Hi,

I am new to the Lexus crowd, sold the 97 Supra and civics, and got me a more practical car.
I just bought a 98 GS300 with about 149K miles. It is a very clean car, jade green.
Interior, body and paint are really clean. I am amazed by how the previous/first owner took good care of it. It still rides very smooth, transmission shifts like butter and the motor purrs like a kitten.

I have several things I need to fix and would love to learn how to go about fixing them:-
- Audio light is out, stereo/cd/tape/radio works great. I cannot see the screen at night, the green light is blown.
- car needs new brakes, rotors and tires
- passenger rear window does not respond to any controls. Is it bad actuator or is there a fuse?

I tried searching but cannot find anything. I plan to fix all these bugs, and enjoy the car for a while.

Choon
Austin, TX

 

Welcome to the club.....go to lighting section regarding the green lighting from the radio....as for brakes/rotors/tires, it depends if you going to stick with OEM parts or not....im sure there are stock parts available in everyones garage...sitting around collecting dust....post up a WTB thread in the Classified section....and lastly, the rear window not responding could be a bad motor or fuse.

Pete

 

congrats on the purchase. post some pics

 

i bet its a loose connection because i believe all power accessories is ran through one fuse

 

WELCOME

 

Pete: Thanks for the tip. I have ordered the LED bulbs from Lexus locally. The search tool takes some time getting used to. This forum is setup differently from other forums. It's gowing on me.

workaholic: thanks! Pics will be up later today.

joshoowa: I will remove the door panel and take a look inside.

LEXUS Kid: thanks! I like it here


Choon

 

YES!!! Another addition to the imperial jade green clan!! Welcome, and may the senseless spending of your hard earned money on mods begin! haha!

 

welcome and congrats, be sure to find out if the 100k service was done where they changed the belts and stuff. if all this was done than you can now enjoy a nice 150k more out if it..

 

Welcome to the club!!!!

You will love it here. Everyone is very helpful here and before you know it, you will have sunk about $10K in your car.

What LED's did you get from your local Lexus dealer? Got some pics of the bulbs?

 

Welcome! Another new Austin CL member

 

Glad to be here. I am going to check if the 100K service was done to the car.


I put in the order online, they responded that the bulb's not available, got to buy the whole audio deal for ~$700.

I just called Carson Toyota, talked to Collin, placing order for floor mats $125shipped and some little stuff for the car.

 

Weicome to CL. You have made a very wise decision with the purchase of the 98GS3.

Good Luck with the minor repairs and enjoy your new ride.

 

gs3 represent

 

congrats on your newly purchased GS3

 

Welcome and congrats on the car. You're going to love it