theman2015

Hi, I've got some absolute mint original wheels on mine, I think they must have been reconditioned at some point? I want to get some better wheels on it, either the later style standard alloys or something aftermarket 18" in size although it's tricky to find wheel that will fit the massive front brake callipers. I would definitely sell mine if I knew someone would buy them as I'd put that towards the cost of the new wheels. Matt

War of the worlds is classic i still need to get the jeff wayne version burnt off to play in my 430 on full blast.... It will probably sound awesome on the stereo system

Hi Phil, Thanks for the reply. Yeah the car is really nice, you must have looked after it well. The only things I've really spotted are obviously the brakes, drivers auto close door doesn't work and neither does the keyfob buttons but these don't really bother me apart from the brakes Which ill get done very soon along with the bushes. The engine light was for p0420 and p0430 but that could be some exhaust gas escaping causing the light to come on. I had it reset so will see if it comes back on. The biggest thing I'd like to get sorted is the common rust spot on the drivers door before it starts getting to far out of control. Does anyone have any tips on the best thing to do about this common rust spot area?

Took it out for a drive today and the eml light has turned itself off for some reason. May be a dodgy sensor perhaps. Still going to get it looked at next week though. Car drives fine still, really like it. Shame about the wheels though as they look a bit understated ill have to get some bigger ones soon. :)

Yeah... I cant actually remember if it was working when i first looked at it. Also the eml light came on yesterday too lol Im not really too worried as the engine is really smooth and not making any bad noises. I get a funny metal on metal grinding sound from the front o/s wheel area when turning full lock left but i suspect that will be problems with the brakes which need replacing Which i knew about anyanyway. Im going to get it to the local mechanic over easter hopefully to start getting it looked after nicely again. As it didn't cost me that much for the car i would really like to keep it for at least a year or two and thats why i dont mind spending a bit to get the stuff sorted. I was contemplating going to lexus Wolverhampton and maybe doing their service plan thing but not so sure as looking at what they do on the list in a service etc a normal garage can do for a lot less i suspect.

Is this the light green one i bought from him?

Hi Guys, I'm new here and just wanted to add some comments to this very long thread. I've been after a big car for a while now and was looking at 745's A8's and then found the LS430's. Granted the LS430 may not look quite as nice externally but wow the inside is just amazing and the engine is so refined it's unbelievable. Anyway, back on topic... I first noticed the lexusguy selling an LS430 (dark blue one) for 1800 I think about a month and a half ago (maybe more) and I went to have a look at it as i wanted to see what all the fuss was about regarding the LS. I think it's the same LS as he's recently sold again a few days ago for £1500? Anyway, the car drove pretty poor to be honest and it was a bit rough around the edges so I declined to buy it and rightly so as the suspension wasn't really very clever at all. In regards to the Lexusguy although he may have got over excited on his ebay/gumtree description of the car I did find him to be fairly pleasant to be honest. After declining that LS I continued looking for 745's and A8's even having a look at an A8 but again the suspension was no good on it so passed it up. A couple of weeks ago I (as i was checking cars every day getting desperate to buy something) I noticed the lexusguy with a silver and green LS this time and immediately contacted him asking to have a look. I went over to look at the silver one initially but the light green one was the one I ended up buying from him. To be honest again I know he over describes but for the sake of less than 2k I knew that the car wasn't going to be purfect so took it from him knowing there will be little niggles here and there with it. I figured it would be better to go 2k on a LS430 than 4 or 5 K on an A8 or 745 as they will also probably have niggles with them. I must admit the LS430 I got off him drives very well indeed, even though it has rather high mileage, the only real things I can fault are the brakes will need doing at the front and the tracking needs sorting. I'm probably going to replace some bushes and anti roll bar links etc too and then get it a good service or a terraclean too maybe? The interior is pretty much imaculate (as he described) and the exterior is pretty good too for the age. The only real other faults I have noticed (although they don't really bother me) are :- Drivers soft close doesn't work Remote Key fob buttons don't really do anything, only the keyless works, may need to get it reprogrammed? Apart from that I'm very happy... did someone say it was a members car on here before? It may well be as it is in great condition. Overall i'll not be putting much mileage on it and just want a nice cruiser which is why I didn't mind spending the money on it. The Lexusguy himself I have no quarms with, granted he may be a little bit misleading in advertising the cars but lets face it, he's selling them very cheap compared to normal dealers etc and yes there will be niggles which is why they are cheap... I get the impression that all he's trying to do is just buy cars for as cheap as he can and then try and turn them around to make a couple of hundred on each one. If he had another car come up that caught my eye I would consider viewing it but I'd like to keep this LS430 going for as long as I can as I really do love it. Just need to find a good price on the parts now... Matt