Supradave

I have recently purchased an early 1998 (I think this makes it a Mk3 ) Ls400 and have a few questions. 1) The car appears to have reversing sensors. The car has the small sensors in the rear bumper. The guy that I brought the car from told me that he never used the reversing sensors as he did not trust them. I cannot find any buttons to press to activate the sensors and nothing beeps when I reverse. Should there be a button somewhere for me to press to activate the reversing sensors? 2) The only fault the car appears to have is that the paint is peeling off of the trim down the side of the windscreen (on the outside). I have ordered (and received) the replacement pieces of trim from my local Lexus dealer (who kindly lightened my wallet by £72 per side) however can anyone advise me whether the windscreen needs to be removed for these pieces of trim to be replaced? 3) The car still has the amber indicators on the sides and built into the front bumpers. Can anyone advise me where I can clear replacements and the amber bulbs to go with them?

Thanks for the help, it looks as if most of the cost from Lexus is for the labour then. I will put some photo's up on here of the car but it's the wrong time of the car to try and show it off. I've only had it a week, I've been driving to work in the dark, driving home in the dark and have barely had a chance to look at it much myself. I'll wait until the spring when I can get out there, go over it with a claybar, give it a couple of coats of wax and then really make it shine. Then I'll take some photo's and post them up on here.

Hi, First post for me. I've been looking for an LS for the past 12 months and finally got one last week, a 1997 with 72k on the clock and full Lexus service history. It's a lot different from the Twin Turbo Supra I have been driving for the past 5 years but I am fully appreciating the ride comfort and the silence on my motorway journeys and really enjoying the new car. The LS was still on it's original Timing Belt so I booked it in with Lexus Reading to have that replaced and they very kindly checked the car over to see if there was anything else they could charge me for while it was there. They have highlighted that the Front Anti roll Bushes are worn and from reading other posts on here it looks a fairly straightforward job so I plan to change them myself in the spring (They quoted £220 to replace them). They also highlighted that the Front Tie Bar Bushes are perished but I cannot find any mention of Tie Bar bushes on any other posts. They have quoted over £400 to replace them but are they fairly easy to replace and what sort of cost would the parts be to do them myself. I intend to use Lexus parts and don't want to go for Poly bushes.