Bought Another One

[v8rick]

hello all and as the title says i`ve just bought another ls400 its a 1997 mk3 with a genuine 104000 on the clock , and only 2 owners , but lord the last one has not been kind to it .

the inside is like a tip , its filthy or was filthy i spent the whole day cleaning it and now it lovely , its the turn of the outside tomorrow .

one the whole the car has a lot of potential and i can now see the light at the end of the tunnel , there are however a couple of things i need a bit of help from you guys with if possible , at some point the aerial has been changed for an after market item and i would like to go back to original if possible does anyone have an idea of the price or where i could source a second hand item ?.

also the car only came with one key but i think i`ve got that sorted after reading a post about a company in kent who can supply and cut a new one .

and finally for some strange reason both door mirrors although not broken have no reflection its just like a piece of glass ??????? does anyone know if its possible to get a replacement glass i.e the stick on type ideally without having to go to the lexus dealers many thanks.

rick.

[P38Aaron]

Hope the new car treats you well, from the sounds of things your going to be looking after it.

Halfords sell wing mirror glass, not sure if they do Lexus.

[spacenase]

and finally for some strange reason both door mirrors although not broken have no reflection its just like a piece of glass ???????

rick.

It's caused by the auto-dimming feature, I don't know the technicalities, but it's to do with whatever creates the dimming effect.

Hope this helps!

KEITH

[v8rick]

yes mate i certainly hope so , i cant stand to see such a lovely car abused , mind you it will be company for my m reg ls 400 and my rangerover p38a , the missus will kill me one of these days :D :D .

one the bright side ive just seen a breakers quite close to me that may turn up the goods fingers crossed .

[v8rick]

and finally for some strange reason both door mirrors although not broken have no reflection its just like a piece of glass ???????

rick.

It's caused by the auto-dimming feature, I don't know the technicalities, but it's to do with whatever creates the dimming effect.

Hope this helps!

KEITH

thanks mate i think i saw that somewhere else on here as well , tomorrow i will make a template and go to halfrauds to see if i can get a match , not to bothered about anti dimming ( i`ll just squint )

[andyman1966]

and finally for some strange reason both door mirrors although not broken have no reflection its just like a piece of glass ???????

rick.

It's caused by the auto-dimming feature, I don't know the technicalities, but it's to do with whatever creates the dimming effect.

Hope this helps!

KEITH

thanks mate i think i saw that somewhere else on here as well , tomorrow i will make a template and go to halfrauds to see if i can get a match , not to bothered about anti dimming ( i`ll just squint )

Hi, ibought a new mirror for my old mark2 from lexus and was very surprized by the price.If my memory serves me right it was about £26inc vat and its was heated.Hope this helps Andy

[ROYT]

Three cheers for this guys wife...she lets him have two LS 400's and a range Rover......now

thats what I call love........

[ian11]

this guy must really be on friendly terms with the local shell station till slave !!!

[v8rick]

this guy must really be on friendly terms with the local shell station till slave !!!

the rangrover is on lpg so its like running a eurobox style family car and well both the luxus , i can only drive one at a time and dont need to tell you guys how good on fuel they are for a 4 ltr v8 .

i called in halfrauds today and surprised myself they do a replacment mirror glass , although i had to order them o/s and n/s the pair came to just over £11.00 which is a lot better than the silly prices lexus are talking about .