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I finally have a fun car again! Yesterday I picked up an '02 Lexus IS300. Its 100% bone stock. All it needs is front brakes and a timing belt. I'll have pics up later.

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congrats on the purchase. Quad Turbo or bust!

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Very nice!

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Sweet! 5 Speed?

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Yeah, with 3 pedals, unlike Ryder's IS. Haha

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Any mod plans?

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:lol:

Stolen from Facebook:
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Thanks Hughes, im on my phone at work. As for mod plans, I'll just rock it stock for a little while, then do basic stuff. Springs and shocks, sway bars, wheels and tires, intake and probably exhaust if I can find something quiet enough. I wanna keep this car clean and subtle but still fun to driv and comfy.

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Very clean car.

Low off set and slamed :)

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Nice, head studs and turbo! hahahaha

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+1!

Very nice, btw.

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Welcome to the club!

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Good choice! Ive always like these cars plus the engine to boot

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Turbo or GTFO! :) Nice ride.

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Very nice.

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That's my 'realistic' dream car.

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Sorry for the delay with the pics, I haven't had much of a chance to take any yet. I'll hopefully get some up tomorrow. Thanks for all the compliments! I'm definitely enjoying the car so far. Its definitely a step up from anything I've had before.

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Nice!

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I finally got around to taking some pics. It's super dirty, but this time of ear, it's nearly impossible to keep clean when you drive 100 miles a day.

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And the best part:
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Looks nice.

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Very nice

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Nice indeed! I agree with the turbo, just a little one so it spools fast.

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Turboing the IS300 is a pain in the ass unless you have a lot a money to spend.

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+1. I haven't looked into parts too much yet, but the stock internals and tranny are only good to around 400. If I do any kind of FI it will probably be a sc. Even those are around $4500.

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Looks like a nice car!

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Aren't the internals the same as the 2JZ GTE but higher compression? (Same as sc300 right) I thought most guys just slapped a thicker head gasket in and let er buck? I know the trannies aren't that strong though, a friend of mine here in cloud had his go on him and he's still N/A with a few bolt ons.

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The internals are similar, but the GTE has forged pistons and rods. The GE doesn't. And yes, they are higher compression.

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GTE doesn't have forged internals, they are just big and strong like a 1G 6-bolt. The SC300 2JZ-GE internals are strong also, but higher compression, just doing a TT headgasket or thicker one is enough to crank the boost up on them. The newer GE's have tiny rods like a 2G or Evo. The IS300 trannies are weak too, especially the 5-speed. The IS300 has a better head than the Supra and SC300.

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Thanks for the clarification Shane. I'm still new to this platform so I don't really know everything about it yet.

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Not anything exciting, but I got the stupid pinstripes off the sides today. They were peeling off and looked like crap so I just used an eraser wheel and took them all the way off. Also got my Optima battery swapped in. Next thing to do is polish up the headlights and fog lights since they're starting to get a little foggy. While doing that, I might take them apart and paint the housings black.

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Nice car!

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agreed :jhitit:

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Weekend project. I have no idea how long it's been since fluids were changed, so I thought I might as well do it up right.
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