lexynik

congratulations dylan , im glad you got what you wanted for the 300 , enjoy your 4x4 ing

welcome to the club - i bought a green 200 which wasnt my colour of choice either but once i cleaned it properly and got the paintwork glowing it really grew on me - enjoy

Thanks ormi and jr - i couldnt even find my link to the online manual to help him

oh sorry,thought it might put a few quid back in your pocket and help out another member at the same time - sorry mate i only ride em , dont fix em !! im sure someone like monster matt or sparkystav who know all things techy will be along to advise you soon enough

sell the gearbox to rajesh

exhaust tip needs a polish mate

or buy rajesh,s engine which i believe can still be heard running before purchase as the car is still whole ?

aaah i see,not seen one of them before - no sweat tommy,havent forgotten your doorpanels either just havent been up there yet,,take care

is that the same merc twice in above pics ? is it two different sets of wheels or silver one side and black the other

tommy not sure what the difference is but i think ive got my one from my 99 still kicking around somewhere if its any good to you - just a bit of plastic that drops in the cubbyhole ?

ficfarr s advice is not a bad idea mate - itll come down to time and tools tbh,and if you have the time to do it the tools wont stand in your way,you cant really make it any worse by having a go yourself and im sure the forum members here who have done this job before would offer advice and support when needed

i dont think its wrong to get your car repaired properly ! most dent repair people i know can only pull dents out of metal not plastic ! if its bad enough to need filling why should someone have to drive round in a car with filler in it where it shouldnt be ? just depends if it will buff out really or if its deeper then who knows,filler repaint bumper etc or new bumper - i think its also relative to the condition of the car pre accident - whiteys car is gorgeous and dint free and also hes trying to sell it so why should he put up with anything short of perfection as it wasnt his fault

noise might quieten a little as the exhaust carbons up but not much - allways a risk putting a exhaust on any auto as to if it will sound right and be suited to the rev range used

good news- might be a good idea to plug a cheap cctv into an old laptop and place it on your vantage point covering the car park in case anything like that happens again - let me know if you want to know what kit to get ( about £70 in all and a laptop or desktop with 30 or 40 gig freespace on the hard drive - glad he owned up at least - insist on lexus approved repairer and a new bumper if its scuffed,,,why should you have filler in your car because of him

im pretty sure all lexus would of done was to empty any old gearbox fluid out,change the filter and add new fluid tbh so £400 for that service sounds a lot anyway,,sorry this has happened rajesh - i imagine lexus will offer to take the money youve spent with them off the price of a refurb,,,, in all honesty as said earlier i doubt theyll refurb it in house so it would probably go off to a local specialist like the ones that quoted you £1300 ish ,,, if you went down that route at least you might keep the loan lexus while its being done and also have the piece of mind of a lexus warranty on work carried out - either way its not gonna be a cheap fix,sorry mate

looks plenty of room to me tbh-either way a good old fashioned knock on the door followed by "im really sorry i may have accidentally nudged your car last night is it ok) wouldnt go amiss !!! some people actually seem to use their bumpers as a form of pdc these days imo,, duh,,oh,,,ive hit something a bit ill have to go forwards now !!!! knock him out sparko chris

if your car was where it is in the pic(it doesnt show another car behind it) - which car hit it the silver one or tthe space next to it ?

well youve still got your health - you know full well if you do say something theres always a distinct possibility far worse "scratches" could appear on your car another night

i hope he accepts liabilityfor it chris i really do - me im lookin to move to a house with a drive asap - good luck,let us know how it turns out,,,,, yours is such a gorgeous lex as well-why cant these muppets just bang into wrecks no one cares a stuff about

i think the op is more worried about his oil light/pressure atm

i feel for you mate - i have a similar problem with persons in space next to mine keep opening doors on my car chipping it and little dints - lexus seemed very soft paintwise so was one of a few factors why i bought a 4x4 with big sidesteps and rubgaurds on - i even raise the suspension to its highest every night now to make sure doors can only really hit my sidesteps - same neighbour also reversed out and clipped my car - denies everything of course !!! grrr dont they make your blood boil

spares HERE

could be harder to get in gear and clunkier if clutch worn or could slip - also i guess the clutch is hydraulic on a 200 so could also be low on fluid if so would give those symptoms izzy

sorry binned mine but - if you are still looking for alternative sources of bits like that inc hd stuff and adjustable droplinks etc there was a thread on here with a guy posted a link to where all his goodies were from - just searched my bookmarks but cant of saved it but sparkystav was lookin at it too so might be worth a pm to him to see if he bookmarked it - if i get the chance ill try and go thru all my old posts and find the link later on if it helps

Rajesh im really pleased they got it going for you and like to think my finger crossing helped ,, but ,, dont wanna be the voice of doom but unless you have some fluid leak from somewhere which lexus addressed which you havent mentioned i do wonder why you

a- lost drive

b- how long it will last especially if its making a funny noise !

i think realistically you should use this period as a breathing space to get busy and either find a 2nd hand box or fone around to get the best price on a refurb - only saying this as it doesnt sound like lexus gave you an understandable reason for your loss of drive so id be extremely worried it could happen again tbh

on a brighter note at least you now have the option to drive the car to a place of repair - also worth considering i think youve used up all your free aa tows,,, not sure how it works but could be worth joining rac or increasing your tows so you dont find yourself stranded somewhere.

my old 200 auto used to whine very slightly in 1st gear which sounded a bit like a turbo whistle but really faint,, i know a few other 200 auto owners have this noise and consider it a trait of the box,is this the type of noise you have ?