Boddney

As above, I'm looking for the detachable ball part of a genuine Lexus/Toyota tow bar on my GS300. I don't know if there were different types and my serial number is unreadable.

Thanks,

Bod

Hi,

Has anyone on here chipped their GS? I'm not really thinking of doing it as it really is fast enough, I just wondered if it had ever been done and how successful it was and how much more power it gave.

I put a Lindop chip on my wife's Rav4 taking it from 150bhp to 180bhp but more importantly, a more usable torque range.

Mine is a 2002 GS300 SE

Thanks

Bod

I think I'll do mine next week and take pictures a and pop it in the 'how to' section .

Edit...... No I won't bother doing the 'how to' as it's already been brilliantly done by Tigerfish in the GS (1993-2004) section.

My 2002 GS300 150000 miles uses exactly no oil. Best car I ever owned. Love it to death.

On a similar note to what your Mini dealer said, I owned a Toyota Verso in 2008 and my dealer said that the 1litre of oil use every 1000 miles was within normal parameters.

Bod

Thanks all. It used to go all the way up and stay up but not any more.

It must just be getting old like me. Lol.

Hi, my electric aerial has started to do a weird  thing. It goes up to the top  an then the top two sections come down half a section each. 

Any ideas?

Thanks 

Bod

Thanks Bluesman. I'm now going LPG info hunting.

Love the idea of the Flintstones thing but I'm to lazy. That's why I drive a Lexus. Lol.

The LPG thing is a good idea but the cost of fitting it is more than ii paid for the car and I'm thinking it may take me years to make the money back.

Having said that I don't really know a lot about LPG.

Does it have to have a health check every year?

Do you run on gas all the time or does iit run in conjunction with petrol?

How much is the gas per litre and how many mpgs does it do?

So many questions.

Bod.

Although I'm perfectly happy to keep pouring the old spirit into the tank of my beautiful GS300 has anyone found a quick or cheap or clever way to make theirs more economical?

I would assume that this is the same.

Well here she is in all her splendour. Paint cut back and polished by me while the leather was cleaned and fed by my lovely wife.

I she she looks pretty good for a 14 year old with 150,000 miles on her. (not the wife, the car.)

On 07/09/2016 at 9:28 AM, Mike Hartland said:

... or get a quote from two different Lexus dealers, probably for similar amounts.

LOL Love that!!!

Sorry, don't know what happened there.

I got a quote for a proper cut back and polish from a detailing company and they wanted £229+vat to do it on top of £360+vat to blast and powder coat the wheels. I think I'll be doing it myself.

Verbout sir, you are a star. Thanks.

Bod

On 21/08/2016 at 3:02 AM, PWOOD said:

To answer the T cut question first: Both will work, the  Red is  very aggressive and  best avoided unless your car is single stage paint and very faded. Both will leave marring (micro scratches) of their own which in days gone by were removed by the likes of Auroglym SRP or at least masked as its a filler polish.  These days there are diminishing polishes or compounds which means they break down as you polish and avoid the marring I mentioned. Megs Scratch X or Swirl X  would be the one I would use instead of T Cut if looking through Halfords. By hand you need a lot of time and ibuprofen! Try a coat of Autoglym SRP first as that is still one of the best all in one products around and see how that looks then you can top with  sealant or wax, which is a whole new subject.  

 

 

 

Thanks. That was most helpful PWOOD.

BRIAN, how much would that cost if you don't mind me asking. That looks great.

Bod

Hi, does anyone know where "Bank 2 Sensor1" heated oxygen sensor is on the exhaust please. I can see two sensors under the bonnet but both are on what I would call bank 1. I have a code of P1055 and just need to know if I can locate the correct sensor before purchase. Thanks,

Bod.

Turns out that Lexus never made, supplied or offered mudflaps for a GS in the UK. Door rubber is £94 from Lexus so I'll not be having a new one of those.

Breakers yard searches continue.

Bod

Hi, does anyone know where "Bank 2 Sensor1" heated oxygen sensor is on the exhaust please. I can see two sensors under the bonnet but both are on what I would call bank 1. I have a code of P1055 and just need to know if I can locate the correct sensor before purchase. Thanks,

Bod.

Thanks guys.

Will it not be a particular one John or don't door rubbers come in a shaped form.

Don't think I've ever changed a door rubber before.

Jameds

As in the title I'm looking for a drivers door rubber and a set of 4 genuine mudflaps for a 2002 GS300.

Thanks

Bod

Rant time,

All I want to do is buy an O\S drivers door rubber and some mud flaps from a breaking car, any breaking car from fleabay and no one will reply to any messages.

Anyone got any for sale?

Pleeeease.

Thanks,

James.

Rant time,

All I want to do is buy an O\S drivers door rubber and some mud flaps from a breaking car, any breaking car from fleabay and no one will reply to any messages.

Anyone got any for sale?

Pleeeease.

Thanks,

James.

My old 2002 needs a bit of life put back in to the paint work. It's a plain flat blue not metalic but some paint nowadays have a clear coat over a flat colour. If this is the case then I would need to use the T-Cut in the silver bottle for metalics, right?

If there is no clear coat then original T-Cut in the red bottle is the one.

Does anyone know if Lexus put clear coat on the solid blue colour cars?

Thanks,

Bod

Thank you for the welcome Gents. I picked up my car from Yorkshire on Sunday and drove it back the 231 miles to Norwich. What a great drive it was. I only have one picture at the moment and don't want to take anymore until I have done the bizo with the cleaning products. Anyway, here it the one and only piccy so far.

Having only had my GS for 4 days this is the first of probably many questions to come.

My radio control buttons on the steering wheel don't work but the up and down gear change buttons do as does the cruise control. Has anyone got any experience of this or a remedy. Or maybe its a 'settings' issue.

Thanks,

Bod