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John, would those filters be on a 2002 GS300 as well? Bod
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I'm not new but have just signed up to gold membership using the black Friday deal.🙌🎅 Bod
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TVSS?????
Boddney replied to Boddney's topic in Lexus GS 300 / Lexus GS 250 / Lexus GS 430 / Lexus 450h / Lexus GS 460 Club
Ah well done boys. I'll leave well alone then. Thanks Bod -
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Boddney replied to diarmaid's topic in Lexus GS 300 / Lexus GS 250 / Lexus GS 430 / Lexus 450h / Lexus GS 460 Club
Me too. Mid 20's if I'm lucky but I'm not usually that lucky. I my defense, it's not really my fault. There always seems to be someone going slowly in front of me. Probably the OP. -
I found two custom build exhaust places near me and had a good long chat with both owners. The first one said that the £920 price was about right for the top quality pipe that should be used for a quality job as there is over five metres of pipe with two resonators and two large silencers on a GS. They also both said that the job could be done for around the £400 mark, but the pipe would be thin and it would experience cracking where the hanger brackets are welded on and possible cracks on the welded joints, and would rust slowly as the metal has a higher steel content and all probably within two years. Whereas the thicker gauge steel would last around fifteen years and won't rust at all. The second guy (Bim at Demand Engineering near Ipswich) gave me a quote of £790 all in which is £130 cheaper than Powerflow, but I noticed on his Facebook page that last year he did a very successful 15% discount in December which if he did it this year would bring my bill down to £671.5. That's much more doable. Also his clientele include Guy Martin and McLaren. Bod.
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Thanks everyone, I contacted all of the above and they all come in at around the £400 pound mark. They are all a good few hours from me so I'll do what I should have done before I troubled my friends on here and look for a custom build place near me stressing that others can do it for around the £400 Thanks again, Bod
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Hi, I read on here a while ago about someone who had a good and fairly cheap exhaust job done at their local Powerflow dealership. My 2002 GS300 needs a 'Cat Back' system as the flange joints are rusted through where the'Y' pipe joins the silencers, and the silencers themselves are starting to come apart. I've done the pointless exercise of visiting my local Lexus dealer and they came up with their silly number as usual of £1200 plus fitting, so I found my local Powerflow people and asked for a quote for standard size, shape and noise level and got the quote of---------wait for it-------- £920. I mean, come on. This is rediculous. I only paid £1000 for the whole car 4 months ago. Next visit was to an exhaust trade place in Norwich (Exhausts Unlimited) that basically supplies all the the local garages in the area and they said the GS system is not available on the pattern part market. There is a place that advertises their complete 'Cat Back' supply and fit stainless steel system on Ebay for £400ish down in London but their reviews are mixed and I could do without going up and down to London if I have an issue. So, what next? Any advice please. Thanks, Bod
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My wife has never collected anything unless you count shoes, hand bags and perfume. I've always collected cars, be they models (corgi when I was a boy) or real. I still have the Corgi collection but no boxes as I wanted them to play with and not have them as shelf queens. I have 5 real cars at the moment and have recently sold all my OO gauge lay out as the fun for me is in the collecting and building, and I had reached the limit of space. Watching the trains go round and round just didn't work for me so it had to go which helped to fund my ongoing Capri restoration. It can sometimes be a problem for blokes that have a hobby as most ladies don't seem to. Bod
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I too wanted one of those Jags back this summer. I've had Toyotas all my driving life and in the last ten years they have always been the sensible, economic type (one of which had to have a new engine at 60,000 miles). So I decided I wanted a big luxury barge after my Corollas injectors gave up at 155,000 miles. I've always wanted a Jag so I went on their forum to ask about the pitfalls of owning one and not one person replied after 40 views. Ok I thought, back to my old faithfuls, I'll try an LS. Jumped on this forum and asked the same question, only to be greeted by instant and copious amounts of advice and friendly chat on different model Lexi (I think). In the end I went for a GS300 at a give away price of £1000 as the smaller car suited me needs best. I absolutely love it and don't think I'll ever buy a different marque ever again. Bod
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More Power
Boddney replied to Boddney's topic in Lexus GS 300 / Lexus GS 250 / Lexus GS 430 / Lexus 450h / Lexus GS 460 Club
No change to the insurance Roy, they just called it an accepted modification as I told them it was a Toyota mod. This is true in a loose way as the chip is designed and produced be someone at Lindop Toyota in Swindon. You are correct rayaans, it's fitted to a Rav 2.2 TD Invincible. So no point in chipping a GS really. Thought as much. Bod