steve2006

Mine seems to to be a lot quicker than that

Previous poorly repaired accident damage springs to mind looking at the pictures, is the other side OK?

https://www.amayama.com/en/part/toyota/4863059015?currency=826&q=

Genuine UCAs are coming up at £147.00 each plus around £60.00 shipping from Amayama Japan with 3-4 day delivery but bear in mind HMRC may pounce and delay the package to add to their own coffers! Even bearing that in mind they are still cheap compared to Lexus UK who the last I required ONE quoted £521.00!

Unfortunately the ball joints on the UCAs are not replaceable you have to replace the complete unit.

Above picture not my car, this one is my car ignore the damage to the car it has since been repaired!

Here you go.

I have some 17” Mitsubishi Evo 9 Enkei wheels for sale with spigot rings, straight bolt on.

I’ll just add give that brake fluid soaked arch a good hose down before it runs onto any painted areas.

Wow.....for the front LBJ I would go OEM, the last ones I bought were around £120.00 a pair. Front UCAs are stupidly expensive from Lexus at around £500.00 EACH so better off with some decent after market ones. Don’t quite understand the upper anti rollbar ball joint problem unless this means the drop links? Exhaust you have covered. Springs I would replace them all not just the broken/bodged ones.

Hi Dave and welcome to the LOC. It’s been the same problem with most Lexus models, the likes of Witter and others just don’t seem to cater for Lexus possibly because of the low volumes. Having said that Lexus don’t make towbars but someone must so Lexus can charge £1300.00 for one, may be worth contacting the usual manufacturers.

I have a spare space saver wheel and tyre (which may need replacing due to age cracking but not use) for free if you can collect from Derbyshire.

Calipers on both models are the same 4 piston versions so wheels will fit.

Having thought about it a bit more you may be correct in that I understand the series III strut was longer than previous versions meaning that there could be insufficient room to remove it without more suspension dismantling.

A very good review David thanks for posting it up.

Also could be the crankshaft seal? Try to clean the suspect area as much as possible then apply talcum power to the area where you saw the oil this makes it a lot easier to see where the leak is coming from.

A bit surprised it took 8.5L to refill the transmission when only the sump was dropped which usually results in a 2L drain, also did they refill with Toyota type IV otherwise I would be worried.

Apparently the bushes alone are not available from Lexus/Toyota.....you have to buy the complete rack!......what a racket!

Personally I would be looking for a new mechanic if he relies on Youtube videos for instructions. The strut is released by removing the three top mount bolts (after removing the rear seats and parcel shelf to gain access) and then the through bolt on the lower control arm. Admittedly it is tight but if you uncouple the anti roll bar link the lower suspension (hub) can be pushed down far enough so the strut assembly can be removed. It took me a little while and as I said it is tight but I managed it with basic DIY skills. My local MOT garage replaced my other spring for me seeing as it was in for the test and only charged me around £30.00 labour to remove the strut (parcel shelf already out), change the spring and refit it.

Arrrr you can’t any more ....just re read your post and you no longer have it. It hasn’t had an MOT since 2012 and the mileage was up and down on previous tests between miles and KMs suggesting an import, looks like it got scrapped before it hit 100k unless it is laid up in a barn somewhere.

Car mats are Celsior (thicker and heavier than Lexus) and the speedo was originally KMs but the external aerial says Lexus, look under the passenger footwell and see if there is a hollow black plastic tube mounted on the left side.

I think you may find that hourly rate is for sitting in reception excluding tea and biscuits but plus VAT :)

Was there a camera crew there...will it be on Police Interceptors soon? Good job he didn’t suggest you drove it and serves him right with no insurance. I have bought a couple of LS400s in the past but always took out a one day policy which at around £40.00 gave me cover albeit 3rd party with the policy document on me.

I bought some “Heavy Duty” spring compressors from fleabay seller and they were completely useless (didn’t even fit over the coils correctly). The last time I removed the strut and got my local MOT garage to change the spring with their pneumatic spring compressor, for the sake of £10.00 I would not risk a DIY spring change.

First thing with any fault diagnosis is to read the fault codes and go from there, even though the EML has extinguished there should still be a stored code. The possibilities without codes is huge ranging from faulty MAFs, TPS, Engine ECU capacitors or a fuel starvation situation.