bigglesfllesundone

You could ring round chains of dealers. There may be the car you want. I needed a UX of certain colour and trim. There were none on the Lexus System, there was one in the showroom of the first dealer I rang that had been 'sold' but without a deposit being taken and had been removed from the Lexus system.

Two more features that could be worthwhile retro fitting are the Premier’s heated steering wheel and the manual sunshades in the rear windows. The premier has a wood steering wheel with heated leather areas on each side. This is handy as the wood can get pretty cold in winter! The switch is by the right knee. Wheel on Amayama seems to be about £1080. I have never used the powered rear sunshade, standard in the f-sport and the premier, however my passengers often use the sunshades for the rear side windows. These shades appear to be relatively cheap, however you would need to ensure that they fit in the door.

Some details on the extended warranty are in the IS forum, thread started 2022, called “Lexus 10 Year Plus Extended Warranty” I cannot create a link

This post is from the F club forum, thread ; GS 300h 2018 & GSF 2019 CANBUS theft risk. It appears hybrid GS models are not vulnerable to CANBUS theft risk.

This is I think a 2017 brochure for GS. Motorised trunk is specified in Premier.LexusGS300h2017 - copy.pdf

Congrats on your almost new F sport, it will be really interesting to see your comparison with the pre facelift premier. F sport has 4 wheel steering. Looking at the 2017 brochure, blind-spot monitor was standard in facelift premier and f sport, but not an option in the executive and luxury versions It should be possible to fit an f-sport with some premier features. There is a long thread on a US Lexus forum where Head-up display was retrofitted. Big job with hole cut in dash, windscreen modified and other things. Head up display is great and I could not be without it now. It was available as an option from around 2015 onward. Retro fitting electrical items to a modern Lexus May be tricky. On dismantling and putting back together, you could cause problems. Are these things plug and play, or need coding? I have always avoided anything like fitting a new car play system in case I cause issues. Looking at the parts diagrams of the various GS seats, there are several different ones. Whether a switch on the side of the seat could be retrofitted to an f sport I do not know, as the passenger seat is 10 way compared to premier’s 18 way. But if it could be retrofitted it would be really handy for you. Mark Levinson sound system was an option on the F-sport, it could be retrofitted. Fitting Wiring and switches for the premier heated rear seats may be a possible, but the switches are in the rear armrest along with remote ventilation, radio control. Finally, Lexus stopped making night vision an option in 2013 in the GS. Parts are still available, it was fitted in place of lane keeping assist, using a different camera. Highly unlikely, as facelift display, features are different, but maybe this could be retro-fitted as a cool feature?

There is a GS450h being broken in stapleford nottingham, on ebay. There is a comparability checker on ebay to see if the part should fit yours.£79.98 or best offer. The car has a smashed rear window, which could explain reason for breaking. A local garage should fit this I imagine. It is a risky solution in that it may leak.

I am considering replacing my GS450h with MY2025 NX, - Not F-Sport as I like soft seats, the MY2025 cars have cream (Amonite Sand) upholstery available. I was wondering if anyone had compared the drivability of 350 vs 450 in terms of noise on acceleration, acceleration, cornering etc. The MY2025 only comes with a Panoramic Sunroof, the conventional sunroof (which I would prefer) is not available. i think the Panoramic roofs are quite heavy. Does anyone have experience in NX models with and without these roofs? Is there a noticeable difference when cornering? Would a 450h large battery near the ground counter the high up pan roof weight, or am I over thinking things? It would be great to hear people's views and experience.

Perhaps this thread, or part of it, should be put as part of the sticky on this subject at the top of the GS forum?

There were I think 24 fsport and 77 premier phase4 facelift GS450h imported. They come up for sale rarely. In last 12 months I have seen 2 premiers for sale, in the 12 months before that, 11 premiers. I would put a refundable deposit on it and arrange to test drive the car and an ES. It may be 7 years old but if serviced at lexus you can buy a warranty (if you think you need one) from age 10-15 years. I think the last fsport was sold within hours.

Looking into this, the 5.2 sec time was claimed by Lexus in USA at launch for the phase 3 car. It is a 0-60 time, European times are 0-100kph so 0-62mph. Some American testers use a rolling start, which improves times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollout_(drag_racing)#:~:text=For the published 0 to,the initial standing start position. I couldn’t see any testers who had equalled or improved the 5.2 time. to get the best time I believe you need to fully charge the traction battery.

There were only 78 GS450h series 4 facelifts registered in UK. One appeared at Lexus Sheffield on autotrader on 1 March, on 2 march when I noticed it it was reserved.

On Autotrader offer of £500 plus a free service. Email today from Carwow increasing the discount if some dealers.

I have a phase 4 facelift GS450h Premier, and previously had a pre-face lift GS450h Premier. The premier and f sport GS450h have larger front disc brakes and 17” wheels will not fit. I am unsure about the GS300h. The Newer car has 19” wheels, the ride is OK, but the tyres and wheels are more likely to be damaged by kerbs and bumps I think. The facelift drives and rides better than the previous model. I would get the facelift if you can. My notes are below: I have listed the differences between the pre and post face-lift premier cars. Face lift has the Lexus Safety System + LSS+ - Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) - Pre-Crash Safety system (PCS) - Lane Keep Assist (LKA) - Sway Warning - Traffic Signal Recognition (TSR) - Automatic High Beam system Facelift has Blind spot BSM and rear cross traffic alert RCTA, Pre-face-lift only has Blind spot indicator. Head-up display. This became available in around 2015 in the GS as I think an optional extra. It is standard in the facelift. Headlights. Facelift has 3 Eye LED headlamps with AHS (Adaptive High-beam System) Pre face lift has headlights that point toward direction of steering, but do not blank out light to other road users on full beam. Interior. Facelift analogue clock is automatically set by GPS or similar which is handy whereas pre-facelift car is manually set. Main display is split screen so two different items may be displayed, Sat Nav is updated, though there appears to be no speed limit display or recognition on the sat nav that I can find. Steering wheel display is much more comprehensive, the LSS+ features can be set here. Heated steering wheel with wood rim in facelift, compared with full leather no heating in older car. Display controls in front of armrest are more comprehensive and better. Rear camera picture quality is markedly improved in facelift. Seat patterns are slightly different but the seats feel and adjust the same. In the facelift I have set the seat heating so it come on when the car starts and stays on at 3 bars, features I could not do in previous car. Driving; comparing a 25k newer car with a 80k older car. The steering on the facelift is much more direct and not at all vague. The suspension is much better, with fewer crashes in potholes and none of the very slight swaying in older car. I would have thought the engine and transmission are pretty much identical, and the consumption figures so far a very similar (about 40mpg in summer.) Drive mode for facelift includes the ‘customise’ setting where you can specify desired throttle response, suspension and eco/normal aircon settings. I was worried that the ride would be harsh on the 19” wheels compared to the older car’s 18” wheels, but it is fine. Overall the facelift is a better car due to the improved steering, suspension, LSS+ features and displays.

Hopefully someone else will come along with pricing for the items. If they need doing in the future I imagine they will be an awful lot. The car is easy to find on auto trader, the previous mot history has only shown a headlight aiming issue previously. So the mot inspection may have been by a very over enthusiastic tester, but it may not. If the car was serviced by Lexus within the last 12 months/10k miles it should have a Relax warranty until the next service. Ring a Lexus dealer, preferably the one it was last serviced in and confirm what has been done to the car and if it is covered by the relax warranty. Before you ring, find the posts about the 10 year+ warranty and discuss it with them if needs be, (they may not be aware about it. )If the car is serviced at Lexus before it is 10 years old, it should get a year relax warranty. The relax warranty is with Lexus. I would arrange for you to take it to a Lexus dealer for an inspection of the mot advisories to get an opinion on them, or second choice, to an independent garage that you trust. I would be wary of believing what you are told by a dealer. As well as any warranty, you also have protection under the sale of goods act. Pay for some or all of the car with a credit card to give you Section 75. I think it is the newer RX models that are currently being stolen. The cost of insurance may well go up in the future.