kelvo5 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 So I'm thinking about buying an sc300. I have a few i want to go look at soon. My question is what should i look out for for these cars that are common problems that could be expensive? like anything that is known to always happen that is easy to detect so i could save myself some money ahead of time. thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brended Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 So I'm thinking about buying an sc300. I have a few i want to go look at soon. My question is what should i look out for for these cars that are common problems that could be expensive? like anything that is known to always happen that is easy to detect so i could save myself some money ahead of time. thank you I just bought a 98 SC300 last summer. About the biggest thing I would be worried about are the lower control arm bushings, sway bar bushings, etc... The sway bar bushings are cheap and easy, however the lower control arm bushing are a pain and can be costly. If it tramlines any I would be suspect. It ended up just bieng the tires on mine, but I was about to replace the control arms with new ones, as that seemed to be the best route after reading a lot of posts. Other minor things are the antenna and trunk supports. I might also make sure the timing belt/water pump etc. has been changed. Good Luck, Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelvo5 Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 what do you mean tramlines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexmaxx Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 So I'm thinking about buying an sc300. I have a few i want to go look at soon. My question is what should i look out for for these cars that are common problems that could be expensive? like anything that is known to always happen that is easy to detect so i could save myself some money ahead of time. thank you hay man, were do you live? any were near rochester ny. i got a red on tan sc300, 1995 for sale with a few thing repaired on it. if u want to have more info get back to me at das277@gmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelvo5 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 sorry rochester is more then 5 hours from me. i dont think im willing to drive that far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brended Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 what do you mean tramlines? Here is a good article on Tramling. These first generation SC's are known for Tramlining when the LCA bushings wear. If you do a google search for tramlining, you can find alot of good articles. Basically, if the car likes to follow grooves or ruts in the road, or even just the slope of a road it is considered tramlining. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tec...e.jsp?techid=47 Good Luck, Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.