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What did you do to your GS today?

Old 05-24-14, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by TigerBrand
Yes, you have to get the key cut. Not bad for a $10 flip key housing off ebay. I just had to transfer the guts from my factory key over.
I hate those, threw mine right in the trash because u can only put the wipers on the first slow setting, u try and put the wipers on another lower setting and it bangs off the fob u can't do it, I had some extremely fun rainy days on the way home from work lemme tell ya!
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Gave mine a good wash and temporarily switched my DRL's back to regular halogen bulbs because I damaged one of my LED's defintley will order more probably from v-leds again but Now my inner headlights are yellow and my HID"s are 6000k, but it makes for an interesting color contrast at night, thats about it lol
Old 06-10-14, 04:36 PM
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Default What did you do to your GS today?

At this very moment my '98 GS4** is getting a whole new front end's worth of u/l control arms, sway links 'n bar bushings, tie rods, ball jnts, caster arm bushings, steering rack bushings and the obvious alignment. All rubber bushings for ride and quiet. I've waited long enuff. The $ of Conti EC DWS tires made me do it. I'll post on the results in suspension, in a week or so....

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Old 06-10-14, 06:18 PM
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Replace the timing belt. radiator, pulley, belt tensioner, serpentine belt, water pump, coolant,
Old 06-16-14, 09:30 AM
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As we say in Holland: "read the *****ing manual"

For longer times I could not get the navigation programmed, the buttons flattened... Now I found out it does that when you try to program it when driving.... Sorry... unsafe behaviour...my bad
When at a standstill, it programs perfectly...

Also found out that the buttons on the keyholder actually DO work for the windows and the trunk... push it longer than 2 secs and it does what it promises....


On the ToDo-list..... implement Dension iPod-unit.... waiting on materials...
Old 07-02-14, 07:19 PM
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Fog light mod I did a few days ago:

Old 07-03-14, 02:27 PM
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[QUOTE=JJaySilver;8609574]Fog light mod I did a few days ago:

How did you do that? Thanks in advace...
Old 07-03-14, 04:10 PM
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Timing belt, tensioner bearings and rollers, water pump, drive belt, camshaft seal, crank seal, thermostat, valve cover gaskets, spark plug seals, and a coolant reservoir tank. I'm sure I'm missing a few things too.
Old 07-03-14, 06:39 PM
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[QUOTE=Miami-SC;8610769]
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Fog light mod I did a few days ago:

How did you do that? Thanks in advace...
I followed BananasGS intructions on how he did his:
http://bananags.grantham-international.com

Scroll down and click on #10 Override foglight switch.
Only change I did was use a 10 gauge wire instead to avoid melting plastic, and the same size wire as shown in his tutorial for the ground wire that connects to that green wire under steering wheel. Very simple.

The only thing I don't like is when my fogs turns off when I turn off the engine on auto. I'm going to move my wire to another fuse location that will allow me to manually turn on/off my fogs anytime, and turns off on its own along with the headlights in auto mode like it always did.

I also disabled my DRL's today; I liked them on, but my fogs are my new DRL's most of the time, and it looks nice with the city lights on too. Next I'll find a way to keep fogs on when hitting the high beams .
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New Exhaust and Taillights.



Old 07-03-14, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Sphan519
New Exhaust and Taillights.



--- Where'd you get the L Tuned tips from buddy?? Very nice! Enjoy bro!
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Originally Posted by aneidiaz
--- Where'd you get the L Tuned tips from buddy?? Very nice! Enjoy bro!
Thanks! I got em from another fellow ClubLexus member.
Old 07-04-14, 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by ThomasGS4
Timing belt, tensioner bearings and rollers, water pump, drive belt, camshaft seal, crank seal, thermostat, valve cover gaskets, spark plug seals, and a coolant reservoir tank. I'm sure I'm missing a few things too.
wow Parker . did the dealer do this or independent shop? good for another 100k miles on your mint GS 400
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I replaced the vvti pulley that was leaking.
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I finally fixed my air vent problem. Thanks to a few good members. I'm so appreciative of this site. ☺☺☺☺ God Bless Everyone and happy July 4th weekend to everyone and they're families....

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