millspeed

Hi all. I have not been in the LS for a while now as I have too many toys to play with! I tried over the bank holiday to start her up and go and get the papers. I was given 2 proper lexus 2 button remotes when I got the car but they have never actualy worked. I have always used the key to get in. I noticed that after unlocking the door with the key, the indicators were flashing. This obviously meant that the alarm was going off but that the siren had been switched off. I wondered whether the cars Battery might have been low on volts so I put a jump pack on, no difference. I then bought a brand new Battery after reading another post and it still dont work!! I would hazard a guess that the remotes are "out of synch". Is there a procedure that I have to go through to resynch and if so does anybody know it??I want to sell the old girl so it needs to start.

Any help would be most welcome

Regards

Steve

This message is for MAC 600 and L3XIS. Sorry guys but I have a problem sending e-mails at the moment. If you P.M me I will try and work out how to reply. I am sure the cd was in the car still and all interior trim looked intact.

If I have no joy with the P.M I will try some other way of getting in touch with you guys.

All the best

Steve

Mr "fish" Your a true gent. Thanks for your reply. I feel much better about tackling the job now. Do you know a good supplier of lowering springs? Also how low is sensible bearing in mind I have 8.5" x 18" sport wheels to go on? I have read that a 3" drop is permissable without any problems. As I only have the 8.5" rears I dont thinks "rubbing" will be an issue.

Thanks again for your input.

Regards

Steve

No idea mate on max safe drops. I was just reversing the suspension raise that the previous owner had done on my Sport. So I was only after the 1" drop all round that the Sport had. Getting the springs is a bit of a lottery, I got mine from Envy Performance (they should come up on google). Took longer to arrive than anticipated though. Might be worth PM'ing Monster Mat on here, as he may be able to get the same RS*R Down springs that I used a bit quicker. If I'm honest, I wouldn't want to slam my GS down by 3 inches, even the 1" drop gives me plenty of problems on driveways and speedbumps. With a car this long, it doesn't take much to ground the exhaust, I can't get my car down to the girlfriends garage at all. I think the 1" drop looks spot on with the wheels, albeit I have the 10" ones on the back.

Thanks again Tiger fish. I think I am going to get the wheels painted and then remove one spring with wheel in place just to see what it looks like. I must have been drinking again because I have no intention of a 3" drop!! I will put some pics up when I get the "stance" right.

Cheers for your help

Regards

Steve

It is very easy to lower the back end if you have the lowering springs. I changed my back springs last weekend, the most awkward part was getting the bottom bolt/nut undone on the strut. A two foot breaker bar did the trick in the end. Remove the boot trim (between the boot and petrol tank). Undo the bottom mount, undo the 3 top mounts nuts, loosen (but do not remove) the centre nut on the damper shaft on the top mount. Remove the caliper to make it easier to remove the strut. Push down on the hub while swinging the bottom of the strut outwards and towards the back. From that point spring removal is the same as any other strut using spring compressors. Mark the top mount and spring seat components in relation to the damper body so that they are all lined up the same on re-assembly. Torque up the nuts/bolts once the vehicle has been lowered back down onto the wheels.

Torque settings:

Top mount nuts: 20 N.m (14 ft.lbf)

Bottom mount bolt/nut: 137 N.m (101 ft.lbf)

Damper centre nut: 27 N.m (20 ft.lbf)

Mr "fish" Your a true gent. Thanks for your reply. I feel much better about tackling the job now. Do you know a good supplier of lowering springs? Also how low is sensible bearing in mind I have 8.5" x 18" sport wheels to go on? I have read that a 3" drop is permissable without any problems. As I only have the 8.5" rears I dont thinks "rubbing" will be an issue.

Thanks again for your input.

Regards

Steve

Hi Steve, can you recollect what condition the front seats are in ?

Regards Dave

Hi Dave. From what I can remember the Interior as a whole was in very good nick. If you would like to talk to the chap yourself, I can give you his number. Im afraid that I dont know how to P.M yet so you can e mail me at millspeed88 at btinternet dot com.

Regards

Steve

Hi all. I have just been and collected a set of sport alloys with tyres and a complete exhaust from cat back to tailpipes for the paultry sum of £220.00 the lot! I asked the guy if he would mind me letting you lot know his details. He is happy to speak to anyone with reference to parts from this car. Its a 1995 GS 300 sport. Well I think its a sport as it had sport wheels and boot spoiler. The car is silver and has had a heavy frontal whack. All interior (grey leather) is intact and there will be some engine stuff that is still salvagable. All corners are still on the car and dont look like they have taken any impact. So if any body needs any parts please let me know and I will pass on the chaps details.

In the meantime I have my tyre shop removing the tyres so that I can get the rims painted satin black and then the windows will get the same "black" treatment. Does anyone know how easy it is to lower the back end on a GS 300 1997? I want to get the car sitting right at the back to make the new wheels look proper.

regards

steve

welcome mate.

Stav

Thanks guys for all the replies and welcomes. I am slightly overwhelmed. I will put some pics on when I have worked out how to do it and I've cleaned the car.

All the best

Steve

Hi all. I have just become the very proud owner of a 1997 GS 300. Not my first choice of Lexus but it was so cheap that I just had to have it. I have worked on Lexus models before and have always been amazed at how well engineered they are. I once joked with my apprentice that I could stand a 10p piece on a V8 LS400 engine.. To my utter astonishment, it stood up!! Ever since then I have promised myself that I would one day own one.

It has done an incredible 203000 miles and I promise you it drives as if it had done 40000!!!! I am going to put a bigger set of wheels on it as I dont like the shape of the rear wings and boot. I think they are a bit out of proportion. Big wheels should sort this.

Anyway, I am going to have a look through the forum and see if there are any wheels for sale.

All the best

Steve