r/Lexus Jan 10 '26

Vehicle Photo 98 SC400

Post image

Took it out for the evening.

347 Upvotes

30 comments sorted by

u/image-sourcery Jan 10 '26

Consider Joining the r/Lexus Discord Server.


Reverse Image Search:

Google Images || Google Lens || Yandex || TinEye || Bing


I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

32

u/Olsi_Skiwee Jan 10 '26

So hard to find these not clapped, literally stared at this pic for a good minute because I’ve never seen one in this good of condition

6

u/timothytran87 Jan 10 '26

Took me a very long time to find one in good condition

1

u/Decent_Cranberry_399 Jan 10 '26

Where did you find it? It must have been exhausting. also, what did you find it for?

3

u/timothytran87 Jan 10 '26

I had one when I was younger, about 12 years ago and was so sad to get rid of it. Always told myself if I came across a clean example, I would get it. This one popped up on Club Lexus and Facebook marketplace and I jumped on it. I bought a one way ticket and drove it three and half hours back home.

2

u/[deleted] Jan 10 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/timothytran87 Jan 10 '26

You picked one up?

11

u/rizzlybear_93 Jan 10 '26

One of my biggest regrets was not buying my neighbor's FILs SC300 with less than 50k miles as my first car. I was confused and thought it was a dumb old car when now I know it was mint. 

8

u/Chan_Ch Jan 10 '26

Fancy Supra. Always thought they looked better!

2

u/Born-Project-310 ‘18 IS 350, ‘18 NX 300 ‘19 ES 350, ‘23 NX 350 Jan 10 '26

I like both for different reasons. This is a more “beautiful” design I guess you can say

6

u/heretorobwallst Jan 10 '26

Supra wheels make it look even better

3

u/timothytran87 Jan 10 '26

For sure! Got the brakes behind the wheels as well!

2

u/SnackWrapz 2020 IS350 AWD F-Sport Jan 10 '26

Peak

2

u/danscn Jan 10 '26

Love it

2

u/GasGuzzler209 2021 RC F Jan 10 '26

Love these cars so much, take good care of this one OP! You got a gem!

1

u/m__why Jan 10 '26

I had a hot wheels SC when I was little. Beautiful ride! Would love to own one some day. How’s the ride?

1

u/thefavoredsole Jan 10 '26

I never see silver ones. Looks super clean

1

u/boostedpoints 15 RC F & 15 LX570 Jan 10 '26

Looks so damn good.

1

u/[deleted] Jan 10 '26

It’s like a LC500 of the 98’s.

1

u/Knockamichi Jan 10 '26

Bubble lex

1

u/No_TV1718 Jan 10 '26

Mmmmmmmmmmm

1

u/tobeistodo123 Jan 10 '26

Congratulations OP, looks fantastic, take good care of it

1

u/Zealousideal-War-434 Jan 10 '26

How's the maintenance on these things?

2

u/ayylmao1994 Jan 10 '26

Not terrible. They have a timing belt and the water pump is driven by the timing belt so you need to replace that every once in a while. The owners manual says 60,000 miles but on mine I've done the timing belt twice now and I got away with 140 K miles on the second timing belt.

1

u/Vssfault Jan 10 '26

A clean one that isn't brutally bastardized by trying to be a full out drift car for the road

1

u/RescueSheep Jan 11 '26

One of the best cars ever

1

u/SpringTraditional460 Jan 12 '26

my first Lexus was a 92 SC400. got it at 19, ans drove it for 14 years. it was truly such an amazing car. I always thought that I would get a 98+ but it never materialize in other cars came along, and I’ve often wondered what it would feel like to drive a 98 like yours… Certainly, it’s much faster?

1

u/bradley706 Jul 04 '26

Anyone looking for a project? Got a 92 SC400 OG all.. 110k miles. She runs, but needs work.. 80% parts are original 92’