The-Acre

I see Rockauto has a rebuilt rack for less than £200, although that would include Vat and shipping, plus the old one would need returning to them, it may still be worth checking though.

Skunk

What did you use with the DA polisher? I bought Maguire's compound, polish and wax and found it very good.

Ooze

Sore.

Blinkers

I'm not sure at this stage, Arnott have requested my original invoice from Rockauto. If its going to be a hassle I won't bother, but I will if they offer some kind of refund. They are under warranty but they may just replace them which I don't want, on the other hand I could easily sell a new set! I'm waiting to hear back from Arnott but if that doesn't result in anything I'll send them back to Rock, but only on the promise of a refund because it'll cost £200 to ship them.

That's my thinking, mine is worth it. The majority of LS430's sold in the US had conventional springs and people seem very happy with them. One thing I would never entertain is cheap coilovers, there are some on eBay for £200 the set! That's often the type people fit and find the result to be hopeless.

I'm guessing they are due to the rattle.

Good work!

Do what George suggests above, see if you can spin your rear wheels and then try again with the button pressed/depressed, it'll help determine if the system works.

To be fair, I actually quite enjoy this kind of tinkering, it's almost like a hobby! I'm looking forward to getting stuck in to this but it will be my last big expense on it. I'm very interested to know how it will feel afterwards. £1,200 including shipping and taxes.

No one ever said owning an aged limo would be cost free, so while I've still got some teeth left I'm biting another bullet. Last November I replaced my air shocks with new Arnott ones but they've started to make annoying rattling sounds over small bumps (just like if drop links were duff). I'm in negotiations with Arnott over it, it turns out I'm not alone. So I've ordered new spring shocks from Strutmaster, again in the US. They have Eibach springs and either Bilstein or KYB dampers. Maybe someone needs to be the guinea pig to see if they really are the solution, so let's see. They should arrive next week, although their shipping doesn't compare to Rock! Having done it once I'm hoping I can do each corner in an hour. And in case you're wondering, the car is so good it's worth the outlay I think.

My other catastrophic failure, which was on my part, was selling my last MK4 when there was nothing wrong with it! I guess it depends on whether we're talking about common failures like steering column, y piece, tweeter leak etc or real breakdown issues, although the latter will receive sparse comments!

At least it seems like you're getting somewhere, keep us posted.

Cave

Joker

Yep, that's the one I had to replace, a real knuckle scraper!

You should show VSC off when the button is pressed. I would plug in a cheap scan tool to see if throws up any errors, it is possible its been disabled for a reason! Did you buy from a dealer?

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Rainbow

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