i was looking for the cloth seats since they were never an option in the US, at least in this color. I had a GS300 so I had the leather and sunroof experience also, but i sold that car recently and am now missing the luxuries a bit for sure.

it’s legal in my state so getting a ticket wasn’t a concern, it must have stemmed from watching tokyo drift as a kid lol

i recognize your profile pic, pretty sure i saw you post your car in the forums a couple days ago haha. definitely make some content, your car is clean!!

@@spaceboatt ty sir looking forward to more of your vids

tom’s mufflers are only slightly louder than stock i’ve heard. i deleted my secondary cat and the car has a TRD catback that deletes resonators. was still too quiet so i deleted the TRD mufflers, so essentially straight piped after the downpipe cat.

@@spaceboatt 2.5 inch piping? From the catback? Ima get different mufflers

congrats bro! whatever you do keep your resonators in, it reduces the rasp you get on the GE engines. All I have done to my GS300 is a rear muffler delete with 4.5in tips and it’s loud while still sounding great.

likewise brother! my car was white when i bought it too, originally a silver car. I had it sprayed BMW jet black door jams and all, only thing i’m missing is the engine bay.

i wonder how much a gte model would have gone for MSRP over a 400 or 430 brand new, interesting to think about.

@@spaceboatt according to Google the 400 was 46,000 and the 300 was 37,000, so I’d say 50k-ish considering the difference between an NA Supra and turbo Supra was around 15k. Apparently the V300 was sold for 4.4 million yen which came out to 30k usd so there’s also that. But I imagine not having to import it to a different country means it’s cheaper and also not being labeled the luxury brand.

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I am planning on doing a video specifically talking about audio upgrades for this platform, keep an eye out for it!

@@spaceboatt 👍

yeah i’m glad there’s a loophole in az otherwise i wouldn’t be able to register this thing lol

As long as the car is over 25 years old it’s legal to import, as far as registering it that’s where it might get tricky because it won’t pass emissions. For me in AZ, its emissions exempt as long as I have collectors insurance on the car. Which is the kind of insurance you want anyways on these kind of cars, so it works out.

yeah my instagram @ is the same as my youtube name.

Thank you 🙏🏼 The GS300 is actually a rebadged Aristo, as the Aristo came out two years prior to the GS. They are amazing cars, I have little to no complaints. One being they didn’t come in a factory manual transmission option.

@@spaceboatt May I ask, has your Aristo been reliable?

It has been reliable outside of some age/mileage wear issues. The throttle body gave out so I had to replace that, as well as the radiator because the plastic tank started leaking. Only other thing i’ve done I had the timing and water pump service done, that’s more preventative maintenance rather than necessary.

And how about the head unit install?

BOV was easy to install, took me 30 mins at the most. head unit was trickier because I couldn’t find any wiring diagrams for bypassing the JBL amp. if you have a test light and some patience you’ll be alright.

thank you brother! definitely need to get this thing in front of your lens whenever you’re back in town 🤝

she’s the daily man haha

i did but i recent changed back to oem wheels and it went away.

thank you brxo. I love it so far, coming up on 12k kms since the install so I will be having to change the filter soon. great sound and no performance issues to report.

there will be more videos coming soon!!

@@spaceboatt that’s awesome! Looking forward to them 👌