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Old 01-28-16 | 08:34 AM
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Name is Rob
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owned the car since october 2014 @176k now i have 179k
Bought Bone stock with some cheap wheels.
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Old 01-30-16 | 03:33 PM
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Not new to Clublexus by any means, had a GTE swapped SC300 for a few years sold it back in 12. Anyway picked up a Black 00 GS400 Platinum today. Always wanted one but only Black on Black. Didn't get a GS300 simply because I would be tempted to boost it lol. I'm doing a build on my 95 HardTop Supra so didn't want too much distractions. Plan for GS is coilovers, wheels, lip kit of some sort. Looking forward to learning about the GS platform as I start to mod.
Old 02-02-16 | 10:43 PM
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what's up CL! My name's Jonathan out of S. Florida. I own a 2001 GS300. I'm sitting on 19" BMW Style 95s and dropped on BC coilovers. Other than that my ride's still pretty factory. I have much more to go and look forward to sharing my progress.



Old 02-03-16 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by rzrshrp
what's up CL! My name's Jonathan out of S. Florida. I own a 2001 GS300. I'm sitting on 19" BMW Style 95s and dropped on BC coilovers. Other than that my ride's still pretty factory. I have much more to go and look forward to sharing my progress.
Looking good bro! Welcome! There's a 2GS meet coming up later this month. What part of soflo you in?
Old 02-05-16 | 04:20 PM
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Just picked up my 04 gs430 about a month ago.
Millennium silver on black.
Factory nav
Mark levinson
Loving it. I've had other lexus models and two other GS but never a 2nd gen. Love this car.

So far I've dropped it and added wheels. Wanted a nice clean "oem plus" type daily driving set up.
Put in Roca lower control arm and castor arm bushings for front end.
Moog lower ball joints and outer tie rods for front end.

Few more things on the to do list. Should be all done relatively soon. Proper detail after that. And then just drive and drive.

Thanks for taking a look and thanks to everyone on the forum for making this such a helpful community!

Old 02-05-16 | 11:46 PM
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Hi guys my name is Chris and im in Stockton CA, I own a black 98 gs300 with pretty basic stuff on it. Had it for almost a year now. Hope to meet local gs owners.


I just recently sold my corolla




Old 02-08-16 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Topper86
Hi guys my name is Chris and im in Stockton CA, I own a black 98 gs300 with pretty basic stuff on it. Had it for almost a year now. Hope to meet local gs owners.


I just recently sold my corolla




Your car and mine look similar with the mesh wheels.
Old 02-08-16 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by rzrshrp
what's up CL! My name's Jonathan out of S. Florida. I own a 2001 GS300. I'm sitting on 19" BMW Style 95s and dropped on BC coilovers. Other than that my ride's still pretty factory. I have much more to go and look forward to sharing my progress.



How do you like those BC's? Gonna be swapping these Godspeed out for a set hopefully beginning of next year.
Old 02-09-16 | 02:29 PM
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Anyone rocking fortune auto 500 series? Also if anyone knows a good shop in nor-Cal let me know it's greatly appreciated.
Old 02-10-16 | 11:44 AM
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Hi forum members,

My name is Ralph and I just bought a 2002 GS300 Executive here in the Netherlands.



I owned a 1999 BMW 520i and some other cars prior to this purchase.

I'm the second owner, and the car only has 75k miles. It has a full lexus maintenance record and timing belt has recently been replaced.

The car has the following options:
- Xenon headlights
- Heated seats
- Headlight washers
- Navigation, non-ML
- Sunroof
- Electric seats with memory
- Park assist front and back

I bought the car at our local official Lexus dealer, and I can pick it up in a week or two.

The deal I made with the dealer includes the GROM BT3 installation, winter and summer tires and spot repair (there was a little scratch on the front).

It took me quite a while to find a nice GS, but I think my waiting has been rewarded.

Things I want to do is the 2015/16 map update and upgrade the wheels to 17 inch stock wheels. (Here in Europe we don't have wheels as big as yours)

One of my first trips will be a 700 mile road trip to Austria, and I can't wait.

Thanks to all of you for all the information here on CL. Without you guys I could not have done so much research.

Finally some pictures that the dealer made for the advertisement. I will post a few better ones when the car is delivered.













Cheers all!
Old 02-11-16 | 10:58 AM
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hey whats up guys..

just picked a 2001 gs300..
Old 02-11-16 | 06:53 PM
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Hello,

whats up y'all, my name is Jesus, and I'm in the military stationed out in Japan.

Got me a 1999 Toyota Aristo JZX-161 2JZ-GTE TT with 135k km on it.

1. Exterior Color: Silver
2. Interior color choice: Blue
3. Major Options or special packages (Sport Design, etc): Base with HID's
4. Audio Options (Nakamich/Mark Levinson or Pioneer): swapped out from stock one to a Kenwood DDX719
5. Any modifications: lowered with 19x8J rims (bought it like that but looking to upgrade to a F9J and a R10J.
6. Anything you want to mention (others considered, previous Lex owner, etc) 2nd time owning an aritsto
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Old 02-13-16 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Bullitt180
Hi, I've been here almost 2 months and haven't introduced my GS. I bought my 99 GS400 from the original owner in January for $2500. I had to drive almost 6 hours round trip to get it. It has 205,000 miles but runs awesome. All I've had to do is replace the starter. I have the window sticker and everything. Original owner payed $52,500 in 1999. I have big plans for it and have done a lot in 2 months, but it's at a stopping point for a while.

When I first got it








How it looks now




Wow!

Exact same situation as my last GS...was previously a 1 owner car...had exact same stats except gold...even had the same headlights/tails etc

Miss my old car...planning to get another one soon
Old 02-15-16 | 01:17 PM
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Hey, new member here From WA state. Previously had a Mag black 09' 370z sport/touring 6mt but baby takes care of that real quick. Have always liked the 2nd gen gs body, so I decided whence the time came, Id get one so here I am. Bought all stock minus infinity wheels. I will start a build thread when it deserves it. Got lots of plans for it. Coils coming in the next few days, serialnine csl style trunk soon as well, lots of goodies, wheels, bars, bbk, boost. Lots of goodies.

1999 Gs400
132K on the clock
3rd owner

MODS THUS FAR
18% tint all around
HIC rain visors
replaced hids with 5k's
new yellow fog lamps and led bulbs
diamond clear corner lights
blacked out the bumper mesh
chromed the grill
cut and polished entire car and headlights
Stop tech ss braided brake lines all around
R1 concepts e series drill/slotted rotors

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Old 02-24-16 | 01:18 PM
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Hi,

Andrew from South Africa here, I recently got myself a 2000 GS300 with 62 000 miles on the odo

Pearl White
Cream
Peasant Spec besides the rear boot spoiler with 3rd brake light
Pioneer Audio
Super Stock



Lexus vs my ex Audi A4





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