OneHotLexus Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 I have a bet going on with my friend about SC300 exterior colors. So this is the dealio, he says that blue was a factory lexus SC300 color, but I dont think it is. I have never seen a blue SC on this website or anywhere. Well, except for aftermarket paint jobs. And I remember the dealer telling me paint colors when I bought it, and I don't remember him saying anything about blue, cuz I would have jumped on that! So I say a blue SC300 (not 430) is an aftermarket paint job, he says its factory. Am I right? Please tell me I'm right!! :( Any replies are greatly appreciated! (Especially if they prove that I'm am right!) Thanks ya'll
SPORTcoupe300 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 How much you bet? I've never seen a factory blue SC.....
bean_8044 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Ive seen a blue soarer runnin around here on Okinawa. i seriously doubt its an aftermarket paint job either.
soarer1023 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 i think this will help you solve the betting problem. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...item=2451558902
UCF3 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 I think I've seen a dark blue paint option in a Lexus broucher. Blue is definitely an option on Camrys and Corollas, so that option should be for the Lexus line. <_<
UCF3 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 i think this will help you solve the betting problem. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...item=2451558902 No, that can't be. I believe Toyota has a dark blue, but this is like the Nissan Skyline Blue, and the Honda Civic Si. I have my doubts about this one.
OneHotLexus Posted December 30, 2003 Author Posted December 30, 2003 So, Soarer1023, are you saying that it is a factory and that I just lost this bet???
OneHotLexus Posted December 30, 2003 Author Posted December 30, 2003 I have to agree w/ you UCF, the blue that that SC is sportin doesnt look like a typical Lex color. Ya'll have any ideas where I could view an old SC300 brochure online to check this out??
AWJ Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 best example I could findroyal sapphire pearl was available in 1997. awesome blue.
Bubbles Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Well I did some looking and I was wondering, how are you going to win the bet? If someone finds out blue was a factory color, then you lose. But if no one finds out if blue is the factory color, then you win?
OneHotLexus Posted December 30, 2003 Author Posted December 30, 2003 I'm going to keep looking until I can find something. . . if I can find something, I don't see why it is so hard for me to find this out- I've been looking for about an hour or so. I'll be seeing him tomorrow, so if he brings it up, I'll just make him a lil nervous (he really has no way of finding out cuz his enternet is down). But if ya'll find out anything else please post it. Even if I'm proven wrong-I'm starting not to care as much about the bet, now I'm just really curious and I want to know if blue is a dang factory color! Anybody in this forum have a blue SC??
southernsc300 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 YES! i have seen a stock blue sc300, it was a light blue, very very very ugly. i almost bought it because it was so cheap and had very low miles on it, then i was going to get it painted, but then i found mine :) if i can find a pic ill post it. this one can be argued looks aftermarket or a dark green this one claims to be a rare blue this is the one i was talking about.... its called ice blue? i think its ugly as hell another blue of some sort look blue to you? Another of the same blue color i have seen before, poor image quality Another Blue? this one kinda looks green and another and ANOTHER one of the same ugly blue, claiming Slate BLue and this is what caffine and time does to you and i havent even looked at the sc400s!
OneHotLexus Posted December 30, 2003 Author Posted December 30, 2003 Dude your awesome! Thanks for all the pictures, I appreciate it! I'm starting to lean toward the assumption that there is no factory dark blue SC300. Which makes me right and him wrong!
soarer1023 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 i am pretty sure that the link that i posted is the factory blue color that came with, since i do have SC that is the same color that goes my school, but oh well if anyone doesn't think so
OneHotLexus Posted December 30, 2003 Author Posted December 30, 2003 Really?? Dude I believe you. Oh well I think I won- he says its a midnite blue color almost navy but not quite. And that SC you were talking about definitly aint navy.
Sadistic Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 That royal Saphire blue could've come on the SC in '97-98 but could've been an extra cost option color that wasn't advertised. I was told years ago that the MKIV and JZZ rolled of the same assembly line, if this is true, it is more than likely their color options would nearly be the same. Other than the 2 Saphires in the pics here, I have never seen a blue SC. Even that Dolphin silver/blue thing.. Never in my life.. Dark blue I've seen on GS' but never an SC. I don't know if this could be something, but did colors ever vary between the 300 and 400? Maybe he saw a 400 and couldn't tell the difference. I really don't know.. I'm not an OEM buff about stuff like this..
sightdev Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 There were various blue depending on year of the model. I have a friend who had the first SC400 (‘92) with the midnight blue which has the darker shade. After that blue others followed in different shade. The bright blue (I call it Chevy blue) is also a original blue that it came out for few years but not very popular. Definitely the blue was an original color for SC but varies depending on the model year. Sorry dude, you loose the bet.
AWJ Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Oh dark blue. I thought you were talking about rsp. There are more of those than rsp's. I forget the name though. Here's one from the gallery.
UCF3 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 This is the colour I've seen before. Ebay listing provided by SouthernSC300 I'm having my Parts guy check out factory paints. If he comes back with nothing, OnehotLexus, you've won your Bet.
Bubbles Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 egh. I've seen that color before at a meet. Very stock.
UCF3 Posted January 5, 2004 Posted January 5, 2004 I just finished talking to my Lexus parts guy, and he says there were NO Official Blues offered from Lexus- years 91-99. According to them, Lexus offered Sapphire Green, but no Blue. You've won your Bet. Sorry it took me so long. So what do we get out of this? ;)
OneHotLexus Posted January 6, 2004 Author Posted January 6, 2004 Thanks buddy!! Oh yeah, feels pretty good
AWJ Posted January 6, 2004 Posted January 6, 2004 Umm - royal sapphire pearl, the supra royal blue, was available in 1997 til 00. That navy blue I posted a picture of is a 1992 to 1994 model.
UCF3 Posted January 6, 2004 Posted January 6, 2004 Umm - royal sapphire pearl, the supra royal blue, was available in 1997 til 00. That navy blue I posted a picture of is a 1992 to 1994 model. Yah, I asked him about those two colours, but they said it can be a Toyota Colour, but it wasn't offered by Lexus, although the two brands are linked. It's kind of like the Hawaiian Soarer we saw earlier on the post. Had the same colour blue as the Toyota Supra you found on ebay or Autotrader.
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