New member - 2000 LS400
#1
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New member - 2000 LS400
Hey everyone,
I wanted to do a quick intro, I picked up this new to me 2nd Gen on Friday, I’ve owned several cars from Toyota's to BMW's , nowadays I’m in a truck but I came across this car and could not pass up. She’s a bit beat up on the outside, but it only has 187k KMs, (from Canada, BTW). Current plans are brakes, timing belt and water pump. Over the last two days I have replaced a all the tail end bulbs, had the tail lamp warning, cabin air filter and cleaned out the interior, she was filthy! Future mods are suspension upgrade, rust repair, and a head unit upgrade, maybe new paint but that’s down the road.
I wanted to say thanks to everyone that has contributed to the forum, I have been using the information here over the last couple of days. Cheers all! -TwistOne
I wanted to do a quick intro, I picked up this new to me 2nd Gen on Friday, I’ve owned several cars from Toyota's to BMW's , nowadays I’m in a truck but I came across this car and could not pass up. She’s a bit beat up on the outside, but it only has 187k KMs, (from Canada, BTW). Current plans are brakes, timing belt and water pump. Over the last two days I have replaced a all the tail end bulbs, had the tail lamp warning, cabin air filter and cleaned out the interior, she was filthy! Future mods are suspension upgrade, rust repair, and a head unit upgrade, maybe new paint but that’s down the road.
I wanted to say thanks to everyone that has contributed to the forum, I have been using the information here over the last couple of days. Cheers all! -TwistOne
Last edited by TwistOne; 05-26-19 at 10:52 PM.
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saleenssc (05-28-19)
#2
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Welcome, and congratulations on your new ride!
#3
Racer
Welcome,looks like a winner.
#5
Driver School Candidate
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Unfortunately we get severe winters here and so it’s common for cars to get rusted especially when not taken care of immediately.. My other vehicles have all been sprayed and are rust free so far, then again they are not as old as this car. The rust is getting fixed, but I’m getting it done by a body shop, since I know nothing about body work and I want it done right so hopefully by next month. Timing belt, water pump and brakes are on my top do list, parts have been ordered so it should be a fun couple of weeks for me once they arrive. This thing drives so nice, too bad it was neglected by the previous owner. But after I’m done with it, it should look and drive like it’s new-ish again.
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I'm not good with body or paint work either. I use a guy that can match paint work perfectly. Also,you may already know this, but you can find any service work that has been performed by Lexus at: drivers.lexus.com Just sign up for a free account and enter the VIN#.
#7
Driver School Candidate
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So I registered and entered my VIN and it does not have any service records for my car and I know it was serviced by a dealer up until 2007, their are service logs from the dealer in the manual. Maybe because it’s I’m in Canada, and it might be a U.S. thing?
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#8
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That's odd. I ran into that on a LS460 I was eyeballing. You never know with technology.
#10
Racer
Awesome color, color I want. How much was it?
#11
Driver School Candidate
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Thanks, I paid $2800 CAD. When I test drove the car, it smelled like something was leaking, I couldn’t see anything when I popped the hood but even the seller agreed something was leaking, so I made an offer and he took it. Once I got it home, I spent about 4 hours cleaning it, changed the cabin air filter and smell is gone.
#12
Driver School Candidate
I too just purchased a 2000 LS400
Hey everyone,
I wanted to do a quick intro, I picked up this new to me 2nd Gen on Friday, I’ve owned several cars from Toyota's to BMW's , nowadays I’m in a truck but I came across this car and could not pass up. She’s a bit beat up on the outside, but it only has 187k KMs, (from Canada, BTW). Current plans are brakes, timing belt and water pump. Over the last two days I have replaced a all the tail end bulbs, had the tail lamp warning, cabin air filter and cleaned out the interior, she was filthy! Future mods are suspension upgrade, rust repair, and a head unit upgrade, maybe new paint but that’s down the road.
I wanted to say thanks to everyone that has contributed to the forum, I have been using the information here over the last couple of days. Cheers all! -TwistOne
I wanted to do a quick intro, I picked up this new to me 2nd Gen on Friday, I’ve owned several cars from Toyota's to BMW's , nowadays I’m in a truck but I came across this car and could not pass up. She’s a bit beat up on the outside, but it only has 187k KMs, (from Canada, BTW). Current plans are brakes, timing belt and water pump. Over the last two days I have replaced a all the tail end bulbs, had the tail lamp warning, cabin air filter and cleaned out the interior, she was filthy! Future mods are suspension upgrade, rust repair, and a head unit upgrade, maybe new paint but that’s down the road.
I wanted to say thanks to everyone that has contributed to the forum, I have been using the information here over the last couple of days. Cheers all! -TwistOne
#13
Driver School Candidate
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Hey everyone, I just tried searching and not getting any luck, so today the front and rear brakes were replaced, pad and rotors and now the “Brake Wear” warning came on. The warning was not there prior to doing the work, am I missing something? I will check the sensors again but it seemed fine when I looked. Any thoughts or, if someone could link me to a thread if this has been asked before, I would appreciate it.
#14
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I'd check the sensors (they're on the passenger side only, one for the front, one for the rear), one of them must have tripped the warning message.
#15
Lexus Test Driver
I love the jade green! car looks pretty good overall, definitely get those things sorted though