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Oi you two, stop talking my car down! hehe. I'm open to offers but maybe not quite that low! I should rewrite it to say it has had a timing belt change shouldn't I?

I guess prices all depend on if you need a quick sale or are looking for the right buyer who wants a good car.

I would say Larry is worth a decent amount. Probably £2.5k plus in my opinion.

So I was looking for a ISF in my budget or Corvette but nothing came up. So I've got one of these instead.

Very happy with it, plenty of power being the Supercharged one. Not sure but one of the Lexus is going, probably the LS400 as my wife loves the GS450.

I'm running 35 psi on the DHP wheels. Seems about right. No abnormal wear.

21 hours ago, plexus914 said:

Yes, it was an option on the MK3 model in 1995 - at least in Germany.

 

Wheel type: 54007001 (produced by O.Z. for Lexus)
                   17" [8Jx17 H2] / offset is ET40

Non-DHP:    Dunlop SP Sport 2020 E 225/55R17 97W

 

Didn't know they where an extra on the MK3, I stand corrected!

Price and mileage? Service history, mot etc? Looks like a nice car

They never came on the MK3 the DHP was a option on the MK4. So your car would have originally come with 16" wheels. I have the DHP wheels on my MK3 and I think they make quite a difference to the look and also a bit more grip being 245's instead of 225's.

Biggest problem with the DHP wheels is finding the correct size tyres. They run Pirelli assemetricos which are £250 new! Ouch. They are the same size as base spec XK8 wheels/tyres though so sometimes you can pick up tyres searching under that.

Very nice. Bit like mine but with more mileage, currently on 67500 😊

On 6/7/2019 at 4:22 PM, gb1600e said:

The detailer guy suggested it was up around 320bhp.  Just about 100 less than the ISF we giggled.   All the same.......All that in the front of a MK2 Escort !!! WoW and double WOW.

I had the LS1 in my old 1999 Camaro. It put down 315 rwhp & 325 rwtq, t56 6 speed manual car. 320bhp sounds right.

The LS1 is very similar in size to the Rover V8 so quite small in dimensions as far as V8's go and its all alloy. 

Some ones gonna have to have big balls to open that up to full throttle with those little wheels!!!

Thats a good price. I had a shock replaced under warranty last year but this years MOT was a disaster. 3 new tyres and the all the brake lines replaced!! Days labour to change the break lines. Cost something like £1500 in total with the tyres. You got off lightly! This was at the dealers which in hindsight I should have taken the car elsewhere but I have the service package with them.

3 hours ago, st4 said:

 

They call it the LX.

It’s a travesty we don’t get that here. The Americans get much better Lexus than we get.


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The yanks get lots of engine options we don't. I really wanted a IS350 after having the 250 but they never did it in the UK. Think they've got a V6 in the new ES too.

Ah okay, that makes sense. Must be something special to replace it then!

Jay Leno had it on his channel last week I think too. At least Doug had the decency to take his shoes off when lying down, unlike Leno!

Whereabouts did you advertise your ISF's? I've been keeping a eye on them and not much coming up at the moment. To be fair I won't be properly looking to buy until next month or later in the year.

Tim did you sell your car to someone who lives in Stranraer? Bit of a trek, and a majorly potholed road last time I drove it (from the M6).

I don't think I'd touch it with a barge pole. Have you seen the MOT history? It doesn't even have a MOT at the moment due to handbrake adjustment and LACK OF WHEELNUTS!!! Which you can actually see in some of the photos! 

I've google the place selling it and it doesn't have bad reviews so its a bit of a odd one.

Nope can't find it, can you post a link please?

Ooo, of to take a look now....

Well fitted the new unit over the hols. Very easy to change. The second hand light cluster had the wiring attached. All I had to do was remove the Battery cover and a few more plastic tabs to get the lining back far enough to reach in and undo 3 fixing bolts which are very lightly torqued. Plugged in the new unit and bolted up, all working 😊

Probably a 10 minute job if you've done it before. Took me half an hour being cautious.

Kal, if you get sensor errors it will throw a light on the dash and display check hybrid system. However this doesn't mean the Battery pack is at fault it just means theres a fault in the system. You most likely don't have any Battery related issues, just a cam sensor thats maybe getting slightly intermittent. Out of interest did it happen when the engine started or when it was already running?

Do yourself a favour and buy a OBD2 reader so you can read and clear codes. 

As Lee and Roy have suggest the hybrid health check at Lexus is worth doing as if all clear its covers you for 12 months if the Battery pack does fail. Plus you usually have your car valeted for free.

Let us know how you get on with it.

Brill, thanks for the advice Lee. 

Yes its the outer unit in the image above that is broken. I've managed to get one for £50 off eBay. Looks identical with the wiring and backing plate attached so hopefully just plug and play once I manage to remove the old unit.

It looks to me like the unit is only held on with one fixing in the image above and also the pics of the one I've bought look the same. We will see!

Hopefully have the unit on Friday and fit over the weekend.

Could anyone confirm the 450 light cluster is the same as the other hand models (2007)? Also how do I swap it, any advice. It's the passenger side outer. Thanks

19 hours ago, ambermarine said:

I don,t know who as the highest but I think I have the lowest 39k

Doh, you have beaten me! I have 58k on the clock, my car is older though so does that count, haha.

23 hours ago, KenMavor said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lexus-GS-450h-3-5-Hybrid-SE-L-2006-56-reg-ONLY-15-000-MILES-FROM-NEW/253664988699?hash=item3b0f9c8e1b:g:n6cAAOSwHtJaixL-

 

Now this I fancy.....get two year Lexus warranty in it and you're fixed.

Lexus only do a warranty on cars under 10 years old 😞

Not as soft a ride as the Dunlops on the 16" wheels but they hold the road better. Plus looking at the tread pattern I think they'll be a better all year round tyre.

6 hours ago, KayCee said:

I too need a headlight bulb was thinking of some Osram night breakers at 54 each but they look difficult to change,

are they ?

Robert

They are quite fiddly. Plus you can't touch them, I wore some rubber gloves so I didn't damage them. I seem to remember having to move the windscreen washer pipe out of the way too, one bolt not hard. 

Fitted some DHP wheels that I bought off eBay last week. They have the correct size Pirellis fitted too! I think they look great