Bluesbreaker

Black400 & Cruisermark-can't you get those lens's on eBay?

Yes, it's the entire Mirror-Shell that's required, the plastic is fractured, plus the mirror and innards are hanging-out ,( thanks to someone vandalising) the car goes in to get a new cambelt and service tomorrow, so, will ask if they can do a temporary repair, I miss not having the use of the mirror.

I've been trying to find a replacement n/s door mirror for my '98 LS400 for a while now, I got on a parts website last week, they got me a second-hand black one, just the job-£32.50 including post, only to be told the next day, that the guy removing it from the donor car in the scrapyard had dropped it, damaging it irreparably, so, in desperation, phoned my local Lexus dealer, ( yes, I know they can be expensive on certain parts prices) only to be told, that yes, they can get me one, at the cost of £592.00, I gave that one a swift body-swerve, and am now trying to find out what other year LS400 door mirror would fit my car, anyone help?

You've just put me off ever buying a Merc!

It's an eye -watering price to ask for any car of that age, regardless of mileage,and, I agree, I also have an aversion to Dealers-I can't quite get the image of Arthur Daley out of my mind......

If the car has been on the Isle of Man most of it's life, I wouldn't like to think what the salt air has done to the metalwork, I lived on a Scottish Island for some years, and know first-hand what the climate does to even the best quality cars, regardless of rust prevention measures.Iain.

I can't do this....I'm over 60-and don't use shampoo-I'm bald..........

I'm surprised that there has been no thread put up on LOC regarding the Spanish-registered 1998 black LS400,- been up on eBay for a few weeks, set price of an eye-watering £4,995-possibly due to the 76,000 mileage, certainly, it looks in top condition, judging by the accompanying photos, have to be reregistered soon after purchase I know, but wish I could get the time to drive over there, and take a shufty.......

Bit late I know, but cruising through the different threads on LOC, stumbled on this one, it took me back to my stay in the late '70's as a Volunteer on a Kibbutz in Israel, Eating in the Kibbutz canteen every day, you could find yourself seated next to one of the permanent residents, -a few of who were ageing survivors of the Concentration Camps,-evident from the fading tattoed number on their wrists, talking to them, about day to day matters concerning trivia, it was hard to imagine you were in the company of someone who had witnessed, ( and suffered) the obscene horrors of these Camps, -and survived, and carrying-on with their lives, all of them that I met had well-developed senses of humour, and a calmness that belied their experiences, most had lost entire families to this Holocaust, I often think of those people I met, and feel honoured to have met them, it's such a shame that humans don't learn from History isn't it?

Daftest thing about the photocard UK drivers-licence, is the piece of paper your supposed to lug around in your wallet with it, if your stopped by the Police, or offer it up for ID in shops, etc, if you aren't carrying that wad of paper as well, your licence is deemed not valid, bleedin' typical...

I,ve edited for you Iain, we of the older age group cannot be seen to make mistakes LOL.

Born in 1950-took me a lifetime of driving other cars, until pure chance made me buy a LS400 last year,-you might call me a late developer,-I don't feel I want to drive anything other than a big Lexus now! Strangely, when first introduced into the UK years ago, Lexus were sneered at as being "the poor man's mercedes" -how times and attitudes have changed.....

I'm getting lonely here.............

All right, I'll keep you company, if nobody else will.........I don't think it would do any harm, I would say, to try a sparing spurt of WD40 on any mechanism you can access, (few paper towels to avoid excess dripping on to carpets/upholstery/your own clothes) I've never used silicone spray on anything other than sticking seat-belts, (and it works!) so can't help you there,wouldn't have thought it would do any harm though?

-and thanks for sorting me out, Steve.

....my answers are getting out of sync here, thanks, IanS200.

Just what my next question was going to be, Bassman!

Thanks for sorting that out.

I'm going up to Rutherglen, near Glasgow, at the weekend, taking the LS400 again, going to be up there working for around three weeks, and was thinking about a Cambelt change while up there, can any Glasgow or surrounding area LOC members recommend a reliable independent or Lexus Dealer, to carry-out this work? any recommendations appreciated, thanks, Iain.

It's a dilemma, to replace, or refurbish your wheels, I farted about for weeks, trying to source alternative new wheels for my '98 LS400, either too expensive-or worried the damn things wouldn't fit the hubs ( high offset factor -big front caliper clearance problem you are aware of yourself, no doubt!) a guy a few miles away from me, has a wheel refurb franchise, charged me £80 a wheel, they were in a real mess, I can tell you, I even got the spare done. and they turned-out brilliant, should have gone down the refurb road in the first place! you must have your pick of these people to do this where you are shurely? There are lots of them around my area down here in Milton Keynes, good luck anyway, Iain.

I'm not the only one then getting trouble! Another thing I forgot to mention, is when going through security barriers in Tesco,M&S, Morrisons, etc, my Lexus remote fob triggers the alarms, causing the security guy to look at me strangely, -especially as I'm on the way IN -but oddly, it doesn't affect them on exiting the Stores......

I signed up for Gold Membership online last Saturday (16th March) but I still seem to be barred from accessing certain parts of the LOC site, do I not receive some sort of online/postal confirmation of my Gold Membership? Iain.

These alarms and immobilisers are the bane of modern cars, the more sophisticated the car ( like our Lexus models) the more trouble you are likely to have with these damn devices, I've posted on the LOC before about the problems I've had with keys not working, alarm being set-off for no reason (my LS 400 doesn't like being near a Tesco-come to think of it, neither do I !) I wish I could get mine disconnected permanently, like I did with a Cherokee Jeep I had years ago, and just used the fob for remote unlock and lock, -saved a lot of grief for the remainder of the ownership of that vehicle.

Thanks for the link.

I've been trying for the past few weeks on eBay, but there are none that fit that year,( 98) so far, mirror is taped-up,to stop it falling off completely, apart from which, cannot use it for backing up, how annoying is that.