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Old 01-06-23, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Lucci
How did you discover that color wrap? Were you just browsing a bunch of different colors? It’s definitely unique. I like it a lot!

I’ve seen it on youtube but never in person.
I love my combo white with red. I was going to ppf it but it’s super expensive and I didn’t want the discoloration that can happen, especially with the Florida sun. So I decided to wrap it…some people were like hey you fought so hard to get white so why are you gonna change the color, and then I was like crap…so search through white-ish options and this came up. Took a gamble and it came out amazing.
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Old 01-07-23, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by 387
I've spotted only three in the wild so far, no pics because I was driving but two out of three have have posted pictures here.

I'm in Toronto and the closet "landmark" is IKEA by 404 and 401.

I saw a 2023 Atomic Silver the other night passing by Toronto Botanical Gardens in Leslie. I saw saw the black Enkeis as it was passing and the quad exhaust tips in my mirrors.

A week earlier, I saw a Grecian Water pull into CT.

The first and only IS500 saw before was an LE last winter and it was by the Shell Station near Bayview Village one morning.

I have yet to see one up close in person...
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I live in the west end of the GTA and I've only seen 1 so far - an LE ripping by on the highway. All others have been IS300's . Loads of them. I haven't even seen a 350. Everytime an IS whizzes by my wife asks: "Why do you keep looking at the back of their car?". "I've trying to see if it has quad exhausts. Only the 500's have those. I'll explain later".

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Old 01-07-23, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by 500bubbles
I love my combo white with red. I was going to ppf it but it’s super expensive and I didn’t want the discoloration that can happen, especially with the Florida sun. So I decided to wrap it…some people were like hey you fought so hard to get white so why are you gonna change the color, and then I was like crap…so search through white-ish options and this came up. Took a gamble and it came out amazing.
One of Jack Harlow’s assistants has her RC 350 wrapped in this same color. Whether she’s parked outside in front of our building or in the visitor’s area, the color seriously pops! Very nice choice. 🔥
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Old 01-07-23, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by TGPCanada
I live in the west end of the GTA and I've only seen 1 so far - an LE ripping by on the highway. All others have been IS300's . Loads of them. I haven't even seen a 350. Everytime an IS passes by my wife asks: "Why do you keep looking at the back of their car?". "I've trying to see if it has quad exhausts. Only the 500's have those. I'll explain later".
I haven’t seen a 2021/2022/2023 IS 350 either! The IS 300s aren’t really that much better, but the 2nd & initial 3rd Gens are everywhere!
Old 01-07-23, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by DLPTony
I haven’t seen a 2021/2022/2023 IS 350 either! The IS 300s aren’t really that much better, but the 2nd & initial 3rd Gens are everywhere!
I see a lot of the 2021+ 300/350 in Southern California.
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Old 01-07-23, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 500bubbles

I was told I was spotted 😝

You sure were 👀. Saw you heading east on lantana rd just pass Lyons the other day. Unfortunately wasn’t in my IS, but a different Lexus 500. Your car looked great, and happened to be the first one I’ve seen on the road . Reminds me of my old starfire pearl white IS
Old 01-09-23, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by spotxc
You sure were 👀. Saw you heading east on lantana rd just pass Lyons the other day. Unfortunately wasn’t in my IS, but a different Lexus 500. Your car looked great, and happened to be the first one I’ve seen on the road . Reminds me of my old starfire pearl white IS
Yea it was me lol, I have only seen two on the road in the last year, a cloudburst which was like a year ago lol and there’s a red one someone owns in one of the other dealerships next to me.
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Old 01-10-23, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 500bubbles
Yea it was me lol, I have only seen two on the road in the last year, a cloudburst which was like a year ago lol and there’s a red one someone owns in one of the other dealerships next to me.
I love the red on the IS 500, right up there as my top color
choice. Well if you ever spot an atomic silver one, make sure to say hi 🙂
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Old 02-09-23, 10:41 PM
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Spotted a white IS500 on I-95 southbound (maybe ~50 miles north of Miami, forgot exactly where) around 6:45 PM 2/9/23. I was speeding down the express lanes (the local non-toll lanes flow much slower) and was quickly rolling up on the new IS in the left local lane, and slowed down just enough to make out the quad exhaust, and that’s when I knew. This was my first sighting of one in the wild. On an epic drive down from NYC to Key West.

If you’re the owner of this car, if you saw a silver 2003 Honda Pilot speed past you in the express lane, that was me

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Old 02-10-23, 05:44 AM
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Since purchasing mine in January 2022 (had not seen one on the road prior), I have only seen two in the wild last summer in Jersey, both were Launch Editions (could have been the same person). Have not seen another since...
Old 02-10-23, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by cajun
Since purchasing mine in January 2022 (had not seen one on the road prior), I have only seen two in the wild last summer in Jersey, both were Launch Editions (could have been the same person). Have not seen another since...
I think that I've only seen ONE IS 500 outside of a car meet. It was Infrared, casually parked at my local Kroger (grocery store). I am 99% sure I've never seen another one here in the ATL metro area, other than at a meet.
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Seeing a 2021+ IS is rare for me. Yet to see another 500.
Old 02-12-23, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by GoHorns
Seeing a 2021+ IS is rare for me. Yet to see another 500.
Its' funny. I see a 2021+ IS all the time. Literally everywhere across the greater Toronto area. BUT, they are almost exclusively all IS300's. Barely see a 350 and other than in the showrooms, have yet to see a 500 roaming the streets.
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Old 02-12-23, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by TGPCanada
Its' funny. I see a 2021+ IS all the time. Literally everywhere across the greater Toronto area. BUT, they are almost exclusively all IS300's. Barely see a 350 and other than in the showrooms, have yet to see a 500 roaming the streets.
Same. 300s are common here, 350s are pretty rare and I haven't seen another 500 at all.
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Old 02-12-23, 02:50 PM
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Taking kids to Disney, just spotted this sexy Infrared beast from our shuttle bus coming from Orlando airport.


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