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Look for the flashing ones....that’s where I parked the car I think.

Thanks for your advice. Have managed to get the chrome inserts out today.

I doubt ATS would have taken the calipers off - Why do i say this, the time is off (takes someone knowing what they are doing about 15 minutes to do each wheel alone. They didn't know about the pad depth required and the wear factor, the pad depth you have should last with normal breaking at least 2 years possibly more. I have got to question the pin grease they have used if they are still stating they done it - some of these companies use copper ease or grease which cannot be used for the pins as it will soon degrade due to the heat, clump up and sieze the caliper. No specialist tools are required to grease the pins - a 14mm and 19mm spanner/socket to remove them. Rubber grease to re grease the pins and bobs your uncle. Would take a garage about an hour to do so would cost an hour or so in labour and cost for grease (no parts are replaced) If you have the space to do it yourself i would recommend if confident to give it a go, you will soon realise how easy it is to do.

Is the parking brake jammed or did you forget to release it?

I have that colour combo with my RC and have received many compliments.

As you're doing a bit of playing around, I can't help thinking a little boot spoiler like I've just done would look the biz on yours. I'm really pleased with the look of mine, it just adds a little something to the rear end.

I see.....I think!

Hmm... I'm afraid that doesn't sound as if they have cleaned and greased the sliders/pins. You need to find a garage familiar with Lexus brakes. I can send a drawing of how the sliders are accessed if it would help your negotiations. It may not be desperately urgent just now but don't leave them too long. Sent from my PSP7551DUO using Tapatalk

Pulse Width Modulation unit - basically like a dimmer switch in this case, more commonly used as speed controllers for little motors, like in radio-controlled cars. Dead simple, just +ve and -ve input, +ve and -ve controlled output. I dare say there will be expensive ones around but you can get them from China (wish.com) for a couple of quid.

Hi thanks for the quick responses I ordered the shock from nippon auto spares from a well known auction site they say it's a new genuine lexus Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

I replaced my battery 3 weeks ago and have a usb with volt meter in the car and after 14 days with only short trips i did go for an 1 hour trip, the charging volt was 14.2v allmost all the way and did go down to not charging after 55min. So if you use the car like me with only 10 min trips, charging the battery maybe once a month will make your battery happy and last longer. Quote Send Sticky Note

Fitted them when I had a 2016 NX, easy enough to do. Turn the front wheels to full lock to give you clearance for the screws and clips. For the rears, it easier to Jack the car up a bit to give you more space. You’ll need a small dump screwdriver if I remember correctly.

Jeff. The charger you have listed is a very good charger I have to say somewhat expensive, but does come with some useful attachment leads other than crocodile clamps. At the other end of the price scale is a similar offering from Aldi at £12-95 still with the smart functions. It has a liquid crystal display screen, settings for motor bike, car,and cold weather, and comes with a three year guarantee. It's down side is that if the electrical supply is interrupted it does not turn back on automatically. I have two of these. One keeps my sit on mower battery charged over the winter, and the other keeps my caravan battery fully charged over long periods of non use. This is important because the caravan is fitted with remote control electric motor movers allowing the van to be moved by hand held remote control from outside to get it out of it's tight parking area. I do not have experience of any jump packs. I have fitted a system in my car "basically a 300v to 12 volt inverter" that can be turned on to charge the 12volt battery from the HV traction battery if the 12 volt battery should become discharged for some reason. This is a bit of overkill as I also have a 110 AH 12 volt battery fitted, but although being disabled I like to be independent. John.

Agree with John above - more important to stay on top of the front in recognising when they require replacing. That said, i have just been out in mine after replacing all the pads, and along with the re-greased pins, what a difference in the braking - Replaced them all with Mintex pads, I have never gone for the fancy green or red pads etc, just made sure the ones i have used have been a recognised brand. The brakes are a lot more sharper than before and stop very very well.

This very short clip plays sound as now boosted by two sounders with radio on and shows the small amount of cable from Tomtom now visible when the TT screen is not in place. IMG_0202.MOV

Thank you John, a very very interesting and often quite alarming read So the battery pack is a separate item from the Inverter which is a separate issue from the failing Carbon ? $7000 switch ( presumably from petrol to battery mode ) Clearly any Ls600 I would buy would be long long out of Lexus warranty ( which doesn't seem to cover much of this anyway ,,,,,,,,,,,, at least in the USA) A fearsome read and many owners in the USA just effectively dumping their Ls600 cars coz of the hybrid issues emerging with those extraordinary costs It's a fair warning and one I shall heed, hybrid is good for the planet but maybe not so good for one's pockets It really is little wonder that the then late 1980's to late 90's flagship Ls400 is beginning to be eagerly sought after in some circles mine at 235k miles and only 24 years young in 6 days time looks to be the way to STAY well, until maybe I understand a little more about the Ls430 and Ls460 and some of the 'orrible bills that owners sometimes face with new technology failures Malc

I'll be down there on Wednesday, I'll get as much info as I can.

I've got this one here and although I've not needed to use it on my own car (yet) I have used it twice to get other people started and it worked brilliantly, no problem whatsoever. EDIT: Forgot to say that yes, that's a great choice of battery charger.

I brought two of this, one for me and the other for my daughter, i have used it once on next doors van and it worked perfectly. you can get different sizes for various size engines, https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MXKJTJT/ref=pe_3187911_189395841_TE_dp_1

Should be easy as access is excellent. the kit will come with instructions. Tel

Just don't get the ones I got! They'll be plenty of more suitable ones out there. I'm going to wire a PWM module in line on these to dim them down a tad.

You don't need to change the rear brake pads at 4.5mm. Standard rear pads start at 10.5mm and the minimum thickness spec is 1mm (but note that the MoT requires at least 1.5mm). So 4.5mm is about 2/3 worn - plenty of miles to go yet!.

Gentlemen, re the Ls600 repair / replacement hybrid batteries. I wrote to the web address above yesterday and quickly received this back and so I guess at the prices they are now to purchase you buy your cheap Ls600 and take your chances Malc Re: Contact from HBS Website : I'm thinking to buy a Lexus Ls600 and concerned that the battery welfare and longevity will be an issue for me, purchasing an older car Are these batteries repairable, replaceable economically at the end of normal life ( whatever that is ) ?Thank youMB - Lexus Ls600 Inbox x No - not economically 4-5k by the time Labour is added Kind Regards Richard l Richard Farwell <enquiries@hybridbatterysolutions.co.uk> Oct 19, 2019, 8:18 PM (9 hours ago) to me No - not economically 4-5k by the time Labour is added Kind Regards Richard l

Dis they take the calipers off when they replaced the bleed nipples?

Replaced all four brake disks and new pads - not bad since the disks have been on there from it left the factory 🙂 Also quick service (all fluids and filters) all nice and ready now for another winter as my daily driver except that drivers seat cushion - still can't get anyone to look at it let alone refoam it so I'm using one of those "eggshell" cushions bought off amazon not perfect but better than nothing.

Obviously I realise the colours themselves are not new, more of an update, I love my current interior, but I have to say, would swap for one of these without any hesitation! 😄

I've had my NX since November 17. Since then I've done 22900 miles and I keep a log of all fuel, mileage and what the OBD records. my average MPG over that time is exactly 40 MPG, I reckon my OBD is 2% optimistic which isn't bad. Most of my miles are driving the same route between Norfolk and Milton Keynes, mainly dual carriage way with bits of single carriage way and some spots where there is always traffic queues. I use the adaptive cruise control set to 70 MPH and rarely go over that MPG is worse in winter than summer +/- 5MPG, Traffic has mixed impact, short moving queues that the battery can manage improve MPG whereas long queues where the motor runs to charge the battery make it worse. Curiously times when there is no traffic at all seem to make the MPG worse. There is no doubt that Hybrid driving requires a different style to get the best MPG and it's really easy to get a poor MPG by driving aggressively.

Why Thank you Geof for your kind words. I agree the car is a mix of old and new Lexus components at this stage of the game. I am hoping the Mk2 CT will be fresher and more up to date overall...

Hi and congratulations, a very posh looking car and in the quickest colour combination. I used to have one a bit like that. 🙂

Hi Jeff. Sorry to answer with a rather long post, but it may give you an answer, and an incite to battery charging. The charger you have is the old school resistance charger. It uses a transformer to bring down the mains voltage, and a rectifier to change the AC supply to DC for charging. It then uses a wire wound resistor as a current regulator. Effectively the resistor drops the voltage depending on the amount of current being drawn "the higher the current the greater the voltage drop". At the start of charging the battery voltage will be low compared with the charger, and the current will be high so the resistor drops the voltage because it is carrying a high current. As the battery charges it's voltage goes up towards the voltage maximum output voltage of the charger the current being drawn falls, and the voltage drop of the resistor decreases raising the output voltage to maintain the current. This is called constant current charging. The problem with this system is it tends to overcharge batteries if left on charge for too long a period. I would stop the charging when the 100% light is on with the others turned off. Modern chargers use a program usually to give three different charging rates:- A high voltage to give a high current charge to charge the battery to around 80% to 90%. This is called bulk charging. At around this level the battery begins to refuse to accept charging, and starts to heat up. The next stage takes over charging the battery at a steady lower rate until the battery reaches it's full voltage. This is a voltage "for a 12 volt battery" of 13.8 volts up to 14.2 volts depending on the type of battery. Flooded "standard car battery", AGM "absorbed glass mat", and AGM gel "an AGM battery with a jelly instead of a liquid electrolyte". At full voltage the battery charge voltage is bought to a level where the battery is being charged at a few milliamps. This is called float charging, and can usually be kept up indefinitely. A flooded battery will be fully charged at 13.8 to 14 volts An AGM battery will be fully charged at 14.2 to 14.4 volts An AGM gel battery will be fully charged at 14.2 to 14.4, but it's charge rate must be kept at or below that of the manufacturers specification. The charge rate is limited because the battery must not be allowed to gas. This is because the gel will hold the gas as a bubble against the plates of the battery reducing the area of contact of the gel electrolyte to the plates. In a liquid battery the gas would simply float to the surface. In a gel battery a gas bubble is almost impossible to remove reducing the capacity of the battery. John.

Not sure if my wife is incompetent, fashionably ignorant or just couldn't give a kcuf, but if she phones the Lexus breakdown or RAC etc she would expect them to know what they are doing when they arrived, like any other trained professional without her giving them instructions.🤣

Update: Had a day off today so i wen't up to take a closer look at 2008 LS600h local to me. Amazing car, totally different to any GS.. or perhaps mk2 GS is the closest you will get the same magic carpet ride feeling lol. 4GS is already a massive, luxurious car.. but LWB 600 with RSRP makes it look like a budget motor 😅 No plans to buy the LS atm, just wanted to feel how it's like to drive 600h.. and it did not disappoint .. i have always been driving like oap, but still the traction control came on way too often.. sound proofing @ Rolls Royce level.. It's just that to me, personally, Mk4 GS appeals more. It may be a lesser car, but its more modern, i somehow feel more involved when driving GS... Btw my future-to-be GS450h is in Lexus dealership getting serviced and checked before i take over 😛 Pictures will follow..

I can understand engine choice being a factor in choosing or rejecting a car but infotainment system? For me that really does not make sense. But the world would be a boring place if we were all the same. Even if the sheer number of German soot boxes out there does indeed show that many people do like being the same!

No, I'm not a real fun guy, I'm the sort of person who thinks it's funny that people or the companies they work for spend 10s of thousands of pounds on a piece of equipment and don't bother to find out about it. In this age of bean counting efficiency, it is still fashionable to not know anything about simple and basic engineering; like ignorance is an art form.

It might help with future incidents if people read up on how to jump start Lexus/ Toyota hybrid on board computers. The cars computer is booted up by the 12 volt battery and once this is done, the on board computer enables the traction battery to start the car. Many non specialist garages and recovery companies dont know this and so it is of great benefit for the owners of said vehicles to know something about their own vehicles. The vehicles instruction book helpfully tells the owner how to start up the car should the 12 volt battery fail. Simply by reading this section to the recovery operative, a lot of inconvenience may be avoided should the owner be of the non technical type need to get home with the minimum of fuss. The manufacturers provide the vehicle with instruction books to enable those non technical type owners to be aware of how their vehicles may be operated in the event of some common faults. Those owners who dont read the instructions due to other things in their lives being more interesting/important have only themselves to blame. I parked our hybrid in the airport long stay for a fortnight knowing that the car would most likely run its own12v battery down. I therefore bought and charged a booster battery for it prior to my departure and left the battery in the car ready for our return... so that when i returned to the car after my holiday, i simply connected up the booster battery to the underbonnet jumper terminals and started up the cars computer which in turn started up the cars engine from the traction battery. The whole process took 2 minutes and was spectacularly undramatic and boringly simple.I just had to remember to unlock the car with the key in the lock rather than by pressing the button on the key fob.