hi

i posted on this site over a week ago but i'm finding it difficult to source the parts that i require - please advise

i had a vehicle diagnostic carried out by lexus and the following issues arose:

- rear coil spring broken

i am not going to buy eibach or h&r as i only deal with original parts and do not want the ride to suffer - lexus have advised that i get a pair at £99.24 each - when i told them that my mk4 had the DHP and that the vehicle only required the DHP springs they seemed confused to my amazement - i wasn't happy - am i going to have to pay £200 for a set of rear springs from the dealer or is there an alternative - i have checked ebay uk/usa as well as breakers/salvage BUT nothing!!! also how sure am i that i will get the DHP springs - if they order them and then i fit them and then find out that they were NORMAL mk4 springs; to say i will be gutted is an understatement!

- front radius arms

lexus have quoted £64.39 each for the front right and front left radius arms - once again upon the advice of the forum i checked with many motor factors/breakers/salvage including ebay uk/usa - NO ONE HAS ANY IDEA what on earth a radius arm is - i went back to lexus - even they were mumbling saying that it was some sort of a strut - is it the upper control arm - the lower control arm - is it the wishbone - even so if they are these parts then the prices are extortionate - no way near what lexus is quoting - can someone please tell me what a radius arm is and why lexus for some bizarre reason is the cheaper one out there?

- near side front wheel bearing with seal and nut

lexus quoted £96.01 for the bearing - £2.61 for the seal and £2.61 for the nut - i checked with nip-parts who will provide the bearing and the seal but NO nut at a cost of just under £50 - has anyone dealt with this company and if so how reliable are they? nip-parts advised that i use the same NUT - is this true?

- front suspension bump stops x 2

lexus quoted £19.65 - once again all the motor factors said that this was a dealer part as well as the parts above - i was surprised at the wheel bearing as i thought that would be readily available

i hope you guys/girls can shed some light on the above as i quite quickly need to get the suspension back in order for a 100% comfortable ride

thanks

projucer

Hi, most motor factors and the aftermarket parts people, dont really bother making the parts for the bigger lexus as there is not the sort of demand you would get with say a ford, thats why all saying dealer part only.
A mate of mine, the owner of a garage has had the same problem finding parts for the Ls400, in the end he has had to use lexus genuine parts, in one case the parts come to more than the car was worth/payed for, but the owner loved the car and payed the price to have the work done

To be honest, apart from the wheel bearing you're gonna have to buy the parts from Lexus UK, especially since yours is a DHP version.

Whether you get Lexus to fit the parts or another garage, is your choice. Personally, when I had my LS suspension problems, I bought all the parts from a Lexus dealer in the States and got them fitted by an independent garage here.

I still don't know what radius arms are, but from the price quoted, it doesn't sound like either the upper or lower control arm.

I got a wheel bearing for my GS from www.japarts.co.uk, and it fitted fine. It was an aftermarket company in Japan that had made the bearing.

You're not going to find many aftermarket parts for LS400s in the UK, considering around 300 were sold each year. Not enough demand for them.