Glad to see a build on an SX, i picked mine up a few months ago and love it as the daily. End goal would be a 1uz swap. Hope everything works out for you
I still regret selling this car, nice to see it back! (Before anyone asks, no, I didn’t do the engine swap lol) love the build so far, can’t wait to see it done
you got to get out of the basement lol ... new to your channel .. thanks J.O. ! i am so into that built ....heck once done and you wana sell it let me know !
"Family wagon but rolling anti-lag & launch control" 😂 Love that. I'm a BIIIG wagon guy. Pretty much any model in wagon form. Found your channel through Jimmy when he bought the white FC shell from you. Your work (TCS) is sick, I was immediately impressed by the knowledge & caliber of work. Stoked to see this build come to fruition.
Gotta get home before the groceries get warm, rolling antilag is for the family if you think about it 😅😂 Im a huge wagon guy too, im always looking for the wagon variant of the flagship models of every brand. Thank you for the kind words and support! 🙏
Hell yes! Love seeing more content around these cars. The Sportcross was a dream car of mine and bought mine in 2020 and it’s manual swapped (W55) and had black cloth interior. Looking forward to seeing the build process on this thing! 🤙🏻 PS they made 3076 of these cars from 01-05.
3076, thats the number! I couldnt remember exactly but I was within 25 😅. Cloth interior in the US? I didnt think that was a thing! Is your car a slicktop?
@@TailoredChassisSolutions Haha yeah you were super close! It’s not a slick top because the car was special order from the original owner. It was ordered with a sunroof and navigation and black cloth interior with the typical SX foldable passenger seat. I didn’t even realize it was Uber rare until I posted in a IS group on Facebook and someone offered to buy the interior if I ever wanted to sell it. 😂
This is going to be such a sick build!! I’ve always loved wagons and this one hits all the right spots. Can’t wait to hear and see this screaming in Mexico someday
Your IS300 story up to this point sounds a lot like my current IS300 build. Painfully so. Every day is an opportunity to click the order button on a built R154 for my car. Your plans/acquisitions are functionally identical to mine. I'd advise investigating the BTI CAN dash retrofit for the factory navigation hole and retaining the RS200 digital dash. It's a rare opportunity to utilize a factory part in a unique and functional way. Other than that, top notch selections as always. Looking forward to the updates. Keep up the excellent work.
One day at a time! We've done a number of bti gauges in mk4s and although they work well I like having all of my data front and center. There are also protocol limitations with bti when trying to display every available channel on the bus like tpms etc. The ic7 just checks all the boxes for me and isnt terribly disruptive to the overall vibe of the car. Thanks for the support and good luck on your project!
As far as I know, they made 3078 Lexus IS300 Sportcross worldwide. In Germany, we have less than 100 Lexus IS300 Sportcross. I've got a blue slicktop Sportcross. I would love to have a 4WD Gita... They are rear as ... .
Beams is a very cool motor, we actually have an interesting drysump 5sfe bottom beams at the shop waiting patiently to go in something but the street friendly torque of the 2j and this vehicle weight is a good match!
Stubmled onto this channel and I must say, the way you speak through the cars is top class! I love your energy and the background music is always on point, props to the video editor!
Thank you and welcome! I am a chatty guy by nature so sometimes Im afraid im saying too much haha! Sean the editor/filmer does an incredible job and always NAILS the music and edits. Its folks like you and comments like this that make it worth it, thank you again 🙏
Ahh I’m a simple man I see another SportCross and here I am! Lol nice build, can’t wait till I pickup my Gita kit tomorrow. There was just a yellow one for sale on marketplace not too long ago!
@@TailoredChassisSolutions no there was a different yellow one in PA that had barely 100k miles with clean body for around 12k, idk if it’s still available he took the listing down. It was listed like a month ago it looked real clean the guy said it was sitting for 10 years or something
I love the color when its pristine but it sadly doesnt fare well in the sun. I am likely going to go with a slightly more red hue like a pheonix or millenium yellow but the visuals are still there! 205 is on my bucket list too!
@@TailoredChassisSolutions Yeah definitely the way to go, I'm probably going the same direction when I get around to redoing the paint work. You should 100% get an st205, underated cars and I would love more youtube content.
Nice, cant wait to see where this goes.. dont feel bad mine sat for almost 10yrs as i dealt with bad relationships and life. I spent 22gs on mine in 2008 for a sub 50,000 miile 100% stock 02' 5spd. (Im at 80,000 now)... Its a rods and pistons engine on a ms3pro now that ive been nice weather daily driving, still has the 5spd w55. They can handle 450-500 quite a few times until you have to replace the input shaft. Honestly i was surprised that it didn't break at 350 like "everyone" says they would. Im going to (free trans)4l80 swap it in the next few weeks once i finish making my adapter plate, then i wont have to keep rebuilding the trans every few months.... Keep up on the posts with this, id like to see your spin on the is300. You do good work, i like when people know how to do things right. From one tech to another, keep up the good work🤙
Thanks for the support! It was a weird situation and I wasnt in a place to be extending myself and it hit extra hard so I iced the car. Hoping I can make decent progress now and keep it interesting for everyone. W55 really isnt as bad as everyone makes them out to be from what ive experienced but people have a tendency to go super racey with solid mounts and solid disc clutches and that seems to be where the low power destruction propagates from. 4l80 will certainly solve that! Good luck with your project 🫡
The crz was my k20z1 daily but has recently been sold to a customer to convert into an endurance racecar. Ill do an overview quickly as part of a future shop update 🤝
hi, Where i can find selling stats, because i own IS300SC and i can`t find how rare this car is. I know that is rare, but not sure how much. I`m not selling it, just curious
@@TailoredChassisSolutions but this should be only in US. I heared rumor, that worldwide about 40k, and out of that only 150in manual, all manual just in 2001
@@TailoredChassisSolutions Yeah, good condition, but im the 6th owner, and there is rear panel damage that has been crappily repaired. 109k miles though!
Came for Jimmy’s Rx7. Staying for all things wagon.
Yes, a channel with wagons! I miss mine.
Glad to see a build on an SX, i picked mine up a few months ago and love it as the daily. End goal would be a 1uz swap. Hope everything works out for you
I feel you on the kids department. Wagons FTW.
Familyspec funhaver
Harold Da painter. Could make it Nice!!!!
4 coats of clear!!!!!!
👍 nice car
😅 I've had about enough with bad bodyshops Dave, hope all is well!
Came for the Subaru wagon, stayed for your love for wagons.
Longroof for life 🙏🙏
@@TailoredChassisSolutions still super happy with my NA GDB 04 2.0GX wagon
Can't wait to see it built.
All I have to say is yay and finally
Im doing my best Matt 🥲😅
"A radio for bluey " I get that 😂
If you hear the themesong in your sleep you know what Im talkin about haha
@@TailoredChassisSolutions 🤣
I still regret selling this car, nice to see it back! (Before anyone asks, no, I didn’t do the engine swap lol) love the build so far, can’t wait to see it done
Thanks Steve! Progress is slow but its coming along!
Our is300s really need to meet and kiss 😂 and I love that your build is basically what I want to do but never will
You still have ptsd from the mr2 lol
you got to get out of the basement lol ... new to your channel .. thanks J.O. ! i am so into that built ....heck once done and you wana sell it let me know !
"Family wagon but rolling anti-lag & launch control" 😂 Love that. I'm a BIIIG wagon guy. Pretty much any model in wagon form. Found your channel through Jimmy when he bought the white FC shell from you. Your work (TCS) is sick, I was immediately impressed by the knowledge & caliber of work. Stoked to see this build come to fruition.
Gotta get home before the groceries get warm, rolling antilag is for the family if you think about it 😅😂 Im a huge wagon guy too, im always looking for the wagon variant of the flagship models of every brand. Thank you for the kind words and support! 🙏
Hell yes! Love seeing more content around these cars. The Sportcross was a dream car of mine and bought mine in 2020 and it’s manual swapped (W55) and had black cloth interior. Looking forward to seeing the build process on this thing! 🤙🏻
PS they made 3076 of these cars from 01-05.
3076, thats the number! I couldnt remember exactly but I was within 25 😅. Cloth interior in the US? I didnt think that was a thing! Is your car a slicktop?
@@TailoredChassisSolutions Haha yeah you were super close! It’s not a slick top because the car was special order from the original owner. It was ordered with a sunroof and navigation and black cloth interior with the typical SX foldable passenger seat. I didn’t even realize it was Uber rare until I posted in a IS group on Facebook and someone offered to buy the interior if I ever wanted to sell it. 😂
This is going to be such a sick build!! I’ve always loved wagons and this one hits all the right spots. Can’t wait to hear and see this screaming in Mexico someday
The wagon really is so good! I like the sedan but the lines on the wagon just gives me goodebumps. Thanks for the support!
@@TailoredChassisSolutions Couldn’t agree more my dude. Thank you for awesome content filled with all kinds of knowledge
Your IS300 story up to this point sounds a lot like my current IS300 build. Painfully so. Every day is an opportunity to click the order button on a built R154 for my car.
Your plans/acquisitions are functionally identical to mine. I'd advise investigating the BTI CAN dash retrofit for the factory navigation hole and retaining the RS200 digital dash. It's a rare opportunity to utilize a factory part in a unique and functional way. Other than that, top notch selections as always.
Looking forward to the updates. Keep up the excellent work.
One day at a time! We've done a number of bti gauges in mk4s and although they work well I like having all of my data front and center. There are also protocol limitations with bti when trying to display every available channel on the bus like tpms etc. The ic7 just checks all the boxes for me and isnt terribly disruptive to the overall vibe of the car. Thanks for the support and good luck on your project!
As far as I know, they made 3078 Lexus IS300 Sportcross worldwide.
In Germany, we have less than 100 Lexus IS300 Sportcross.
I've got a blue slicktop Sportcross.
I would love to have a 4WD Gita... They are rear as ... .
Was it worldwide? I thought 3078 in North America alone not globally? I could be very wrong though haha
another video LET’S GOOOOOOO
Loved this. When are we going to see another video?
@@13THPR0PH37 soon actually, just got the bay back from paint 🫡
mmmm gita. Pity these never came with the beams 3s in them. It only came in the sedans :(
Beams is a very cool motor, we actually have an interesting drysump 5sfe bottom beams at the shop waiting patiently to go in something but the street friendly torque of the 2j and this vehicle weight is a good match!
@@TailoredChassisSolutions Oh shit, that sounds like an interesting motor!!
Came because of Jimmy and met up this video. Talk about mutually beneficial subbing. Lol
Stubmled onto this channel and I must say, the way you speak through the cars is top class! I love your energy and the background music is always on point, props to the video editor!
Thanks!
~the editor
Thank you and welcome! I am a chatty guy by nature so sometimes Im afraid im saying too much haha! Sean the editor/filmer does an incredible job and always NAILS the music and edits. Its folks like you and comments like this that make it worth it, thank you again 🙏
Ahh I’m a simple man I see another SportCross and here I am! Lol nice build, can’t wait till I pickup my Gita kit tomorrow. There was just a yellow one for sale on marketplace not too long ago!
The yellow one with rotten rockers FS in the Northeast?
@@TailoredChassisSolutions no there was a different yellow one in PA that had barely 100k miles with clean body for around 12k, idk if it’s still available he took the listing down. It was listed like a month ago it looked real clean the guy said it was sitting for 10 years or something
I love this Toyota Altezza wagon or IS300. I only seen two in my lifetime and it was a female driving it. 💥🤡💩😂😁😆😃😲😎🤷🤷🏼♀️👀💥
Imported a silver gita to AUS last year from japan, 2001 40,000Kms :D
More please. Man than engine is glory looking
🤝❤️
This thing gonna look amazing when done
Can’t wait to see the content from this
Keep in the needed parts loop these are all over Aruba
Needs-list is growing every day! Japan still luckily has some inventory as well but its drying up
Solar Yellow master race, my st205 celica is a faded solar yellow, super rare.
I love the color when its pristine but it sadly doesnt fare well in the sun. I am likely going to go with a slightly more red hue like a pheonix or millenium yellow but the visuals are still there! 205 is on my bucket list too!
@@TailoredChassisSolutions Yeah definitely the way to go, I'm probably going the same direction when I get around to redoing the paint work. You should 100% get an st205, underated cars and I would love more youtube content.
Nice, cant wait to see where this goes.. dont feel bad mine sat for almost 10yrs as i dealt with bad relationships and life. I spent 22gs on mine in 2008 for a sub 50,000 miile 100% stock 02' 5spd. (Im at 80,000 now)... Its a rods and pistons engine on a ms3pro now that ive been nice weather daily driving, still has the 5spd w55. They can handle 450-500 quite a few times until you have to replace the input shaft. Honestly i was surprised that it didn't break at 350 like "everyone" says they would. Im going to (free trans)4l80 swap it in the next few weeks once i finish making my adapter plate, then i wont have to keep rebuilding the trans every few months.... Keep up on the posts with this, id like to see your spin on the is300. You do good work, i like when people know how to do things right. From one tech to another, keep up the good work🤙
Thanks for the support! It was a weird situation and I wasnt in a place to be extending myself and it hit extra hard so I iced the car. Hoping I can make decent progress now and keep it interesting for everyone. W55 really isnt as bad as everyone makes them out to be from what ive experienced but people have a tendency to go super racey with solid mounts and solid disc clutches and that seems to be where the low power destruction propagates from. 4l80 will certainly solve that! Good luck with your project 🫡
19:00 I’d let this guy tune my iS
Nice to see another Sportcross build. I just gave you as follow on IG. I have an IS sedan and Sportcross
Let’s get some details on your Honda CR-Z!
The crz was my k20z1 daily but has recently been sold to a customer to convert into an endurance racecar. Ill do an overview quickly as part of a future shop update 🤝
Love the Toyotas!
Another Wagon. YES!
man seeing the sportcross and CR-Z together makes me sad, I sold my CR-Z a year before I got my sportcross
Hell yeah! Luv this build.
dope
god i want one of these things so bad. anyone wanna trade for a gs430? 😭
18k! MAAAAAN
Breathe just breaaaathe 😅😅
hi, Where i can find selling stats, because i own IS300SC and i can`t find how rare this car is. I know that is rare, but not sure how much. I`m not selling it, just curious
There have been some discussions about production numbers over the years, just over 3000 is the commonly agreed count
@@TailoredChassisSolutions but this should be only in US. I heared rumor, that worldwide about 40k, and out of that only 150in manual, all manual just in 2001
just got one 2005 with 85000 miles clean titles lmk if anyone interested! In Los Angeles!
18k for a not even running sportcross is insanity ive found multiple in my area for 8-12k clean and running
You saying 18k makes me feel like i got away with robbery for my 9k SX purchase.
You did 😢
@@TailoredChassisSolutions Yeah, good condition, but im the 6th owner, and there is rear panel damage that has been crappily repaired. 109k miles though!
COLLINS adapter sucks. Get Fisch / Serial 9
Hey Kevin, what sucks about it?
Honestly who didn’t overspend on a car during the height of Covid
We are all chumps 😅, I accept my chump badge
Please don’t add any BMW Phoenix Yellow 🤢 LOL
Bmw is verrry different from honda pheonix haha, bmw pukemustard