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Ls 430 Suspension Questions


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I'm looking to establish whether or not I should replace my LS 400 with a 430 or not when the time comes, so I have a few questions:

1) Do all Ls 430s come with air suspension?

2) If there is / was an option for spring suspension, how do I find a car with that

3) Assuming I have a car with air suspension, how troublesome is it? Would it be worth me setting some money aside to have the whole set-up overhauled after purchase?

4) Is it possible to convert to spring suspenion?

I'm not 100% I want another LS if I am going to run into expensive problems with this. If must work correctly all of the time.

Thanks in advance for the input

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From what I read the AS was an option rather than the norm for the LS430 so there should be conventional suspension set ups out there.

"Additional options included rear-window and rear-door sunshades, parking assist, rear seat heaters and power door closers. The Lexus LS 430 was also available with adaptive cruise control, a smoother-riding air suspension, power-adjustable rear seats and a separate rear air-conditioning system."

Looked on toyodiy and this shows both AS and spring setups on the 2001 LS430.

There are conversion kits around for the earlier LS400 models and I would think similar kits for the 430 are available.

From what I have read the air suspension is generally reliable but expensive IF it goes wrong with replaceemnt air struts around 1K each, I cannot find any regular maintainance to prolong their life.

There have been problems with water ingress into the suspension height sensors.

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Thanks Steve.

I'll steer clear of the AS ones if I can. I read about the water ingress problem.

When the time comes, I might even have the car suspension overhauled with aftermaket components and the whole lot set up. My LS400 rode much better after a geometry set up when I put the new tyres on.

I don't have any worries with the engine or gearbox (despite the snag on mine) as the OBD 2 should avoid a lot of head scratching should a fault occur.

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