Mk3 Ls400 Front Lip And Radio Removal

[Jacques Wood]

Things are coming along nicely, I've finally bagged a set of MK4 5 spoke LS400 wheels, and the cambelt is booked in.

A few odd jobs I want to sort. Firstly, I will have a go at diagnosing and repairing the back light of the OEM radio unit (it works fine but doesn't light up), does anyone know how I release the unit? Head unit keys? or take the trim off around the gear stick and work upwards?

Secondly, the very lowest part of the front bumper, what I would call a lip spoiler is completely shot. Does anyone have a Lexus part number? or can at least point me towards a spares manual to find it myself?

as always, any help and advice appreciated.

Jacques

[cruisermark]

hi jack

1) to remove stereo start by unscrewing the gearknob and lifting the surround - start at the cupholder end and work upwards.

then you need to remove the centre air vents - slide 2 lolli stick like objects each side of the vents and pull towards you

then you have 2 screws at the top and 2 at the bottom and its ready to come out.

2) the backlighting i never attempted myself - i used car auto repairs in hove who done it for £85 8 years ago

3) the from spoiler - 8 years ago i found that it was not available so i had mine removed completely from both sides

hope this helps

[Jacques Wood]

Thanks Cruisermark,

A nice weekend project, if I'm successful I'll do a write up.

I quite like the splitter, I'll have a go at fixing it.

[cruisermark]

Thanks Cruisermark,

A nice weekend project, if I'm successful I'll do a write up.

I quite like the splitter, I'll have a go at fixing it.

yes i agree with you but mine were beyond repair so to tidy the look up i had to have them removed

[plexus914]

Spoiler - got them from Amayama last year for about 50€ per side:

front spoiler LH...........76852-50030
front spoiler RH...........76851-50050

+ some new bolts and nuts (6mm), because the old ones were all terminally rusty.

[cruisermark]

ah they are available - the dealers here couldnt find them on the parts diagram when i was looking so i gave up

[Malc]

. I'm removing my lower front spoiler .. it's just too low and I'm forever crunching it ... and there's not much left tbh anyway now and it's looking unsightly a bit

Malc

[steve2006]

Although for the earlier model the proceedure on the link below is basically the same for the later LS400 radio removal.

http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/audio/headunit.html

If you don't fancy repairing the head unit yourself feel free to PM me as I have done several of them for other members.