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There is always a drain on the battery as there are so many systems to keep alive when the ignition is turned off. I have recently removed the Lexus fitted 50ah battery in the boot of my GS450h and replaced it with a 70ah , it fits the tray but not the holding strap which is only bolted into the floor, am getting one fabricated. Unfortunately this is not possible in the RX400h as the battery is in the front with only space enough to fit the original.

Hi folks, long time since I have been on the LOC , Soarer committed suicide on a greasy roundabout , bought GS 430 which got rear ended / written off, have now got a GS450h and have just bought a RX400h for work as my Surf failed its last MOT big time never had a failure before, so am not paying out big money on a 23 year old truck, hence the RX, however the RX has a couple of issues the front light washers do not pop up or give water, and the front and rear parking sensors are inoperative , have gone through some of the fuses but I don't want to pull out fuses that I don't know what they do , it also appears that the below dash fuses duplicate the under bonnet fuses so confusion reins, if no one on here can help then its going to be a visit to Lexus dealer.

Having recently changed the camera unit on my GS430 I can tell you the camera is a sealed unit , I managed to buy a good working second hand camera from Lithuania off the internet for £40.00 and its working perfectly however when the sun is low and you are reversing into it the camera gives an image like an over exposed photo but at all other times the imaging is pin sharp and very good even at night. A new one fitted by Lexus (fitting takes about 20minutes) will set you back £630.00.

Those rear window louvers take me back to late 60's early 70's, I had similar fitted to the 3 ltr Capri's I had at the time , I have wondered recently what they would look like on the slope of the rear window of my GS430, though the auto rear blind would then become redundant.

I do not have a 450 but I do have a GS430 and the sport button stiffens up the suspension adjusts the steering responce and the gears will hold on till the top revs are reached before changing up if you keep the accelerator pushed down , yours may well bring the electric motor into play to give extra power?

In my GS430 I use Sainsburys 98 ron un-leaded, I used it in my Soarer which actually according to Toyota required 100 ron being a 4ltr with a 10-1 compression ratio by the same token being the same engine but up rated I thought it would be prudent to use the same grade petrol.

As the cooling system has a header/expansion tank the radiator filler cap is really superfluous hence the bleed screw on the later models, so either rads will be ok to fit this also applies to the SC series

This is the way I have done repairs when the pieces were not available to glue back in. Take out the glass, remove the screws holding the motor unit , let it dangle on the wires if there is no connector handy , tape some oiled/greased , grease proof paper over the outside of the hole , use some fibre glass resin to blend in and fill the hole from the inside allow to harden remove the tape and repeat the process on the out side, blend in the contours of the mirror case by adding layers of body filler, sand to a smooth finish , blending into the surrounding paint work cover with primer, smooth with 1500/2000 grade wet and dry abrasive paper , repeat until smooth finish is obtained , spray with final colour until you are satisfied with final finish , use abrasive between coats if you get runs or am not happy with the finish as is.

I can vouch for the parts actually coming from Lithuania as I bought a rear parking camera for my GS430 from there as mine wasn't working and now it is ,I wouldn't be without it now.. Lexus wanted over £600.00 for a replacement camera ,£43.00 from over there off e-bay.

You could try here http://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/batteriesfinder/index/productlist/ I bought the Hankook battery for my GS430 and have had no problems also a good guarantee period

David, that's an interesting post as I was told my 2055 GS430 was a sport when I bought it, but have nothing to substantiate whether it is or not, there is no mention of a sport in the owners manual. other than a sport button, however it is fully loaded with all published extra's.

Pleased to see a few more GS430's are popping up, I spotted 2 more in Gloucester recently 1black gen 2, 1 silver gen1, they are no doubt a real sleeper when it comes to big saloon cars and Lexus quality for ford money..

Having just lost my Soarer, I recently bought a GS430 and its one hell of a car , a wolf in sheep's clothing, fully loaded with stuff I never knew existed like radar cruise control , more power than the Soarer had, 0-60 time just less than 6 secs (Lexus figures)..A full 5 seater saloon with sport coupe performance. The problem is finding them , though I notice there are some available on a few car sales sites £5000 - £7000 depending on the year.

Mine is actually a 2055 but has 2006 spec, I have read somewhere that only 2000 were made in 2006 but no indication as to where they went in the world.Some must have come here but how many I wonder. Perhaps they all came to Gloucestershire I would have never expected such a large saloon to be so loaded or quick. Are you in Gloucester?

It would appear that there is not many of us then , my gen 3 was sold as a sport but I can't find out what the difference might be. However I'm really pleased with it, a real sleeper on the road and there are still toys I haven't even tried yet especially on the pop out panel, Its a totally different experience to my late Soarer and it would appear to be nearly as exclusive.