“Indecisive” Lexus SC300 Build Best Decision Ever Made
Purchased over a decade ago, Club Lexus member’s SC300 build switches between modded and stock, shows flexibility of the platform.
Whether your Lexus is all-new or new to you, there comes a time when you feel the need to build your ride to be the ride of your dreams. If that is indeed the case, why not visit our Club Lexus forums? There, you’ll find build threads for nearly every model ever built. Who knows? You might find some inspiration within the threads.
Or, you could face more indecision. Just ask Bikexcoupe. Since 2008, he’s been building (and unbuilding) his 1998 Lexus SC300. If nothing else, his journey demonstrates the flexibility this luxury coupe possesses.
“I bought this car in Jan 2008 from a used car dealer after a year of searching for the perfect SC,” he wrote back in May 2016. “This car has been a love/hate relationship between modding the car and keeping it stock. I would say the car has been a restoration project for most of the time I’ve owned it with an occasional mod, then converting it back to stock.”
Only two months after the purchase, he notes in the opening post the first mod he performed upon the SC300: an Acura TSX headlight retro-fit. After a few months, a spin into a truck left a big black mark upon the front bumper led him to clean it up as best as he could, though the scratches remain to this day.
“With my dream wheels in hand, I did something I had been dreading for years,” he says in the same post. “I took my car to Kyle of Pro Shop Noble to have the fenders modded. He provided his input on how to protect my paint and suggested cutting the front lips half way before rolling, and trimming my rear quarter panels.”
Alas, more accidents (and insurance fights) would come for the SC300, leading him to return it all to stock. However, he couldn’t leave the Lexus alone (or to another). Currently, it runs on coilovers with a set of CCW wheels and Yokohama AO52s connecting the body to the road. A set of purple calipers are in the works, too.
“Sometimes I forget how nice this car really is,” he recently said. “Usually it takes me driving a bunch of different cars, then going back to this one to remember how ‘tailored’ this car is.”
Photos: Club Lexus Forums/Bikexcoupe
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