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Old 12-04-17 | 05:12 PM
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One of my favorite parts of the LA show is the gallery of modified cars in the bottom of the hall, and Jake put together a gallery of all the Lexus vehicles on display. Check them out here!
Old 12-04-17 | 05:34 PM
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Wonder why they spend the time and money to display modified cars at the L.A. show. Isn't that what SEMA is for? ...and that show isn't very far away.....in Las Vegas.

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Wonder why they spend the time and money to display modified cars at the L.A. show. Isn't that SEMA is for? ...and that show isn't very far away.....in Las Vegas.
SEMA was a month ago, these cars were likely also at SEMA and brought to the L.A. show.
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I saw some of these at the show. If they're modified mechanically for racing purposes like this one above is (I think?) then I give it a nod but I don't get the use of flashy things like neon lights on a racecar. This one was tucked away in a bookshelf themed area behind the rotating LS500 and LC500 displays facing the main concourse.

There were many modified Lexus models on display in the massive front hall/lobby (pictured in that thread link above) but I really didn't find them as impressive as the production models in the main hall. That special paint on the blue LC500 that uses no actual blue pigmentation in its paint (it just absorbs all wavelengths of light except for the color blue which it reflects back) is an utterly silly and labor intensive showcase but interesting nonetheless. It did look very beautiful in person. Also, I loved that shade of "blue" with the light off-blue interior color. So very late 1980's and very early 1990's Toyota Supra/MR2 of them.
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That looks an awful lot like the RC-F GT race car that 3GT Racing and Lexus campaigned in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship GTD class.

Here it is at turn 4 at Laguna Seca in the September 24, 2017 race. Sorry for the fuzzy pix, he was moving pretty fast.



And the sister car, #15 at the same spot.


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Old 12-06-17 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by KahnBB6
I saw some of these at the show. If they're modified mechanically for racing purposes like this one above is (I think?) then I give it a nod but I don't get the use of flashy things like neon lights on a racecar. This one was tucked away in a bookshelf themed area behind the rotating LS500 and LC500 displays facing the main concourse.

There were many modified Lexus models on display in the massive front hall/lobby (pictured in that thread link above) but I really didn't find them as impressive as the production models in the main hall. That special paint on the blue LC500 that uses no actual blue pigmentation in its paint (it just absorbs all wavelengths of light except for the color blue which it reflects back) is an utterly silly and labor intensive showcase but interesting nonetheless. It did look very beautiful in person. Also, I loved that shade of "blue" with the light off-blue interior color. So very late 1980's and very early 1990's Toyota Supra/MR2 of them.
Did you get that from the girl working at Lexus staging area? That is exactly how she phrased the "blue" paint when I talked to her.
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Originally Posted by mjeds
SEMA was a month ago, these cars were likely also at SEMA and brought to the L.A. show.
I figure they bring them from SEMA because a lot of people don't get to go to that show, and LA is open to the public.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Mayday
I figure they bring them from SEMA because a lot of people don't get to go to that show, and LA is open to the public.
I was replying to mmarshall's comment about why they were at the L.A. show.
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Thanks for posting these photos.
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