bigsley18

Lux, I'm from Texas(DFW) too! Luckily for me, I have family in PA.

To the OP, thank you for the reply. Your LS is on my watch list but good luck to you in the meantime.

LuxuryGS3

iTrader: (12)

It's def worth the pick up if you can get it. I've been looking at LS430's for about a month now in DFW. Nothing great has popped up as of yet . Especially well maintained ones.

jasonson

Still have her, Muti? I was curious if you went through with the maintenance yet and had better pics of the interior.

Thanks

Muti007

Ok folks, last time I put her up for sale, I realised I loved her too much to let her go. This time, Ive already replaced her so Im definitely ready to sell her. I am not desperate to sell, and this is easily the my most favorite car out of near 80 Ive ever owned. Very few miles since I put it up for sale last time as Ive been busy with my other cars. Id like it to go to a good home that will love and care for her as I have. Just in the last few minutes, this is what I recall so far:

Silver on black leather.
Heated and cooled seats, work perfectly
Replaced cabin air filter. Replaced seat air filters
K&N air filter installed
All bulbs upgraded to LED or true Xenon, including foglights. OEM HIDs
Ipod adapter in center armrest. Works perfectly with OEM ML stereo
Clean carfax, no accidents, no paintwork
Mark Levinson stereo. 6 disc in dash changer, all interior speakers replaced with new OEMs, and crappy Mark Levinson sub replaced with an upgraded Kicker subwoofer. FAR more durable, reliable and better sound than the OEM sub
Upgraded navigation DVD a couple years ago
Satellite radio equipped
Timing belt has not been changed, BUT Im including the FULL timing belt kit, including tensioner, WP, gaskets etc. Everything, and all OEM. Had the belt inspected and it looks perfect, but regardless, the FULL OEM kit comes with the car.
Front and rear parking sensors
Rear view camera
2 OEM smartkeys
Detailed every 2 months
Clean Carfax, no accidents
Mercedes V8 badges on front fenders


In the last 1000 miles:
New Interstate battery
New front pads and rotors (rears are 80-90%). Car stops on a dime
Brand new MRR HR2 wheels, square setup. 20x8.5 + brand new Nitto Motivo 245/35/20 tires. Well below 1000 miles on the wheels and tires, professionally mounted and balanced. Wheels and tires are basically brand new, and not cheap. Stock ride height
Synthetic oil change (all have been synthetic)
Trunk lip spoiler painted to exact color code
New OEM floormats
New OEM hood and trunk struts
Brake fluid and coolant flushed

You can email, or call/text to 215-703-7157. Please do not call if you do not have the finances in place to buy the car. And I am not a dealer so I cannot provide any sort of financing. I might be interested in a partial trade plus cash for an Infiniti FX45, FX35, 1st gen BMW X5 + cash on your end or a Toyota Sequoia.

PLEASE NOTE: Random texts with ridiculous lowball $$ amounts will be ignored. If youre truly interested in the car, please call or come by to see it.Much, much more installed, maintained and upgraded, will post as I remember. $15k, pretty firm. You will not find a more beautiful, better maintained, tastefully, subtly upgraded LS430. Title in hand and ready to go. Cash only please

Muti007

Price lowered again for quick sale. $14,499 takes her home

Muti007

A few interior shots. Car will be spotless for sale

gupta643

Hi there,nice car. Looks great on those wheels too. I'm interested to know what sub woofer you upgraded to. My Mark Levinson sub is toast and I would love to upgrade with out spending a fortune,

Cheers Dean
(from New Zealand)

Muti007

I installed a Kicker Comp 8 8 inch woofer. I tried a few, but at the time IMO this was the best available option and with some work will fit exactly in the space vacated by the OEM junky sub. You will need to remove your back seat and rear deck to get to the sub. Its quite a bit of work, but well worth it in the end. Id really recommend against replacing the sub with another Mark Levinson, and ID also recommend against trying to just glue your old one back together. If you really care about sound quality, do the work and you will find it to be worth the reward.

Hope this helps.

Muti007

Headlights refinished. Here are some before and after pictures. Please note, leave a voicemail if I dont answer the phone right away as I usually avoid numbers I am unfamiliar with

gupta643

Thanks for the info. I'm led to believe that the factory sub is somewhere around 8-12 ohm. I looked on the kicker site and could only find 2&4 ohm. Do you know what your sub is rated at? I don't want to work the amp too hard and risk blowing it up.

Muti007

Yessir, you want the 8 OHM. I originally installed a really nice Polk woofer that was rated at 4ohm, and once the stereo was running for a little while, it was overheating the system and cutting in out. Once I switched to the 8 ohm Kicker, never a problem ever again. Make sure whatever you install is an 8 OHM