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Depends entirely upon what you want out of the car... They are so cheap to buy now you don't have to feel bad about having a bit of a play with it... you can always quieten down the exhaust at a later date. Also... what's not to like about a large, muscular sounding saloon burbling down the street? It has road presence and always gets compliments. A middle finger to the resale grey hatchback brigade.

I wouldn't do that, you'll never pass another MOT. The new MOT regs state any car that came from the factory with a cat must have it fitted at the point of testing, or it's a fail. I believe this is subjective to emission requirements. My celsior pre-dates these requirements and is not required to have the cats fitted. Just going off the advice of a local garage :)

How on earth did you get a 1992 Celsior registered on a '53 plate? I thought imports were either plated according to original build year, of that couldn't be proved, ended up on a Q? No idea... I'm the second owner since import. I believe it had a vanity plate fitted before this one so perhaps that has something to do it.

custom exhaust from y-pipe back... Replaced with 2" pipe all the way back with a new resonator in the middle and 2 turbo mufflers at the back instead of the 4 toyota ones. I'm having the shop replace the cats and y-pipe with straight pipe soon as they are starting to rot

here's mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv-CPi-q1Z8

Agreed, no issues with any rust on mine either... obviously the jap spec radio needs to go, and if you get one like mine with air suspension than that will more than likely need replaced at some stage... either new replacement air suspension struts or a spring and shock conversion (easy) Personally i'm keeping my air suspension as I like adjustable ride hights and it works out cheaper for me to fit re-manufactured air struts than JIC coilovers, which would have been my next choice.

always get my replacement lexus parts from the local toyota dealership. Their computers don't hold "lexus" part numbers.. however they do stock all international parts. Of course the LS400 was sold as a toyota in japan... so just ask the dealer for parts for a toyota Celsior.. same thing Mine actually IS a celsior... but should work for any ls400

17" wheels on my Celsior... no idea what they are... were on it already when I bought it :) Fitted with 245/45/r17 tyres

yup, tyres and bearings are the first thing I would check

same here... I think single handedly i've convinced the local boy racer community that vauxhall corsa's are not the be all and end all of the universe. The ladies love it as well... they want something smooth and classy, then again they even loved my old volvo... lol

any recommendations for an amp swap bazgtr? I'm looking to pull the factory one out and fit something better, especially if I would lose the rear sub by fitting an aftermarket radio

very similar to my Celsior I guess i'm not the youngest owner on the board now :) what do your mates think of it?

paid £600 for mine... in excellent condition minus some rotted brakes and calipers as it had been sitting on the blokes driveway for months. It has 93,000 miles on it. There are good examples out there for pocket change... shop around some more and remember buying from a dealer adds NOTHING to the value of a car.

averaging about 300 miles from a tank mixed town and motorway driving.. of course I do have a bit of a heavy foot :)