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1996 SC300 with 97 Body Upgrades and GS 17" Rims

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Old 05-19-03, 05:40 PM
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1996 SC300 with 97 Body Upgrades and GS 17" Rims:

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Old 05-19-03, 05:41 PM
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Another one:
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This is how the car looked one year ago:
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Old 05-19-03, 06:04 PM
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Whoa, that looks awesome. Is that the same paint color from before the work? Looks real nice with the 97 upgrades and those wheels, good job.
Old 05-19-03, 06:14 PM
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Default NIce...

As 808 said nice job. What rear skirt is that? It does not look like the 97+ back bumper, quarter panel thingy. I like that/your look better. JIC end? Other then that nice job...
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Lawman: The rear piece was purchased from Emerald on this board. Not sure who the manufacturer is.

808sc300: Initially I had the front of the car painted, but the rest of the car did not match, so I had the shop paint the entire car, just a tad bit darker than the original shade.
Old 05-19-03, 06:22 PM
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JIC rear valence? Could be T&E rear valence, since its from Emerald..

Looks good Gazi, keep up the good work...
Old 05-19-03, 06:54 PM
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Wow what a turnaround, the SC looks new!
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Aliga,

Thanks for the reply... That is the setup that I would do on my daily driver - since Manaray has told me that the JIC kit is really low. I was thinking 97+ front and sides but did not want to go the 97+ rear because of the need to upgrade the taillights to make it a "clean" fit and all the other costs with making the 97+ tail-lights fit on a 93. So I was looking for more of a JIC type rear skirt/valence as you have already done. Very nice job. Any pics from the side? Nice job...
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i see you finally got it out.......looks really good!!!! i like that darker shade of silver over the original color
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Very Nice! I Really like those wheels on SC's. Very clean
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Impressive restoration Looks very classy and OEMish. That color is very nice also. Did you lower the car yet? May I ask what happened to the hood? It looks to be the only part of the car that was creamed?
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Thanks for all the comments!

LEX400SC: I lowered the car with Eibach Springs. Thanks to Toked for giving me a great price on the springs. As for the damage, I purchased the car like that. I am assuming the person driving the car went underneath something, maybe a tractor trailer. Not sure. But I had to change the hood, one fender, bumper, etc.
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Thumbs up so nice

Looks like a new hot chick on the road.
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Very classy looking ride. I like the wheels and the color!


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