page on auto https://www.drive2.ru/r/lexus/sc/500030676473479339/
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Location: Tennessee
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New member 2002 SC 430
Members,
When you get your SC430, please introduce yourself and your vehicle here!
Tell us some details about your new SC430;
1. Exterior color
2. Interior color
3. Audio options (Mark Levinson)
4. Other major options or packages
5. Any modifications
6. Anything you want to mention (others considered, previous Lex owner, etc)
7. If you are INTERNATIONAL, state which city/country your representing!
8. Post pics or links to your car (you can upload pics in our gallery)
and congratulations from Club Lexus!
When you get your SC430, please introduce yourself and your vehicle here!
Tell us some details about your new SC430;
1. Exterior color
2. Interior color
3. Audio options (Mark Levinson)
4. Other major options or packages
5. Any modifications
6. Anything you want to mention (others considered, previous Lex owner, etc)
7. If you are INTERNATIONAL, state which city/country your representing!
8. Post pics or links to your car (you can upload pics in our gallery)
and congratulations from Club Lexus!
I live in Franklin, TN and would welcome suggestions on who to use to update the Nav and radio, and best options to do so.
#265
Driver School Candidate
I've had very good luck with the Pioneer AVH-2400NEX as the stereo system and the Beat-Sonic double din head unit (2002-2004 specific). Both of these (or similar models) are talked about in great detail in other posts on this forum.
One thing of note: prepare for potential tough screen visibility due to the bright sun when the top is down, but that's a decent tradeoff for what you get over the standard unit.
Last edited by mooton; 12-16-18 at 07:48 AM.
#266
Hello fellow Lexus SC junkies,
I'm certainly not a new owner of a Lexus SC. To date, I've owned two of the over the past 15 years. It really is the best vehicle I've ever owned...certainly my favorite. I had a 2004 pearl white with off-white interior and the birdseye maple dashboard. Now I have a 2004 indigo ink with the saddle interior and mahogany dash. Thanks for the welcome to this club. I certainly should have joined years ago.
Terri
I'm certainly not a new owner of a Lexus SC. To date, I've owned two of the over the past 15 years. It really is the best vehicle I've ever owned...certainly my favorite. I had a 2004 pearl white with off-white interior and the birdseye maple dashboard. Now I have a 2004 indigo ink with the saddle interior and mahogany dash. Thanks for the welcome to this club. I certainly should have joined years ago.
Terri
Last edited by Twyz333; 12-18-18 at 01:24 PM.
#267
Pole Position
Hey Terri, it’s not Lexus junkies but pearls .
Anyway, congrats and welcome to the club. You will be happy here as I am. Please join us in the discussion.
Anyway, congrats and welcome to the club. You will be happy here as I am. Please join us in the discussion.
#268
Lead Lap
Welcome to the forum Terri.
Sounds like you are an experienced SC owner. As you've already found out, there is tons of useful information on this site. You'll find that even the dealer mechanics aren't aware of some of the information that you'll find here. (A number of us have had to educate them to deal with various problems in the past.)
Sounds like you are an experienced SC owner. As you've already found out, there is tons of useful information on this site. You'll find that even the dealer mechanics aren't aware of some of the information that you'll find here. (A number of us have had to educate them to deal with various problems in the past.)
#269
Driver School Candidate
My first Lexus
Very impressive! Have been a Corvette gal forever but my 2002 Vette convertible was wearing out at 175,000 miles. I really wanted a hard top convertible and randomly found this 2007 Lexus SC430 with only 49,000 miles. Very clean, garage kept, Florida car. Gray (not my choice but very sharp) exterior with saddle interior seats with Mark Levinson audio and bluetooth. Smooth running and responsive, loves the road!
Downside is the speakers do rattle, I've been reading posts on how to correct. Love having my tunes on while driving. Right now the bass is almost off and they still make noise.
Downside is the speakers do rattle, I've been reading posts on how to correct. Love having my tunes on while driving. Right now the bass is almost off and they still make noise.
#270
Driver
Speaker fix is dead easy , the foams rot and perish over time buy a repair kit and replace the foam surrounds and you are going to be blown away by the sound. Did both my front speakers in less than two hours .