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Hi! Found some cheap clear tails for mk III. Does anyone know if I could fit the outer pieces to my mk IV? I recall someone mentioning that the outer pieces can be fitted but inner pieces having different mounting holes. Also haven't yet figured if any clear side repeater from some other lexus/toyota will fit mk IV ? Thanks

Got that hood lock fixed, loads of dirt inside. Took it off (three bolts/nuts) and washed it. Now works perfectly. Took the trunk seal off and put some silicone around it. Hopefully it´ll hold now. Maybe should check it for leaks once in a while. New costs 125€, so anyway I won´t be buying a new one... I also downloaded the service manual for the thing from techinfo.lexus.com for 10$. Very neat thing from toyota. The service data in the manual states that it is normal to have a 1cm difference in the vehicle heigth between sides. So I suppose that with air suspension it´s perfectly normal if your car is not perfectly balanced. I thought I would get my upper suspension arm bushings replaced before I get the wheels aligned. Has anyone order replacement bushing from the US ? And from where? Will they fit the European models? Thanks again. PS. The car just feels getting better by the day. Just wondering what to drive if I ever need to let this one go... :)

Finally found the owner´s manual under the driver´s seat... So now I know how everything should work. Going to try that silicone on the bootlid seal. Problem with the hood is that when I pull the release the handle stays up. So the hood opens but it won´t lock down when I push it down. When pull the release a few times it slips back to the original position and then the hood locks. Maybe a bad spring in the lock mechanism or something? So has anyone in the UK got air suspension? I just occured to me that the problem with the steering might have something to do with that one airshock being replaced. I think that the heigth controller has to be reset after that. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks again. Going to post some pictures when I get the car all washed&waxed.

The problem seems to be that when I hold the wheel exactly in the middle the car steers a bit to the left. If take my hands off the wheel it seems to keep on going a straigth line. Going to get the alignment done first thing next week. Also found out that the trunk seal is leaking and there was loads of water in the boot. Luckyly the spare wheel was ok. Going to get a new seal. The main problem now is that when I open the hood it won´t close. When I pull that leveler under the wheel it will stay up. Then when I keep on pulling it it snaps back to it´s place. So it seems to be stuck somehow. Anyone else having this problem ? What should I do ? Thanks. And hope you understood that hood part right. Rusty English you know...

Thanks for the info. Trying to get a copy of the manuals. The car itself feels really nice. I have driven Mercs and BMWs, but this is something different. The only minus being the gas mileage... Its a ´98 mk IV with 130k km (i guess 80k miles?) and has a full Lexus service history. It was previously a company exec car and has been driven by a company driver. Last service was at 126k km (breakdisc + pads + other stuff). Also one of the shockabsorbers was replaiced (It has got air supension). The only problem I´ve found is that the steering alignment could be wrong. When I center the wheel it seems like the car still steers a bit to the left. Should I get the wheels/angles realigned? Or could the suspension be going out? How long the air suspension usually lasts? Thanks again.

Hi! Just bougth a 1998 mkIV LS 400. Feels nice, just have had for two days now.. As I don´t have the owner´s manual for the thing haven´t yet figured out what that "function"-button in the steeringwheel is for? And should a light light up in the dash when you push the "shiftlock override"-button. I know it has got something to do with a extra gear or something? Thanks.