Hello Everyone! Can I still buy parts for a 1991 LS400??
12-07-10, 04:35 PM
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Hello Everyone! Can I still buy parts for a 1991 LS400??
I want to buy a nice 20 year old RWD car.
My choice is a Lexus LS400.
I am looking forward to joining the Club Lexus family. The cars look very sweet.
What kind of problems should I look out for and can I still get parts for this old of a car?
Todd.
My choice is a Lexus LS400.
I am looking forward to joining the Club Lexus family. The cars look very sweet.
What kind of problems should I look out for and can I still get parts for this old of a car?
Todd.
12-07-10, 08:39 PM
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What he means is you'll get flamed for not using the search function in the forum to do some research on your questions...
Anyways, parts are readily available for all generations of the LS400 so you won't have any problems there.
For additional info, look in the sticky post thread at the very top of this forum.
You should also check out this web site: http://www.lexls.com/
Anyways, parts are readily available for all generations of the LS400 so you won't have any problems there.
For additional info, look in the sticky post thread at the very top of this forum.
You should also check out this web site: http://www.lexls.com/
12-07-10, 08:43 PM
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Welcome Stockstink...
I thinks we need a specific sticky/FAQ for the 2 generations covered here. Finding the past discussions even using <search> is a PITA. The tutorials and like are helpful but not as a buying guide.
If you need a daily driver that is ready to roll, finding one is going to be a challenge. For that matter, I would say 98+ but better yet, just get into a LS430. If I were to comment on buying a '91, I would say don't. Just too much to potentially fix even with a reasonably cared for one and the majority are going to have well worn interiors. No remotes and electrical gremlins by now. Check past threads on the dash lights for one.
Factory parts through the dealer will be getting scarce, interior trim pieces and other small parts of this nature will be hard. Engine, suspension and panels should be okay. Talk to one of the Lexus techs or service writers about what they come across as far as parts availability.
Again, I would suggest not even putting yourself into such a position. 98+ or LS430 for the ease.
I thinks we need a specific sticky/FAQ for the 2 generations covered here. Finding the past discussions even using <search> is a PITA. The tutorials and like are helpful but not as a buying guide.
If you need a daily driver that is ready to roll, finding one is going to be a challenge. For that matter, I would say 98+ but better yet, just get into a LS430. If I were to comment on buying a '91, I would say don't. Just too much to potentially fix even with a reasonably cared for one and the majority are going to have well worn interiors. No remotes and electrical gremlins by now. Check past threads on the dash lights for one.
Factory parts through the dealer will be getting scarce, interior trim pieces and other small parts of this nature will be hard. Engine, suspension and panels should be okay. Talk to one of the Lexus techs or service writers about what they come across as far as parts availability.
Again, I would suggest not even putting yourself into such a position. 98+ or LS430 for the ease.
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12-08-10, 01:56 PM
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I don't know if it is the same in the US but here in the UK some dealers are now discounting prices on the earlier LS models because there is less demand for them and they want to shift old stock.
12-09-10, 12:36 PM
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Basically, a car of this age at 20 is going to have many of the plastic, vinyl, rubber parts becoming hard and cracking. That includes those parts in the engine bay which there are many, mounts and suspension bushings to name specifics. Some are low $ but others bite upwards of $50 a shot.
Basic run down:
Struts ~$400. If the car has air...lots of hurt at about $1,100 per strut.
Caster/strut bars bushings, ~$45. $250 for all new strut bars.
Engine mounts $250
Tranny mount $75
Control arm bushings...
It will add up. Now if you buy the car for sub $1K and you have enough $ set aside to bring it up fully maintained, good deal. Easier to just find a newer model with less odds of having lots of small items to fix.
Basic run down:
Struts ~$400. If the car has air...lots of hurt at about $1,100 per strut.
Caster/strut bars bushings, ~$45. $250 for all new strut bars.
Engine mounts $250
Tranny mount $75
Control arm bushings...
It will add up. Now if you buy the car for sub $1K and you have enough $ set aside to bring it up fully maintained, good deal. Easier to just find a newer model with less odds of having lots of small items to fix.
12-09-10, 07:37 PM
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Thanks... Yes, I use a Porter Cable 7424 polisher along with Zaino Brothers Z-PC Fusion Compound (doesnt leave any residue behind). Then Zaino Z-2 and and Z-CS... Z-8 occassionally as well. I clay bar them at least once a year in the spring, before using the PC polisher.
12-10-10, 04:15 AM
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I have a first gen (1992) that is mechanically near perfect, and cosmetically a 9. If I could get my car to "pop" like all three of yours do in the photo, I'd be a very happy man.
btw: Does anyone have a good method for washing/cleaning out the wheel wells? I have some concrete dust/residue in the wheel wells that I picked up near a construction site a few months ago. It really stands out like a sore thumb on an otherwise beautiful dark Lexus.
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