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Is it me or are the handbrake shoes shot? Seems like there is hardly any friction material left on them?

Well, there is more material on them than the picture shows, it does look pretty thin. Wouldn't call them shot, maybe a bit lower than new :)

OK, having renewed my front discs and pads with Mintex kit last week and then refurbed the caliper holders (pins, bushes and rubbers) I decided to go all out and do the same to the rear.

I have got to tell you, it is not that hard! You can save yourself a fortune over getting it done at Lexus and having used the helpful guides on this site to do the front (could not find one for the rear) I decided to do this thread for others that may need to carry out the task.

Firstly the kit - All new, anti squeel kit, fixing pin kit, clip kit, lithum grease, new mintex pads and new mintex discs.

Next the tools - socket set, torque bar, breaker bar for the two 17mm nuts holding caliper, socket set, jack, that's it really.

So, wheel off and car jacked up, in park and bricks under front tyres (well, you never know!). The old, scored disc is shown.

Undo the two bolts holding on the caliper, really easy to spot. Use the breaker bar to remove - 17mm socket required.

Remove the caliper and tie it up out of the way as displayed below and then you simply pull off the old disc! Great! Remove the rubber seal from the face of the old disc and put it in the set hole on the new disc.

Push the new disc on .... looking nice and clean

Fit the caliper back on - torque for the two 17mm nuts I did not know so I just torqued them to f&%king tight. Cover all sides of the anti squeel plates with the lithium grease, add some to the caliper pistons (after retracting them, I used a caliper retractor tool) and slide the pads into place.

Next, put in the pins and the clip to hold the pads in place and stop them rattling. I used a screw driver to push the clip into place.

Fitted picture ....

That's it really .....

Old scored disc ..... will not be missed

OK, the discs were done, and looking at the wheels, I just could not put them back on without trying to do something with them ..... outsides were nice, insides like this ....

I decided to tackle this with some acid wheel cleaner, a wheels brush and a small wire brush. I believe the rusty inner wheel problem is one shared by many members on this site ... here is the solution. Hard work though. Remove all the excess rust first, wet the wheel, apply acid cleaner and scrub away ....

Eventually, you will end up with a wheel that looks like this ...

Nice!

I decided to do this to all the wheels in the end once I had done the rears.

Finally, finished, all mintex discs and pads fitted, well chuffed and saved myself a whole bunch of pennies, that I bough some rear LED lights with

Wow, thats £250,000 per year for one man and his van.

I think I could do the job for £100 each and £125,000 per year. Looks like now would be a good time to knock up a business plan.

LOL - If you need an investor give me a nudge! ;)

umm will be interested to see what there look like, any problems with legality? in the uk

Hey Saraj, well I hope not, LED lights like found on most new cars nowadays. Don't think there will be any problems??

Been looking at these for a few weeks now > Click Me < then I went on YouTube tonight and saw a set on a US car. Just had to have a set.

I am told they take just 3 or so days to get here (pardon the weekend). Can't wait to see what they look like. Will do a before / after pics once fitted

My wife does that too! Luckily not as bad dinking as yours are showing, just scraping, she always totally denies doing it ..... Women!

tell people to use the search button..

Do you have a handlebar mustachio? Is your name 118? Is this a new service you are offering? How long you been established? Don't you find its a little bit boring?

:tsktsk: :tsktsk: :tsktsk:

Ouch!

and if people used the SEARCH button more then there wouldnt be half as much repeat posts. and yes i am the man to tell you...

So what do you do for a living then? :D

Go to the meets,talk to people,see what they have done,and maybe .....i say maybe ,,, We'll see another GS. :shutit:

Terry, I will do mate, the last one, with the family down at my place from all over the country, was simply a no-can-do! The wrath of the wife would have lasted at least a week and I'm one for an easy life!

When we do meet, there is no doubt, after looking and listening to yours, I'll be popping the 300 up for sale!

Cheers Terry :)

Nitrous would be an option and relatively cheap

I looked into this too, there is an incredibly interesting thread on here regarding this but it just seems like too much trouble, the re-filling, the worrying about the standard of fittings, worry about reliability and popping a hole in the piston. I would end up being a paranoid GS owner. Also, for my tastes, there seems to be an awful lot of confusion as to which is the best system, I like tried and tested!

I think I'll end up looking for a GS430 or a V300. Seems a lot less bother ;-)

Just been browsing the net (not extensively though) for a typhoon air filter for the GS300. Come up blank and it seems that members here have tried the IS300 typhoon but this has LED to problems.

Could it be that the GS300 has the least modifiable engine in the world? lol

How did the typhoon alter the performance do you think? I am interested in getting one for my GS.

That is a very nice looking car and some transformation from your first thread.

Phil

you must of missed this one.

And you must of missed the opening thread. I wonder how many repeat posts we can find on this forum, brake judder, rattles, best type of oil, perhaps you are the man to tell me Fargo, aka forum watchdog .. :P

there is already 2 or 3 posts covering the same topic

Now there's a thread killer if I ever saw one......

What other lexus models will these fit inicol?

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I have done this before on other forums and it has proved to be quite useful. Don't know whether it has been done on here or not, but I ma sure there are more members now joined since the last time.

Anyway - It can be useful and who knows, we could help each other out in a number of ways!

I'll make a start.......in a clean thread below

Great, just great...

Years ago (the 1960's I think) Rover used to sell their cars (which were classy and high tech at the time) with the slogan of "power in reserve".

It's all about having the power when you need it, having quick acceleratation, effortless drive, and being able to cruise on the motorway with low revs. Plus with the BMW if you get a 318 or even the 320 on the new shape you don't get a 6cyl engine so it doesn't sound as nice.

I've had everything from a 1.3 to a 3.0 both petrol and diesel. For me, the 3.0 (of which I am now on my third) it's all about the drive. My present GS - with the auto box - is just SO nice to drive. In fact, I would go so far to say it is one of the most relaxing drives I've had.

It is comforting to know you have power on tap and when tootling along 'its oh so quiet'! (wasn't that a song?) There is no way I would want to go back down the cc chain...

Have you seen these :-)

Just what you need here!

Better be quick!

Hi Barrie, welcome along, nice looking website you have, shows off your work well.

Phil

hi can anybody tell me if this group buy is still open

as i too am looking to buy a rear window spoiler for me mk2 300 sport but am haveing a nightmare finding one

I'm up for this too, if we can resurrect the GB - For Mk2 GS

Scratch that - just found this on fleaBay Click me for roof spolier heaven

And its half the price

Lovely looking car that. Great colour too.

hi can anybody tell me if this group buy is still open

as i too am looking to buy a rear window spoiler for me mk2 300 sport but am haveing a nightmare finding one

I'm up for this too, if we can resurrect the GB - For Mk2 GS