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Old 05-22-13, 10:27 AM
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Question Bushing sizes

I am new to this forum so Hello and nice to meet you.
I have a 1999 GS300 with ~310k on it. Engine works like a charm but my suspension is slowly giving in. My mechanic said I need lower bushings which I circled on the picture.

I have been searching on ebay for an aftermarket bushings however, a lot of them are advertised as 00-05 model. Second generation GS300 is 98-05, so my question is, would the sizing of the bushing be the same for 98-00? I know that you can get these bushings in 60,2mm and 65mm (or something close to that, I can be wrong)
I did read a few posts on this forum, actually one of them is a sticky post, where a user changes these bushings and shows two arms, one thinner and one thicker, is that the thicker one from 00-05 model and it also have a bigger bushing?

Does anyone know where I can get these bushings, with shipping to Canada?

Thank you very much
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Old 05-22-13, 10:52 AM
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The 01+ bushings are thicker than the 98-00 ones. You can buy the bushings themselves from Sewell Lexus though.

http://lexus.sewellparts.com/accesso...1998/5368.html

Or you can get Spherical Bushings from FIGS..

http://shopfigs.com/v1/index.php?rou...product_id=122
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I'd buy two replacement arms, with the bushings already installed. The prices have come way down to about $100 per arm, and will save hours of labor of pressing bushings in and out.
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^ What he said. Just upgrade to the 00-05 arms with bushings already in there. OR an even cheaper route is pulling two arms from an 00+ GS from a junkyard and press in the Roca bushings. Search around for the results with Roca. I have them as well as the gentleman who posted before me and we both have had zero issues.
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Originally Posted by beacon
I did read a few posts on this forum, actually one of them is a sticky post
Soooooo then instead of making a new post why dont you post in said sticky to help keep the clutter down?
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Thank you for your replies. Will try to get the whole arm for sure.
And yes sakataj, I could have done that however, for some reason I thought this sticky post was finished and couldn't comment in it. Next time.
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