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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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WHY IS THE DOOR SEAL\PILLARPOST, CUP HOLDER, AND WET TRUNK PROBLEM SO COMMON?????????

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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 09:27 PM
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door seal i got, but not bad. never heard about the cup holder one, or wet trunk. well i never had it maybe thats why.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 09:49 PM
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door seal i got, but not bad. never heard about the cup holder one, or wet trunk. well i never had it maybe thats why.
ah just you wait until the faulty cupholder gets ya...

gotta fix mine lol
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 10:03 PM
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oo cup holder thing sounds bad. i never really use the cup holder anyway. most of the time dont allow drinks in the car hahaha. too many accidents with people knocking sticky soda and other crap all over the car.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 04:13 PM
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Cup holder is the most notorious problem with the 1st gen! You are one of the few who have a working 1! Lucky BASTEEEERRRRRDD!!!!!
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by LeXusFiTs
Cup holder is the most notorious problem with the 1st gen! You are one of the few who have a working 1! Lucky BASTEEEERRRRRDD!!!!!
haha

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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by SGS
WHY IS THE DOOR SEAL\PILLARPOST, CUP HOLDER, AND WET TRUNK PROBLEM SO COMMON?????????
Ive never heard of the wet trunk. The outside window trim sucks. One that I have to add is the bad upper ball joints
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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BTW does anyone know how to change the outside window trim?
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by twojayzee
Ive never heard of the wet trunk. The outside window trim sucks. One that I have to add is the bad upper ball joints
didn't lexus issue a recall on these?
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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i dont have the wet trunk thank god but i do have the window trim and cup holder haha ...WHAT CUPHOLDER LMAO....
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 04:17 PM
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I've had issues with the door pillar and water in the trunk but never any issue with the cup holder.
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 05:29 PM
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i have all those three issues and the squicking driver seat
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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squeaking drivers seat? my drivers seat is ripped at the seam right under me. not very comfortable.
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 12:02 PM
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Out of al those problems i only had some problems with My cup holder! But it was a piece of crap anyway!
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 03:41 PM
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hahaha.. my jdm doesnt even have a cup holder,i guess they figured itd be crap and just left it out??
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