98maxima5speed Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 I'm almost positive Lexus discontinued the manual transmission option in 1996 for the ES300, but maybe I'm wrong? Has anyone ever done a swap and installed a 5-speed in a second generation ES300? I imagine such a thing would be possible, since a 5-speed was still available in the Camry during those years (right?). I currently drive a 98 Maxima 5-speed that I've owned for about 2 years, and I love it a lot, but it's a base SE, and I'd like to possibly move up to something a bit more luxury. The only thing is I swore that my next car would most definately not be FWD or auto trans... but if I like it enough, I could deal with the FWD as long as it has a nice manual trans. SO... my choices are slim (well, choices are usually slim for those of us who prefer to shift our own transmissions) and it's unfortunate that a 5-speed wasn't offered in the 2nd gen ES300. I like the first gen well enough, but I certainly don't want to go from a 98 to a 96 (or older). I test drove an SC300 5-speed, and I know that ridiculous power can be had from the I-6 with proper Supra mods... but I just didn't like the car all that much. Plus I like to have a usable back seat, something the SC definately doesn't offer. Anyone got any info they could share with me?? Thanks Jamie Chicago, IL http://tosinet.com/anton/maxima/
93lexuses Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 For the ES 92 and 93 was the only years that Lexus made the manual transmission. I would assume that you could change from a automatic to a manual. I'm not to sure with that, but i am sure that someone will probably chime in and let you know.
SKperformance Posted November 27, 2004 Posted November 27, 2004 if you have about 6000 then you can get a 5spd in an ES with a 1mz-fe engine read the faq to answer basic questions like years
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