What did you do to your SC today?
05-20-14, 05:49 PM
#4413
Lexus Test Driver
I finally drove my SC400 again, after having my sister daily it for the last few months. I missed this car, even though it is ****-slow compared to my NA-T. But it looks and drives awesome for a car with 204k miles.
05-24-14, 07:53 PM
#4417
What I did today
Finally got around to starting my black interior conversion on my recently purchased 99 sc400. Pulled carpet out and will shortly be pulling dash. Also need to clean years of grime build up.
Will soon create a "build" thread of my resto project
Will soon create a "build" thread of my resto project
05-25-14, 07:10 AM
#4420
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Hi i'm trying to clean up my existing interior I just purchased a 1992 Sc400 and the interior is in bad shape. My question to you is are those black seat covers or replacement seats? And if you don't mine how can I get some new or good condition beige seats or high quality covers.
Thanks the new Guy
Thanks the new Guy
05-25-14, 07:13 AM
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Hi i'm trying to clean up my existing interior I just purchased a 1992 Sc400 and the interior is in bad shape. My question to you is are those black seat covers or replacement seats? And if you don't mine how can I get some new or good condition beige seats or high quality covers.
Thanks the new Guy
Thanks the new Guy
05-25-14, 09:37 AM
#4423
Hey just a heads up when you do the dash, When installing the new one, be careful of the center AC duct lining up with the vents. You can reach in through the air bag housing and line it up whilst holding the dash up. Not sure if you've been through it but I recently swapped interiors between two SCs and that was a nightmare for me. The center ducts were not working, the dash was off by about an inch, and the key actually wasn't able to turn due to the dash not giving it any room for a full rotation. I had to go back and basically start over on the dash. Good luck with your swap and don't miss out on any hardware! It should perform as good as new as long as every bolt is there, trust me! Nice car man i love the vvti 1UZs
05-25-14, 12:49 PM
#4424
Just bought her about a week ago. Today was the first nice *** day in NYC for a while, so went ahead and did some interior cleaning and upgrading...
First, these were pics I took a couple days ago before cleaning the carpets, dash, seats, everything; it was pretty dirty inside, and the leather on the steering wheel and center armrest were absolutely gone.
and the headlights were pretty nasty...
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Spent a while cleaning out the carpets yesterday and darkening the 'Lexus' name on em, replaced the leather on the armrest, stitched on my new two tone leather steering wheel cover, added a bit of chrome molding here and there, and voila! Also found a nice cell phone holder with a mount that fit nicely into the useless space where the trick out cupholder broke off
need to clean the corner lights as well, and the driver side headlight has a good amount of condensation, but I'll deal with it later. For now, just a simple headlight cleaning and some chrome accenting on the hood and sideview mirrors
...also replaced the wiper blades, which is good for what, like 10hp per blade? yeeeaaaa
First, these were pics I took a couple days ago before cleaning the carpets, dash, seats, everything; it was pretty dirty inside, and the leather on the steering wheel and center armrest were absolutely gone.
and the headlights were pretty nasty...
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Spent a while cleaning out the carpets yesterday and darkening the 'Lexus' name on em, replaced the leather on the armrest, stitched on my new two tone leather steering wheel cover, added a bit of chrome molding here and there, and voila! Also found a nice cell phone holder with a mount that fit nicely into the useless space where the trick out cupholder broke off
need to clean the corner lights as well, and the driver side headlight has a good amount of condensation, but I'll deal with it later. For now, just a simple headlight cleaning and some chrome accenting on the hood and sideview mirrors
...also replaced the wiper blades, which is good for what, like 10hp per blade? yeeeaaaa
Last edited by moahdriven; 05-25-14 at 12:54 PM.
05-27-14, 02:51 PM
#4425
I just replaced the ATF filter and of course fluid this weekend. Too bad there isn't a gasket for the ATF pan. It went well but what a PITA cleaning the old gasket-maker off the pan.
Also, my thermostat gasket was leaking, so I replaced the gasket and thermostat after flushing the coolant. Unfortunately I don't own a FSM so it was just by chance that I discovered the filler hole located right on top of the thermostat.
Also, my thermostat gasket was leaking, so I replaced the gasket and thermostat after flushing the coolant. Unfortunately I don't own a FSM so it was just by chance that I discovered the filler hole located right on top of the thermostat.