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Old 06-07-07, 05:54 AM
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No, no, no, no.

We don't want a group buy.

We want to keep this a secret so that those of us that have it can continue to have a most unusual feature on our cars, which are hardly rare as it is.

Let's keep this our secret, and make it a kind of exclusive club. In fact, now that I have mine, I would be glad to help convince the parts distributors to double the price.

And who told that 350 guy it would fit -- now there's another one out there.

I'm going to start looking into a set of RX330 high-speed mud flaps.
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Old 06-07-07, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by VroomVroom
Indirectly, yes, but not 100%. I went ahead and clicked 'order' since the website states a parts rep will contact me directly within 48 hours. They list it for the '07, and I've been told there's no difference between the two.

So, good point, and I guess I'll know for sure tomorrow or Thursday. I'll be bummed if it doesn't fit but I can't imagine there being a difference in grille openings.
Let us know the results please!

Thank you.
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Old 06-07-07, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by VroomVroom
Indirectly, yes, but not 100%. I went ahead and clicked 'order' since the website states a parts rep will contact me directly within 48 hours. They list it for the '07, and I've been told there's no difference between the two.

So, good point, and I guess I'll know for sure tomorrow or Thursday. I'll be bummed if it doesn't fit but I can't imagine there being a difference in grille openings.
I just received a response from the vendor as follows:

Thank you for the inquiry

Yes, the TC edition grille will fit the RX350 as well, thank you. They are currently in stock
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Old 06-07-07, 10:27 AM
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Yup....got my order confirmation this morning. Happy happy!
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You all are making us TC owners feel a little less unique! But, we still have the black Birdseye maple wood interiors, and the TC grills - so there! Oh yeah, and some of us have the Thundercloud Metallic paint color too!
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I've got the black birdseye maple.
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Originally Posted by tfischer
No, no, no, no.

We don't want a group buy.

We want to keep this a secret so that those of us that have it can continue to have a most unusual feature on our cars, which are hardly rare as it is.

Let's keep this our secret, and make it a kind of exclusive club. In fact, now that I have mine, I would be glad to help convince the parts distributors to double the price.

And who told that 350 guy it would fit -- now there's another one out there.

I'm going to start looking into a set of RX330 high-speed mud flaps.
Since the 1999 Lexus RX 300 was introduced over 1,000,000 RX models have been produced and are still possibly on the road, so I think the new TC grill owners will be an infinitesimal minority!

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Old 06-08-07, 05:30 AM
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A million!!

That's a lot, although I think I saw 500,000 in the parking lot at the mall Saturday.
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Old 06-08-07, 08:24 AM
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Thanks for the laugh! Sad, but true. There are SO many of these things on the road.
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Old 06-08-07, 11:26 AM
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Yeah somebody start working on a grp buy. Let's go. I want one.
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Default Herds of RX's....

We must be quite fortunate up here in the Northwestern corner of WA state, very few RX's around, and those that we do see tend to be the 300 series. The 330/350/400h are still a bit of a rare critter. Now if you really want rare, try to find an IS250/350 in our area, have yet to see one that is local. Most here, and that's very few seen, have Canadian plates - goes for the RX330/350/400h too.
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Orzel....yet another reason I'd love to live in your neck of the woods.

Lots of IS series in the bay area too. And it's not uncommon to see GS & LS models as well. More rare are the larger SUV's. A totally different topic, but I've often wondered what's taken Toyota/Lexus so long to redo the Land Bruiser/LX. They're getting stomped by the domestics as well Infiniti. Must be a CAFE thing or something.
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Old 06-11-07, 06:44 AM
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Its all about profit and return in investment. The Land Cruiser/LX line is not a high volume seller, that’s why their design cycle is longer than other models. It will take Lexus longer to make a profit off their redesign.
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Old 06-11-07, 06:47 AM
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Nice lookin' grill!
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Old 06-11-07, 11:35 AM
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Group buy anyone???
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