hi guys i woke up this morning to find my mk2 gs drivers side windscreen wiper arm had been completly snapped off over night,
do you guys know were i can get a replacement arm from? does the ls400 gs mk2 or gs mk1 all have the same type wiper arm?
i thank you all in advance for any assitance thanks

Sorry to hear this, and also sorry that i can't help with an answer..

However, were they in the summer or winter position, as if they were down in the summer position, you can't lift them up without them catching the bonnet... so you should check for any damage to the paint wok as well..


John

[quote name='Einstein' post='470713' date='Sep 15 2007, 11:28 PM']However, were they in the summer or winter position, as if they were down in the summer position, you can't lift them up without them catching the bonnet... so you should check for any damage to the paint wok as well..

John[/quote]
What is this about summer and winter position? Can you change this, and if so how?

IanB

[quote name='IanB' post='470936' date='Sep 17 2007, 11:38 AM'][quote name='Einstein' post='470713' date='Sep 15 2007, 11:28 PM']However, were they in the summer or winter position, as if they were down in the summer position, you can't lift them up without them catching the bonnet... so you should check for any damage to the paint wok as well..

John[/quote]
What is this about summer and winter position? Can you change this, and if so how?

IanB
[/quote]

The wipers have 2 positions (Summer and Winter) The summer position keeps the wipers below the bonnet line and obviously the winter one keeps them higher.

You need to pull the wiper blade up with a resonable amount of force to move from Summer to Winter, I have always found it easier to do this from the passengers side.

I only ever change the position to clean the very lower part of the windscreen as living in sunny Bournemouth its always summer lol.

Thanks RayKhan. You learn something new every day!

Cheers,
IanB

Everydays a school day.

Did you know that if you bring your sun visor down and then turn it through 90 degress (so its over the door window) it is telescopic and can be moved towards the rear?

On series 1 300 the wiper arms move up or down in relation to bonnet by turning the sleeve on the inside of the car on wiper control arm. This assists also when cleaning windscreen.

I used to really like that on my MKI but they stopped it on the MKII. Don't know why?

Sorry to read this, I hope you sort everything out soon.

All the best,
Jamie

thanks guys, i never usually park the lexus outside my house because of envious people, this was the 1st time i did it
so the vandal must have jumped at the oppotunity, i contacted lexus the price for new drivers side wiper arm is 51 pounds inclusive,
i just thank the vandal for not scratching the car that would be very expensive.