Help me out - Need a part
#1
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Help me out - Need a part
Hey there.
A part on my '01 GS 300 (heat shield?) broke off and I need to get a new one.
It's a metal plate that is attached to the underside of the intake runner right over the exhaust manifold.
(Well, I figure Lexus put it there for a reason, and that reason is to keep heat off the intake runner and I assume that without it my car will burst into flames as I cross the California desert in mid-August.)
The problem is - the dealer doesn't sell the part alone.
It comes as part of the Intake Air Connector Sub-Assembly.
The quote for that is BIG$ and I'm not about to spend tons of money for a piece of sheet metal.
I know - it looks like it would be easy enough to remove the broken tabs and somehow spot weld them back on, or to fabricate new ones, etc.
But I don't have access to any welding stuff, have never done any, and don't know how to go about it.
I have some simple hand tools and thats about it.
So, if any of you have modified your car with an after market intake, or know of anyone who has - let me know.
Thanks much for your help.
A part on my '01 GS 300 (heat shield?) broke off and I need to get a new one.
It's a metal plate that is attached to the underside of the intake runner right over the exhaust manifold.
(Well, I figure Lexus put it there for a reason, and that reason is to keep heat off the intake runner and I assume that without it my car will burst into flames as I cross the California desert in mid-August.)
The problem is - the dealer doesn't sell the part alone.
It comes as part of the Intake Air Connector Sub-Assembly.
The quote for that is BIG$ and I'm not about to spend tons of money for a piece of sheet metal.
I know - it looks like it would be easy enough to remove the broken tabs and somehow spot weld them back on, or to fabricate new ones, etc.
But I don't have access to any welding stuff, have never done any, and don't know how to go about it.
I have some simple hand tools and thats about it.
So, if any of you have modified your car with an after market intake, or know of anyone who has - let me know.
Thanks much for your help.
#2
Driver School Candidate
Hey there.
A part on my '01 GS 300 (heat shield?) broke off and I need to get a new one.
It's a metal plate that is attached to the underside of the intake runner right over the exhaust manifold.
(Well, I figure Lexus put it there for a reason, and that reason is to keep heat off the intake runner and I assume that without it my car will burst into flames as I cross the California desert in mid-August.)
The problem is - the dealer doesn't sell the part alone.
It comes as part of the Intake Air Connector Sub-Assembly.
The quote for that is BIG$ and I'm not about to spend tons of money for a piece of sheet metal.
I know - it looks like it would be easy enough to remove the broken tabs and somehow spot weld them back on, or to fabricate new ones, etc.
But I don't have access to any welding stuff, have never done any, and don't know how to go about it.
I have some simple hand tools and thats about it.
So, if any of you have modified your car with an after market intake, or know of anyone who has - let me know.
Thanks much for your help.
A part on my '01 GS 300 (heat shield?) broke off and I need to get a new one.
It's a metal plate that is attached to the underside of the intake runner right over the exhaust manifold.
(Well, I figure Lexus put it there for a reason, and that reason is to keep heat off the intake runner and I assume that without it my car will burst into flames as I cross the California desert in mid-August.)
The problem is - the dealer doesn't sell the part alone.
It comes as part of the Intake Air Connector Sub-Assembly.
The quote for that is BIG$ and I'm not about to spend tons of money for a piece of sheet metal.
I know - it looks like it would be easy enough to remove the broken tabs and somehow spot weld them back on, or to fabricate new ones, etc.
But I don't have access to any welding stuff, have never done any, and don't know how to go about it.
I have some simple hand tools and thats about it.
So, if any of you have modified your car with an after market intake, or know of anyone who has - let me know.
Thanks much for your help.
Hey - I know someone that did K&N filter on their car - think he might have taken this off?
#3
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OP, contact FIGS he makes a aftermarket heatshield for your car, might be able to shed some insight or help to you
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...ld-for-gs.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...ld-for-gs.html
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