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Thanks for the replies gents. Steve, I accept your offer of £1136. I'm on the way to your house now. Get the coffee on.

"Perhaps get a valuation online" Do you mean We buy any car? As for photos, I'm a 77yr old technophobe. Anything after daguerreotypes are a mystery to me 😃

The chance of buying an immaculate GS450H SE-L has just come up, so I need to sell my car - having recently splashed out on a new Aircon compressor, Damn & Grrr. I have no idea how much to ask, so would appreciate any guidance. Many thanks

I just posted on another thread regarding this problem. I just ordered a valve from Lexus, Chester - £110.

One of my tyre valves snapped recently. I just ordered one from Lexus, Chester - £110 Ouch!!

I'm sure I read on here somewhere that a kit is available to do it.

Just going through the same process on my current GS300 (2006). Rear exhaust + gaskets, springs, bolts and chrome tips came to £517 from Lexus Parts Direct, Swindon (free delivery). This was around £100 cheaper than the quote I got from the local main dealer. I was tempted to go down the stainless steel route again, but I need quiet in my dotage.

Wrong tyre pressure?

George, like you I prefer quiet. Having said that, although the stainless steel exhausts I had fitted were slightly noisier I'd still go for them in future.

I replaced original exhausts on both a BMW 735 and my last GS300 with custom-made stainless steel and in both cases the ss ones had a higher, tinnier sound ...and yes, I know they quieten down a bit after they get a carbon coating. Before I made the change I asked the Longlife guy about extra noise and he said that ss will always be noisier than mild steel. I still went with ss due to cost issues.

Might also be worth trying:- http://www.lexuspartsdirect.co.uk/ Stainless steel definitely won't be as quiet as OEM

You could get a whole (from the cat back) custom-built stainless steel exhaust for around that price. I used Longlife on my last GS300 and they did a great job http://www.longlife.co.uk

Exactly the same thing happened on my GS300 just after I'd bought it. Lexus quoted me over £600 for a new alternator, but I got the old one reconditioned for less than half that. Your £100 + labour looks like a good deal.

This 12 year warranty; does the car have to have a full Lexus service history, and is it transferable to another owner?

Martin, you have a Personal message.