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03-01-06 | 10:13 PM
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Sooo I picked up the car yesterday after taking it on a test drive. It's actually a 95 not a 97. After driving it I decided I wanted that baby. It's definitely not as fast as the GSX was, but the first thing I noticed was how much better the tranny shifted. The car was $8,995 from the dealer plus another $1k in taxes and DMV stuff. I think it was worth it especially considering it's everything I could want (black on black, 5sp). I can't wait to start modding 
There's a few minor things I need to fix- need to pull the headlights apart and clean and re-seal them because both are fogged up (thanks in advance for the FAQ
), the trunk doesn't stay up on it's own so I need to replace the hydraulics, and a few other small things. All in all it's in pretty good shape for an 11 year old car.
Ok enough talk on with the pics This is after sitting over night so it's a little dirty.... she's asking for a few layers of Zaino this weekend 
2jz no **** :P
T-belt replaced on time
There's a few minor things I need to fix- need to pull the headlights apart and clean and re-seal them because both are fogged up (thanks in advance for the FAQ
), the trunk doesn't stay up on it's own so I need to replace the hydraulics, and a few other small things. All in all it's in pretty good shape for an 11 year old car.Ok enough talk on with the pics
This is after sitting over night so it's a little dirty.... she's asking for a few layers of Zaino this weekend 2jz no **** :P
T-belt replaced on time
03-01-06 | 10:33 PM
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lucky, i just found a white on beige one, but a black on black would have been more perfect (5 speed also), just wondering as anybody elese driven an older manual sc b4 noted that the 97's gear shifter is lower? is it because of different gearing. it seems a little different..
03-02-06 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Lars619
Hey all new here. Just looked at a 97 sc300 black on black 5speed. They JUST got it in so it's not ready for sale- they need to replace the door panels, get it smogged and detailed; other than that it looked beautiful. 122k miles, t-belt and water pump were replaced at 120k. I wasn't able to drive it, but I started it up and the idle was clean. I gave them a deposit to hold it for me until it's ready. Sooooo if I drive it and like it I'll be a new member of the family
My name's Matt... moved to San Diego from Santa Barbara in September. Last car was a 99 Eclipse GSX (AWD turbo) with a large handful of mods- to4e 50trim turbo, FMIC, 750cc injectors, wideband o2 and a really nice tuning device (DSMLink for those of you that know), etc. The car was very fast and very fun, but I totalled it so I'm trying to move from DSM's to an SC.
Sooo anyway I'll be lurking here until I'm officially an SC owner. Wish me luck
And if anyone has anything I should look out for when I drive it that would be greatly appreciated. I had the DSM before and of course you want to look out for the good ol' crankwalk. If there's a common problem I should look for thanks in advance for any tips.
My name's Matt... moved to San Diego from Santa Barbara in September. Last car was a 99 Eclipse GSX (AWD turbo) with a large handful of mods- to4e 50trim turbo, FMIC, 750cc injectors, wideband o2 and a really nice tuning device (DSMLink for those of you that know), etc. The car was very fast and very fun, but I totalled it so I'm trying to move from DSM's to an SC.
Sooo anyway I'll be lurking here until I'm officially an SC owner. Wish me luck
And if anyone has anything I should look out for when I drive it that would be greatly appreciated. I had the DSM before and of course you want to look out for the good ol' crankwalk. If there's a common problem I should look for thanks in advance for any tips.
Welcome to CL
03-04-06 | 03:54 AM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
Welcome to CL
Originally Posted by SC 1JZ
Welcome.... This is by far one of the best forums out there....
03-10-06 | 09:04 PM
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^ I just want apologise for the excessive use of "yall" in my previous post 
I was pretty intoxicated while posting that and now I look like an idiot. Just letting the sc vets know I'm not a ghetto little kid who just got his hands on this car and is going to wreck it. I'm 22 and an architecture student going for my bachelors in arch. Reading some of the recent threads it seems like there's a lot of anger in the community for what's happened because of fads and whatnot but I don't want to be put in that category. kthnx see yall around
I was pretty intoxicated while posting that and now I look like an idiot. Just letting the sc vets know I'm not a ghetto little kid who just got his hands on this car and is going to wreck it. I'm 22 and an architecture student going for my bachelors in arch. Reading some of the recent threads it seems like there's a lot of anger in the community for what's happened because of fads and whatnot but I don't want to be put in that category. kthnx see yall around
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