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Hi

Just thought I'd take the opportunity to say Hi, my name is Luke and I'm new to Lexus, but not by a long stretch, to Japanese cars. 

I've just bought a Lexus LS430, and looking forward to learning, sharing and enjoying the ownership experience. 

 

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Thanks! There's a long way to go before its a 'lovely' Lexus! But I am working on it. 

Currently going through it cleaning years of being smoked in and general neglect. Ewww! 

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Thanks all for the warm welcome. 

After a week of evenings and a weekend of scrubbing, my LS is now officially on the road. 

Here's the kind of grot I've been taking care of! :sick:

 

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Hi

 

No caravans for me. That belongs to a neighbour. Though I am very tempted to put Paul's transmission cooler on anyway, seeing as he's local and its a simple upgrade. 

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Yuck, the first picture looks like you had enough tobacco down there for a roll up!  Thankfully mine was a non smokers car.   Looking forward to more pics.  Is the body as good as it looks?

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Ha, thanks Verbout, the alloys are truly awful at the moment. Once the weather dries up, I'll get them smartened up. 

Rest assured the car was only stopped like that while I swapped some cars around the driveway. No kerbing/scraping, just a wheel up. 

 

The Acre, yeah it was beyond grim. Using cotton buds to pull tar off the lock switches, it was so thick. *shudder*

The body is straight, but has a few scratches and scrapes. Nothing a good bit of spit and polish won't sort. On that topic, any ideas how hard the paint is? On my Subaru and Honda the paint is super soft and marrs/swirls for fun, and I've only ever used a finishing pad and ultra fine compound.

As a comparison, my old BMW I'd go at it practically with chisels and it wouldn't mark at all, such was the hardness of the paint. 

 

 

 

 

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