marcman18

I am an installer and have been doing a lot of work with Lexus and BMWs. I have always cut the factory harness and made my own dash kit out of wood trim. Is there a wire harness and dash kit for Lexus. I have never seen one but more and more customers have come to me saying they've seen one. Does anyone know where to get them........ It would make my job a whole lot easier. My lexus is below

Percy

Just take a Toyota harness 87-up from metra. Rewire for Lexus. In other words, same shell, different wire locations.

As for a kit, there are none available. You can make one out of MDF and then use some walnut veneer (if the car has wood trim) or color match to the factory interior.

Percy

reLEXin247

There has been a new dash kit released by metra for the older es300's. i believe the 1994-1997 years. I think that Scooshe has also released a dash kit for the es300, but as far as all the other models go, I've never encountered one. I always make them out of plexiglass myself.

CSHFLW

One of the big time installers from my area ordered me the new es300 dash kit because he says he can make it fit my GS....I aparently getting the first one.....but it's been on order for 1.5 months already.....too long, just going to ask him to make one.

marcman18

It is not that difficult to make a kit. Anyone who built a model car can make a dash kit. The SC and the LS are the easiest because it is a straight double din opening. Go get a new Honda dash kit and use it as a model to copy. I am currently working on putting a dvd reciever and monitor in an SC. Two din size opening in an SC. I wont know what I need until I pull it apart.

Lexpusher96

I have a '96 ES. This is a shot of my dash kit. It was definitely hard to come by. A good friend of mine owned a stereo shop here in town and he couldn't find one. Just so happened that I met a guy here who was a Sony sales rep, who also owned a stereo shop in Rock Hill, SC. To make a long story short, he bought the ES kit for his 99 GS400, and it wouldn't work, so I bought it from him. Anyway, here are some pics.

Percy

Reason why the ES kit won't work in the GS is due to the spacing. The head unit will fit about 1/2 an inch higher with the GS than the ES.

Percy

marcman18

That is a really nice dash kit man. I usually use a little different approach in the ES. I have made some out of the oak trim. A lot of the times customers want a pocket below which also looks good. I have an SC and I am going to put a monitor and receiver in my stock opening. The SC is a true double din, perfect square this is not possible in the ES. GOOD FIND, It looks good. I will post my pictures when Im done. Take a look the SC gallery I have posted my custom sub box and tweaters on the first page.

reLEXin247

Hey Marcman18,

What do you mean that the sc is a perfect square? there's not really anything square about that radio opening. I have an alpine cva-1005 monitor and a dva-5205 dvd player mounted on redrilled factory brackets. I had to make a plexi trim piece to fit. Let me tell you, it's far from square, It took me a couple of hours to shape it just right. I just noticed your post and thought that you were describing it to be a little easier than it actually is. If you want to take a look at my dash mount, it's in the SC gallery, either on the first or second page.

marcman18

hey I am in no way saying the install is easy but a whole lot so much easier than an ES. For a ES you have to shape the bottom into a curve. The square I was refering too makes it easier to put two din sided units in there. This is impossible on the ES. When I have completed my dash kit for my SC you will see that I agree the job is not easy. I have made many prototypes and invested 4hrs already finding the perfect material. Take a look at the first page of the SC gallery and you can see some of my work.

CSHFLW

Why cant that ES dash kit be modified to fit a double din into a GS? Is it too small, if not it can be cut down....