View Poll Results: pic one
silver with ecru
11
55.00%
blue with black
9
45.00%
Voters: 20. You may not vote on this poll
help me pic one !
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#20
it's still not available for the whole US, not just cali. everyone can custom order one, but at msrp that's the choice i had to make. didn't see the reason to pay couple grands more for just black interior
#21
Wait, you're saying white/black ext/int is hard to get? Really? In my area, there's many of them (including ours ).
#22
so far i have only seen one white on black sc430 on autotrader or so
#23
The right color
I also wanted a white with ecru but found a silver with ecru and love it. When I see a white one it looks washed out and I own a white TL and TSX and love those in white. The silver with Zaino wax gives off an incredible shine.
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#25
I Would Wait...
Wait for the color you want...I did and I am so glad I didn't settle.
Ecru is a nicer interior, cooler in the summer but gets dirty and shows dirt very easily. The silver and white exteriors always seem to look clean and it takes a hell of a rain or snow to make them look dirty.
According to my dealer, "silver" is the most popular color, then black, then white. Because of that, there are lots out there and you should just be patient and find the right combination, condition, miles, etc for you.
Egyptian sand seems to be popular with the 50+ years old crowd. Everyone I see in Dallas with one seems to be a baby boomer.
Red and Indigo are more rare colors and don't hold their value as much. Compared to a silver, white or black with equivalent miles/equipment. However on the contrary if you have one that is in great condition and low mileage, it can command a lot of $$$ due to their rare production #'s.
Eggplant has got to be the rarest of the first set of colors. Sharp, though.
On the contrary, darker colored cars look much sharper when they are clean and especially with the right wheels.
A light car with dark interior or a dark car with light interior always looks good. Dark on Dark=hot, hard to keep it clean. Light on Light=Duller, hard to keep clean. Good rules of thumb. Resale $$$$ show this to be true as well. For instance...I saw a white/ecru several thousands less than a white/black. Same thing with a black on black versus a black on ecru.
If you are meticulous about cleaning your car, none of this really matters, except for the heat factor, which here in Texas is always a factor with blk!!!
Ecru is a nicer interior, cooler in the summer but gets dirty and shows dirt very easily. The silver and white exteriors always seem to look clean and it takes a hell of a rain or snow to make them look dirty.
According to my dealer, "silver" is the most popular color, then black, then white. Because of that, there are lots out there and you should just be patient and find the right combination, condition, miles, etc for you.
Egyptian sand seems to be popular with the 50+ years old crowd. Everyone I see in Dallas with one seems to be a baby boomer.
Red and Indigo are more rare colors and don't hold their value as much. Compared to a silver, white or black with equivalent miles/equipment. However on the contrary if you have one that is in great condition and low mileage, it can command a lot of $$$ due to their rare production #'s.
Eggplant has got to be the rarest of the first set of colors. Sharp, though.
On the contrary, darker colored cars look much sharper when they are clean and especially with the right wheels.
A light car with dark interior or a dark car with light interior always looks good. Dark on Dark=hot, hard to keep it clean. Light on Light=Duller, hard to keep clean. Good rules of thumb. Resale $$$$ show this to be true as well. For instance...I saw a white/ecru several thousands less than a white/black. Same thing with a black on black versus a black on ecru.
If you are meticulous about cleaning your car, none of this really matters, except for the heat factor, which here in Texas is always a factor with blk!!!
#26
you mean you have seen a lot of white on black sc430 in your area? please take pics, i would love to see. when i got my sc430, i checked inventory (both here and across the ocean) for the whole US and there were non white on black sc430.
so far i have only seen one white on black sc430 on autotrader or so
so far i have only seen one white on black sc430 on autotrader or so
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#28
Eggplant
Here is the eggplant color, or officially called by Lexus Twilight Amythest Pearl. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention another very rare color, I think they only made it in 2002: Midnight Pine Pearl, which is very dark hunter green.
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The dark purple/eggplant/amythest and the dark green/pine whatever -- are nice colors, but look to be black from a distance.
I've seen a few, and they look pretty good with the ecru interior.
Way back in '99 and '01, Lexus had two of the SC430 models making the rounds of auto shows as a "concept car." Both of them were very close to the "amythest," but a little bit lighter.
I used to have some pictures, because I took some myself at the Chicago Auto Show, but they have been long since been downloaded onto a CD for storage. As predicted, the "concept car" was virtually identical in every respect, interior and exterior, to the '02 production version.
I've seen a few, and they look pretty good with the ecru interior.
Way back in '99 and '01, Lexus had two of the SC430 models making the rounds of auto shows as a "concept car." Both of them were very close to the "amythest," but a little bit lighter.
I used to have some pictures, because I took some myself at the Chicago Auto Show, but they have been long since been downloaded onto a CD for storage. As predicted, the "concept car" was virtually identical in every respect, interior and exterior, to the '02 production version.