American Parts

[Ghosty]

Hello all i am a quite new member had my GS 430 for 2 months now was an upgrade from my XJ8 3.2 thought treat myself for my 22nd birthday coming up. I was used to having Jags (2 of them) and paying out the nose for parts. when i read up on Lexus that was one of the cons of ownership that parts are expensive, well i disagree partly with that compared to jaguar parts they are cheap. well for the main part that is i had lower ball joint arm replaced 300 fitted at Lexus same part jaguar fitted sort of part jaguar 700.

Jaguar may have been expensive but they knew with some things to take the mick simple things like nuts small bushes slider pins. I have found with Lexus they like to treat the fact they make nice cars as incentive to try and rob you. I payed the other day 5 pound for a slide bush smaller than my finger nail, and 9 pound for calliper slider pin. my sort of question is how many people actually buy parts from Lexus because i have found since owning that it is very hard to find parts else where in the UK.

I wanted a simple anti roll bar bushes Lexus wanted 26.59 each yet online for a Vauxhall Vectra 4pound for 2 front bushes on eBay. there seems to be a lack of Lexus parts around then this morning i did a search worldwide for Lexus parts and what do you know i now have front and rear polythene bush including shipping for 26 pound coming from america.

So just wondering do many member just order most parts from America as it is a hell of a lot cheaper for most things. I understand with nice cars it cost alot to fix i spent over 3k in the time i have my Jaguar S type, but i do begrudge paying silly money for something that cost toyota 2p to make.

[TigerFish]

Yeah, I've bought parts from the states and China/Japan/Taiwan. OK if you are not in a rush, but sometimes Lexus/Toyota are the best option for speed.

[GOLO]

Hi

I have bought from the USA and found them OK. I bought a set of poly bushes for the anti roll bar and they only cost £25 inc PP and they came pretty quickly.