1997 lexus gs300 sport luxobarge daily fuel muncher

[Davey]

Well here it was on day one.
Very large. Very floaty.
Thirsty but not as bad as my e46 328.
Already debadged grille and J front plate.
Maybe some new wheels and exhaust choppery but not a lot else.

Got to say its a revelation.
Auto. Heated leather. Electric everything, even the wipers hide!

New gearbox oil means the box is seem less. You cannot feel it change when cruising and when flat out it barely twitches! Build quality yo.

[Mercdan68]

Nice one mate,, one on my list to buy one day, looks great

[SmokeEm]

Same as Dan. Was looking for one of these when my CL500 came up.

Bookmarked as am very interested in how your mods go

[Davey]

Lexus clearly think about us car butchers, the front badge was just pegged into the grille so free debadged grille ahoy!

It also turns out the front plate bracket on these is just screwed on over the JDM recess. So removing the UK plate mount reveals a nice small J size slot!
One square plate later.
Poor quality images but you get the idea.
And some of the luxury!

Heated leathery warmness. Good for the morning bum roasting.

Planning to get the body work and wheels done over then next few weeks, obviously I won't be paying anyone I can sand and spray all by my lonesome.

Also removed the back boxes and realised that the pipes leading to the boxes point out just behind the rear wheels..... Side exit plans afoot.

[vertex]

Had one of these, great reliable cars, stick a set of the original sport alloys on it it should have to make it look even better..

[Davey]

It had a set.before I bought it the previous owner sold them for more than I paid for the car sone 19s may be on the list for the future.

Changed the box oil and now it's sö smooth you can't feel gear changes!

[vertex]

Oct 19, 2015 9:09:41 GMT Davey said:

It had a set.before I bought it the previous owner sold them for more than I paid for the car sone 19s may be on the list for the future.

Changed the box oil and now it's sö smooth you can't feel gear changes!

Yep that's what normally happens when they have the staggered tte borbets fitted,
The mkiv supra owners are partial to them.

[downside190]

I don't think i've ever seen one of these on the road before. It will be interesting to see where you go with it as it looks like it has potential.

[Davey]

Oct 19, 2015 12:28:39 GMT downside190 said:

I don't think i've ever seen one of these on the road before. It will be interesting to see where you go with it as it looks like it has potential.

Kinda why I wanted one always liked mk2s but I much prefer the front of these. This will either be a long slow project or sold pretty quickly we shall see!

[Davey]

retrorides.proboards.com/thread/184011/1996-lexus-gs300-sport-notts

[Davey]

Hid's and let's not for show. Standard headlights are just glorified candles.

[Davey]

[andrelei]

Nice one. Always love 90's Toyota/Lexus getting some love.