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If you go for the cheap 'aero' type blades, it's very easy to neatly modify the plastic cover so that they fit the driver's side. They're really cheap blades but they work perfectly well. With regular use they will only last about 15 months though.

Got this done yesterday by the excellent team at Lexus Hull. Had a steady 70 mile drive north early in the morning up to Hull averaging 32.9 MPG on the way. Service was done with new rear shock, wiper blades and air/pollen filters for the sum of £788, also purchased the two year warranty for £795 - been an expensive week after having some paintwork on my Fireblade £675 and the rust on the wheel arches sorted on my LS400 £300 so am feeling very much poorer right now. It's the first time I have had the car in at my dealers but the good news is that they backed up what my local mechanic said in that the car looks to have no faults and is in superb shape - particularly for the mileage - just goes to show how well built these cars are. Looking forward to the next 110k mies although a quick calculation shows that will cost about £26k in fuel!

Quite fancy one of these now! http://www.kyoei-usa.com/proddetail.asp?prod=junitucf20rear

my mark 3 and 4 both had that pantograph set up - you need the wipers which fit onto hook arms without the cover

Postscipt I did my Reading Swansea/return journey yesterday. Brian, aka Titch-LS and Ambermarine had warned me about filling the coolant through the hex plug at the front of the engine - so taking the advice I did this. I couldn't fill the system full this way as the level/fluid backed up to the reservoir tank. So when it got to over the minimum line in the resevoir tank I called it a day and refitted the hex plug. The heating worked straight away. I topped the level up to the max mark via the reservoir tank. I test drove the car a few local miles, it took a while to warm up through this process. The level dropped to between the min and max. But I let it cool right down to cold before rechecking and topping up. Again it dropped again following another run. The same amount. Left overnight to cool. The following morning - day of the journey, I topped up to the max. On arriving at destination I did a quick check - all ok. I'm sure the idle is crisper, engine is quiet and very smooth. On the return I stretched the engine a little more...nice! Checked the fluid level this morning - bang on.

I gave these a gohttp://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=131469773162&globalID=EBAY-GB Bright enough (need to adjust alignment a bit though) Halogen setup on left of picture, LED on right Sent from my iPhone using Lexus OC

Beginning to think that the LS400 is THE most highly rated luxo-barge of all time. And for good reason. I've discovered even non-Lexus forums rate these motors. I plan on holding on to mine as long as poss.

..... well, I do think the Mk3 is the better of the stable .... but I would wouldn't I Malc

............. these are well documented issues with the Ls430 ..................... now, the Ls400 is a totally different story Malc

Hi all My LS400 has required a lot of TLC so far, but the results are turning out to be great. So far, I have changed all four tyres, new break pads all around, DENSO Iridium spark plugs, Aisin water pump, Mitsuboshi timing belt, fan belt, NTN hydraulic pre-tensioner and bearings, K&N air filter, ShellUltra Helix ECT 5w-30 oil, Toyota OEM oil filter, Toyota OEM antifreeze/coolant, Toyota OEM break fluid. also discovered that A/C compressor wasn't working, luckily found one at Ebay removed from a Mark 4 which had done only 32k miles and got it done along with the timing belt, Yuasa 335 battery 95aH, and got my local carper shop to cut and whip new mats plus 4 wheel Hunter alignment by Alineyourcar in Dudley. Forgot to add engine hood struts, changed them too. As expected, I can feel the difference. Just came back from a 1307 mile trip to Liore Valley. The car used petrol worth £197.80, averaged 32 mpg with air-conditioning on all the time as temperatures were 30 deg plus. On the way back home, I got 513 miles from a single tank of fuel with 32 miles range to spare. We travel to Europe by car 2-3 times a year, and this has been our most comfortable and enjoyable trip so far. I want to thank everyone on this forum for their advice and contributions, saved me a lot of money and guided me in the right direction. Tarun