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I've found another Lexus hidden feature 😀 When I removed the rear seating recently I found that the rear seat belts have an extending arm, for want of a better description. The seat belt guide on the top of the seats extends , why ? I don't really know, unless it's a comfort thing. Tadah ! Just when I thought I knew the car inside out. 🤓

Well, here we go with the after fitting report having changed over from Lexus Air to Coilover suspension. Firstly, I removed the rear seating to save money essentially. The first photo shows a seating nut, if it's this shape remove it, if it's a standard nut, leave it alone. The second photo shows a bracket, with my finger pointing to it, no need to remove that. ( See rule 1 😃) Third photo shows the old suspension ready for the tip. So, what's my reaction to driving the car with Coilover suspension ? As I drove home from the garage, I was appalled ! Truly, I thought I'd made a huge mistake, the ride was as bad as my wife's little Peugeot. So, the first thing I did was to turn the rear adjuster to maximum soft, a ride through the village told me it was a lot better but not quite right. I reset the front suspension to max soft, and that made a massive difference for the better. So where are we now ? Lexus didn't fit Air Suspension because it was the cheapest option, they fitted it because it is the best. With my coilovers fitted I would estimate I have 90+ maybe 95% of the original ride comfort, it's acceptable. The total cost of parts was £765 plus £275 for 5 hours work fitting them, total = £1040 Set that against a cost of £3675 to replace air suspension ( which is probably the market value of the car) Given that I only needed to replace the rear suspension, on reflection, if I had to do it again I would have replaced the rear with new Air Suspension, it just has the edge that delivers perfection.

They were okay with the LPG conversion but suspension was a no no. Not an issue, all sorted for another year.

Right, here goes ! The Insurance company is Prudential. Policy would run to 27th but terminated on 17th So, £7 for 10 days, I'm okay with that. Had to go elsewhere and no it was not cheaper. Prudential policy says no to modified vehicles, suspension specific. Big shame as their renewal was £265 and the new policy is £345 And, yes, I trawled the web for hours 🤪

That's what brought up the subject. Turns out present insurance company will only continue my policy until the date of suspension change, then they would terminate the policy, and give me a £7 refund 😄 Had to start a new policy 10 days earlier to cover the change in suspension. Choosing new insurance is a mission ! All done now for another year !

Now that's a surprise, just checked and it isn't mentioned. Great tip, thank you.

I've looked online but don't see a concise / definitive answer. Do I need to inform DVLA that my car has a changed suspension, ie. I'm having the original air suspension changed to coilover. Look forward to hearing from you.

They sound like a total nightmare ! Best of luck on getting a great result.

Then we need to send out an appeal for 1993 owners, there must be plenty out there 😁

That is my intention 😀

That was a bit thoughtless of me, 2004 , it's the facelift version but I'm sure my earlier 2002 was exactly the same.

That's mine, "Go-compare" as they say 😃 Cheers.

Absolutely !

Apparently they're set for the correct ride height but one can easily adjust the ride sensitivity, ie. Hard or soft ride.

I own an LS430 Premium, an absolute joy of a car. However, recent events have caused me to consider replacing my Air Suspension with coilover suspension. I've read up lot's of comments on this forum, as I always do ! And have bought a full set of coilover springs from BC Racing, supplied by Apex Performance, at a cost of £769 for the full kit. Contacted my local garage and they're going to fit them for me on the 17th. Did contact Lexus who declined to do the job !! No surprise there ! But they did confirm that the mechanism for the height adjustable suspension had no link to the self leveling headlights, good news. I'm going to remove the rear seating before it goes to the garage, to save money and mitigate any possibility of damage to said seating. My only issue now is that of warning signs from the ECU, but I'm doubtful I'll get a warning message because last time the suspension dropped by 90mm when it was stood for two days , there was no sign of a warning message. Anyway, I'll report back on progress and / or problems in due course.

Not a chance, LoL I'm a big believer in GSI. Get someone in. It works !

SO ! If you're center console goes dead. IT'S A FUSE ! Located above the passenger side foot well.

Totally. I was hoping that would be a simple remedy, not so. Cheers.

Tried that Farqui. Disconnected the battery this morning. Booked in to an Auto Electrician tomorrow.

Hi Mark, It's not just the screen, it's everything that is controlled from the top half of the center console, the buttons below that, height, sports, rear sun screen, they work. Thought it might have something to do with the display selection on the steering wheel, mode 2 , but no luck there. It's a newish battery, so I dismissed that probability. Cheers.

Thanks Ambermarine, but not a lot of help as there's no solution, but I will go and "beat on the dashboard" LoL

Worth consideration, but tbh I can't see a tyre sensor taking out the whole centre console and all that is controlled from there. Cheers.

Just had 4 tyres fitted, and having paid the bill went outside (In the dark) to drive off in my newly shod car. Noticed instantly that I had no lights on the centre console, that meant, no clock, no screen, no heating, no aircon. Waited until I got home thinking, I'll turn off the engine, wait a minute and re start it, confident that all would be well. WRONG ! No lights on the console, my first thought is, "It's a fuse" That I will have to check out tomorrow when it's light. But ! Any suggestions ?

Thanks Nickd, I fear your right, but at the same time, a trailer is overkill and brings with it a host of problems, cheers.

Back in 2010 I see Mike Sands posted about roof bars he'd bought to carry his canoe, I now need something similar as I plan on buying a canoe, IF I can carry it on my Lexus. A search on EB didn't reveal anything, so I'm wondering if any club members have solved this Roof Rack problem.