MAT_8N

sorry mate. haven't got any replies. i've looked on ebay too and there is only the mount blanc or thule ones but i dont thinkk they sit as neat in the rails. there was definately some on there, i dont know if you can search for previous items....you used to be able too. i'll keep looking, they are about....they were definatly mkI lesus ones too as i was gutted because they wouldn't fit ine!

there was some on. i think i may have asked a question to one of the sellers....may have a reply...i'll have a look in a bit

there was some on ebay the other day, i just got a set for my mkII for about £60 delivered(genuine lexus). i noticed at least one mkI set. they were quite hard to find....i either put rx 300 in my search or roof bars and trawled through to find them!

cleared that up! well they work!!!!! i nearly had a crash tonight! some dumb women pulled out on me and i had to emergancy stop. it would have been a big impact without the abs, i steered away at the very last moment. i ended up looking out my passenger side window at the woman!!!! and it was all wet too. thank god for good cars with good brakes.

apperently dot 3/4 are sythetic based. if it was mineral it would be called LMH or something, like what they use in citreons and old rollers and jags(more hydraulic based) dot3/4 have always been synthetic but haven't had it on the bottles until quite recently. the number in my manual for brake fluid is SAE J1703 dot 3 and on all the dot 3 sythetic based bottles i've seen have that number. its the common brake fluid. i dont think lexus use anything different or older? can anyone else confirm this please thanks

in the shop i normally go to they only have sythetic based fluid in stock. he said it would be hard to get mineral fluid now! he also said that it would be ok to go to synthetic but not then to go back to mineral? is this right? i dont want to do the wrong thing. i'm in no rush to do it, i just want to do it right. thanks for all the advice.

i want to give my ls400 a blast!! might have a go at york sometime? my mates got a road legal 1970's vw beetle that does it in the high 9's!!! dont think i'll be beating that!

It will feel a bit spongy untill they bed in, do this gently over a few hundred miles and the pedal will be fine, at the moment only part of the pad is touching the disc when you break, the pedal feels spongy because you are in effect bending the pads to fit the disc. It may be a good idea to change the brake fluid anyway as it will absorb moisture over time, you do this by bleeding the furthest brake first, bleed it untill most of the fluid has gone (do not let it go completely) then top up with fresh fluid, then bleed again untill frsh clean fluid comes out, keep topping up and do all the four wheels untill it is clean from each one. Use the correct rated fluid, check your handbook, probably dot4, do not use synthetic fluid, if you want to change to this you will have to change all the seals in the brake system. There would be no benefit on a standard car anyway.... Good Luck Pete that sounds about right. looking at the front disc its only touching the top half. i thought it was because there was air in the system so it wasn't working properly. i was gonna bleed the system right through anayway as i dont think its been changed for about 60k miles!! am i better off waiting a few hundred miles before i do it? cheers Matt oh yea, the manual cd manual says its dot 3 and a load of numbers. i'll double check with my ls 400 manual i got with the car.

don't you do it from the longest and work the otherway? i've got one of them cd manuals and they recomend the back to front method? i'm sure i've always done it from back to front? its been that long and that was on a single circuit 1955 vw beach buggy!!

just found out bleed master cylinder first then, right rear left rear right front left front.

a few stickers makes a world of difference B)

anyone one know which order i bleed the brakes in? its a 96/97 ser 3 ls 400. do i start at the back and then the front or is there an order? just put new pads in and it still feels a litttle spongy. ta

yes. it does say so on the info sheets i've seen online the insatller couldn't get it back on/in. i haven't tried yet(i only gopt to see it this morning). i'm sure there will be a way!

just had a brink detachable towbar fitted to our 04 RX300. it fits perfect and is completely invisible including the electrics(£350 fitted) but now the spare doesn't fit.....i knew before it was done it wouldn't. what do people do? can you get a space saver to fit? i dont really want it in the open boot as the dog goes in there. thanks Matt

i got a new head unit of ebay in full working order for £35 and it came with the aircon/climate controls attatched(ser 3) fitting was a doddle and i sold the aircon bit! winner. as for tyres, i'm running 18"s with cheap tyres(correct speed rating) a bit noisier but just as smooth....i'm not that fussy as its quite enough

where did you take it?

the £950 is the first time the car is taxed....its another new car tax. after the first 12 months of tax its back to £440/£450 or whatever they feel like robbing us of

if you find a place that will do it i have a kenda?(i think) 215/35/19 with loads of tread with what sounds like the same kind of puncture..........i dont want the tyre but if anyone needs one they can have it for postage.

i want to carry two bikes with the wifes 04 rx300, but looking at that roof lip/spolier thing it looks too flimsey to strap a bike rack too? anyone done this? are there other racks that will work? or roof bars are an option but they seem pricey once you add on the cost of the bike holder bits! i'm also getting a towbar fitted but its a detatchable one so the towbar mounted ones are no good either i dont think what have people used? Ta

he's cleaned it!!! are you on here feeling guilty :D

i'm watching it at the moment to see how it goes. it does seem a touch more responsive? or maybe its in my head!!!

i haven't done the fuel filter yet. i had the front end up on axel stands so could just get through to the back for a look and a fiddle, but there wasn't much room. my drive is on a slope so i needed to turn it round and jack the back end up. looking at it though, again its a very simple job(just near the diff on mine too) just a bit messy with the fuel that leaks. i'll get it done soon, probably take about 20 mins!! everything is so well thought out and easy to replace.

i did look into it before i bought them. i got all my service parts from them. the oil filter,air filter, fan/alternator belt thing, fuel filter and plugs and it came to $78.85($80) + about $30 postage. $110 at todays exchange rate is about £55/£60.....i got caught for £20 import/vat whatever it is but its still only about £80. i bought some semi synthetic oil and changed everything myself, which was a doddle.......all in it was about £120ish quid for a service and plug change which i thing was a good price! i was wary that the stuff might not be right but it was all spot on and arrived 48 hours after the order!!

will do. cheers