Yeah, first time I've seen new ones as well. It'll be nice not to have to have to deal with tabs constantly breaking off.

They were $366 each with the Club Lexus discount at Sewell.

 

Well, I received the rest of my parts order. I bought every suspension nut, bolt, and bushing I could find; knowing that rusty parts can be a pain to work with, this was/is a great help.

I was able to find a passenger side map pocket and new speaker grills, but unfortunately the map pocket was only available in gray. So, I sent the map pocket off to a vinyl shop to have it dyed, as that was my only way to get a new part and they assured me a near perfect color match. I had them redo the door armrests and they turned out excellent, once I receive the pocket back, I'll be ready to rebuild the door panels.

Suspension bolts, distributor caps/rotors, spark plugs etc.. If I were to do it all over again, I would say skip the upper control arm bolts (they were still in perfect shape), but they weren't that expensive.


Control arms, mounts, wires, and speaker grills... I learned in the process of swapping out my suspension parts that the upper control arms were still in great shape...oh well, now they are new.


And a sitting room full of parts.


I've started work on the suspension, first by removing the lower control arms. Only to find out the bolts through the rear cross-member are almost impossible to remove if there is any rust at all. I had to remove the entire cross-member and still was only able to get the bolt on the driver's side dislodged. I had to order a whole new cross-member to fix this little problem. It also makes me extra happy that I ordered all the camber adjustment bolts.

Here they are, attached as can be to my cross-member. It was an extra pain to remove with the control arms still attached. I also discovered there was some damage to the cross-member after I removed it, so replacing it won't be completely in vein.

 

amazing..i only wish i had the money to do all this to mine keep it up

 

I second that.. I am in the wrong business. I just get by putting premium gas in it.

 

jesus thats a lot of new parts. Excited to see the brand new car after you install all that! Its going to look awesome

 

Amazed, I am. Are we allowed to ask what you're into this entire project for?

 

After your done with this project, maybe Sewell will buy the car from you to display it in there showroom. All I can say is WOW. Great job. What about the 99 SC400 your not gonna start on that one next. LOL.

 

Damn, this is awesome.

Someone is Ballin.

 

It's like Christmas! GL man!

 

wow sick build up!

 

Hah. I may be in the wrong business also. My other car is a '91 Camry.

Thanks for the encouragement!

Well...as long as I don't get any flak for it. So far I'm at a little over $9k.

Heh, I'm not sure Sewell is exactly fond of me at the moment (or at least their parts dept), after ordering a million things their parts guy seemed a little overwhelmed.

Thanks!

 

wow, whole suspension rebuild... your restoration will be smoother than your 99 sc haha!

 

I'm hoping so, but unfortunately I sold my '99 SC. I decided I didn't need three cars, so I get to cruise around town in a '91 Camry.

 

Waiting on some more suspension parts, so I decided to put together a freshened door panel with a new armrest, map pocket, and speaker grill.

Color is a bit saturated so the carpet and armrest look more yellow, but you get the idea. The armrest is a bit more tan than the original, but in normal light it's very difficult to tell.

 

Amazing.. very nice job.