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  1. Ruud
    My mk1 is nice and quiet as well now. It came with low profile, Chinese crap tyres. Changed them over for higher profile Kumho Solus KH series. They have just started resurfacing a road here and put on the first layer of tarmac....sooooooooo quiet, it's like your floating. No doubt this will be ruined as soon as they put the top layer on :(
  2. Ruud
    LOL And...with the 1 piece, more aero-dynamical headlights, you'll be leaving us all for dust :)
  3. Ruud
    Corect. The Celsior doesn't have EGR. I think I'll just make up 2 blanking plates - much easier
  4. Ruud
    I had a leak from both cat flanges. A bit of gun gum and it's all quiet again. I don't have any leaks from the Y-pipe...yet. There is a slight popping sound from the back of the engine (especially when cold). Fairly sure this is the EGR pipe which always tends to crack at the harmonica bit. Will need to wait for some good weather before I can tackle that.
  5. Ruud
    Not a personal experience, but I have read about a few have deleted (capped off) the rear a/c pipe.
  6. Ruud
    I do like the gold badges. They don't seem to age as well as the chrome badges though.
  7. Ruud
    On my 1993 I used to get a beep and indicators flashing and there was a knob under the dash for the beep. On my 1990 I get nothing and no knob under the dash, just behind the wheel ;)
  8. Ruud
    Indeed, or use a solar charger to keep the battery 'topped up'. The weirdest things happen with our Ls400s when the battery is low
  9. Ruud
    What kind of machine are you using to polish?
  10. Ruud
    Looking great :) RE: boot release - Make sure the boot lock button (the one you can insert your key) is not pressed in. Driver's side window - Mine does exactly the same. Auto down, but not up. There are several topics about the needles not illuminating on here and on US forums. have a read and decide whether it's something you want to fix yourself, send it off for repair or live with it :)
  11. Ruud
    I bet a lot are on sorn because the owners are in the progress of fitting the 1UZ-FE in a different car.
  12. Ruud
    At first I didn't like the wheels that much, but they have grown on me. I did replace the tyres though. The ones that were on them were 235 45 17 and seemed quite lost in the wheel arches. Now, with 235 55 17, they fill out the arches nicely.
  13. Ruud
    She scrubbed up well for being 25 years old :)
  14. Ruud
    Steve, Thanks for that. Next time :) The wee circuit board was easy enough to change though. The blade was more difficult
  15. Ruud
    It never worked with my old key - now with the new 'Frankenkey', it works fine :)
  16. Ruud
    Yes I got the emergency key in card too
  17. Ruud
    The key that came with my Lexus was glued together with super glue and consisted of roughly 25 pieces :( These 1-button remote keys are as rare as hen's teeth, but I managed to buy one from a guy who is breaking a mk1 on Fleabay. £25 delivered and in excellent condition. After some cutting, soldering and glueing - I now have a working remote locking key :) The most fiddly part was changing over the blade....
  18. Ruud
    Great video Mike. A bit of advice - do NOT read the comments underneath - Someone called Shan Mirza really needs his head checked...... :megaangry:
  19. Ruud
    Welcome Mark. You'll love it here :)
  20. Ruud
    Really nice. I like them!
  21. Ruud
    They look like Mazda RX8 wheels. regarding cam belt change: Emailed seller and last belt change was on 15-08-2003 at 58,500 miles!! 2 years overdue Sellers argument was that on the 1st of May the car had been fully serviced and a 71-point check had been carried out by.......wait for it.........Halfords!!!! I wouldn't even trust Halfords to inflate my tyre.
  22. Ruud
    I do! Well...description says "passenger seat burst" I don't see an issue with that. It's not that difficult to either repair or pick up a 'new' seat. You can probably haggle him down to £900 - £950 - good price if you ask me.
  23. Ruud
    Seems nice enough for the money! And fairly local to me. http://www.gumtree.com/p/lexus/lexus-ls400-1-year-mot-/1123813415
  24. Ruud
    "The bodywork and trim is in the most sought after colour scheme of Cashmere Beige Metallic" Not too sure about that ;) I think it's too expensive as well. Now if it was a nice silver MKI ........ :)
  25. Ruud
    My eldest is 12 so no granda anytime soon :)
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