Walk around my Lexus SC400

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The car is fully restored to like new condtion. This was a 6 month long process, I took on in the summer of 2009. I performed 99% of the work myself, which involved body, paint, interior, driveline, steering, suspension, brakes, and lighting. First, after being completely disassembling the body, I stripped the shell to bare metal, performed all of the body work, and Gary Waters applied a zinc rich primer coat. After handsanding the car twice and reapplying primer coats in between I spent 30+ hours preping the bodykit for paint and installation. The car was sprayed by Mark Milburn with Sikkens paint products in a 3 stage Balloon white pearl from Lamborghini. I leave the paint gun work to the pros with a steady hand that do this kind of work everyday. All the glass was removed, old tint removed, and glass re-installed post-paint with a new windsheild from PPG. The full black interior is from a 55K mile 99 SC300. This includes the gated shifter and the 99 dash and passenger airbag. The steering wheel is from a Toyota Supra. I replaced the original engine and transmission with units from a 27K mile donor car. The motor mounts are solid steel with poly bushing. The differential is a 4.08 ratio with Cusco clutch type LSD. The diff has 11K miles on it since new. The steering rack and inner and outer tie rods were replaced with new units from the Lexus dealer. The upper and lower control arms have been replaced with new units from Lexus and Toyota respectively. The shocks are <b>...</b>

Keywords

SC400, Lexus, lecompte, Lexstang, Balloon, White, Stance, Coilover, Cuzco, LSD, V8

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