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Damn! That’s just the beginning ,that car doesn’t start get going until it hits 250k
This, I believe,and hope for. Because what it would mean is I don't have any car worries for a long time, as I'm gonna come up on 103k. My buddy just had car trouble with his Navigator L (think it has 160k), and it's just a pita that most of us want to avoid. I told him get the new '18 with the twin turbo V6 and he said he burst out laughing (list price was $101k)
Damn! That’s just the beginning ,that car doesn’t start get going until it hits 250k
Yeah, my goal is 300K, which I know the engine will reach. At some point here in the next 20,000 miles or so, I'm sure I'll have to repair something on this car. I've put 80K miles on it with out so much as a fuse blowing... No repairs at all.
Paint protection finished. Nice to have her back!
2005 LS430 UL 60,000 new to me miles 2/28/18.
-timing belts and water pump change
-rear brakes shoes and resurfaced rotors
-rear differential oil change
-hood and trunk struts
-distance ECU for the radar adaptive cruise control
-window tint and ceramic paint coating
-Sl3b-L Bluetooth for my Spotify and iTunes
-fog and high beam HID conversions ordered (next week’s project)
Last edited by Davidsofia; 03-16-18 at 04:48 PM.
Reason: Pictures added.
2005 LS430 UL 60,000 new to me miles 2/28/18.
-timing belts and water pump change
-rear brakes shoes and resurfaced rotors
-rear differential oil change
-hood and trunk struts
-distance ECU for the radar adaptive cruise control
-window tint and ceramic paint coating
-Sl3b-L Bluetooth for my Spotify and iTunes
-fog and high beam HID conversions ordered (next week’s project)
got any pics?! sounds like a very nice vehicle. what color? cheers. fellow 05 UL owner.
Had her parked with her back to the wind. Went under the hood for an inspection/wipedown and happened to just catch the hood before it tried a decapitation maneuver...
Installed some "strong arms" and sheese...what a difference. I had the original Tokinos? and really never even cared that the hood was a might heavy. Now it pops up and with a one finger lift, raises and stays there.
Trunk next. I really did not think these things did much. Wrong.
Ordered front and rear brakes.The rear brakes had 47k miles on them and they were worn down to just touching the rubber on the sensor.
The front brakes have 32k miles on them,I removed one pad and it was only down 2 or 3mm's from the new pads.Will reinspect in 12k miles.
Love working on this car!
To my 2005
2005 Cyprus Pearl with Roderick Wheels Rear Brakes
I added new Akebono front and rear ceramic brake pads, new drilled and slotted rotors, painted calipers and added Lexus logo stickers and new stop tech braided steel brake lines. Unfortunately the brakes are still soft and mushy. I did the same changes on my 2002 GS300 and the brakes were very firm. We bled them ourselves and then I had a shop bleed them and it was a little better.
were did you get the drilled and slotted rotors from?
Replaced light bulbs on PWR / SNOW transmission mode selector switch and the Heated / Ventilated seat controls. While the console was apart, I cleaned switches and edges along console that are not otherwise reachable. I noticed there were several clips and screws missing for the console pieces, which i assume were dropped / lost / broken by the PO during install of the auxiliary input. I will place an order for those when i get close to installing a Satellite radio kit and more modern iPod integration. Approaching a year of ownership of the car this coming Memorial Day...and we have driven about 27k miles during that time; total miles are 167k.
Jeff
Last edited by JJLS430; 05-08-18 at 04:50 PM.
Reason: fixed sentence to clarify mileage
03-12-18, 08:45 AM
