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Old 06-05-10, 09:57 PM
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Default My $800 SC400..

Lately I've been working with this new car, I got it on craigslist about a month ago, posted a thread with like 1 pic, well now I have a new phone with a 5 mega pixel camera that automaticly uploads the pics I take to photobucket, so no more being lazy when it comes to pics! When I got the car, it severely needed a cleaning, after using heavy duty degrease on just about everything (seats, carpet, just about everything) the car was finally all cleaned up, ready for the reason why it was 800$ to be fixed, the trans!

After 5 days of battling that heavy *** trans, me and my pops got it in, and all hooked up. This was our first big car thing, biggest thing I've ever done was valve cover gaskets, so it was a step up! Theres still some issues (A ****TON OF ISSUES) to deal with, but it's a pretty good car.

Here's the car waiting for the trans to arrive, took a LONG time, seller had family issues, understandable.

1uz pretty much all stock, the serpentine belt is quite old, but it seems like the timing belt is about a year old.

Hella flush?

some day..

cleaned interior, still needs alot of work.

3 days after we started, the old trans is out!

popped in a new rear main seal, just in case.

vacant spot where my 1jz car used to be.. I'm jones'in a boosted car baaad.

THE FLIES! they were SO bad, had to use bug spray to keep them off my legs while I was under the car, nothing more annoying!

pops under the car, just put the new trans in and started bolting **** up


Some pics I took after I got the car running:









Thanks for checking it out.
Old 06-05-10, 10:30 PM
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car is looking beautiful good job!!
Old 06-05-10, 10:33 PM
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$800...I hate you(j/k)..good looking SC for that price, even if it does need a small amount of tlc.
Old 06-05-10, 10:37 PM
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Car is looking good for $800
Old 06-05-10, 10:42 PM
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Nice work, yea those trannys weigh quite a bit
Old 06-05-10, 10:53 PM
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damn your pops' a straight up g, bare-footing it everywhere

car looks good
Old 06-05-10, 11:00 PM
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Deal breaker
Old 06-06-10, 03:52 AM
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Great find and nice job car looks good
Old 06-06-10, 06:59 AM
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My sc3 was 800 to. trans is still f'ed but waiting on pedal assembly from. So me and pops can swap it out wit the w58.
Old 06-06-10, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by ArodDaLob
damn your pops' a straight up g, bare-footing it everywhere
hahaha i was thinkin the same thing.


and your paint looks unmolested by the weather too
Old 06-06-10, 07:07 AM
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looks like a good deal for only $800.. im jealous lol i was looking for another sc400 for a while but ended up gettin a 300 instead
Old 06-06-10, 08:31 AM
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Nice find for 800 smacka rues.. Those transmissions are a heavy as heck when you are doing in the garage. Whats next on the to do list?
Old 06-06-10, 08:56 AM
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great find!
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cannot beat the price. gj on the repairs
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So $800 is what you picked it up, what's your all in? Just guessing, it still looks like an awesome deal!


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