Thanks man.. Dude, is that engine cover sweeet, on your 430! OMG... is that CARBON FIBER? Omg...

 

Awww man!!! DFW <-- is that Dallas Fort Worth? we were in Addison actually.. ate at Ghenghi's Grill. Are you familiar with that area? Dude, that would've been sweet to meet up with you- AWESOME GS, too... Something about the "OG" GS400 still gets me.. I love them both. I really with the 430 had the E-Shift buttons on the wheels. The up-shift buttons, being on the back is sooo sweet.

One thing (not that it matters much) I noticed though- Did Lexus not put the radio controls on the steering wheel until '01 ? (that's kinda dumb if they didn't have that til '01- My old 1996 Grand Am GT had em, and Honda Accord had them in at least '98, I know) ha.... or was that a rare option on the '98-'01 GS?

 

welcome to the 430 club... and welcome to the money pit...

 

Yes DFW stands for Dallas Fort Worth. I'm familiar with the Addison area...

It's about 15 miles from where I live.

98-00 GS's don't have radio controls on the steering wheel.

 

Thanks man. I am hoping I don't have to sink TOO TOO much money into this GS.. I plan on just using it for my daily driver. I already bought a decent set of 17" winter wheels with some 215/55/R17 Bridgestone BLIZZAK's on them for the *****TY WINTER MONTHS here in PA!

Does anybody have any idea what all could make the car have a little "miss" or HESITATE when first takign off? I'm going to scan it (my buddy has an OBDII scan tool) and see what code it throws out.

Thanks guys

and IUZ-GS, one cool thing about the 400's is the throttle cable (may, or may not?) be doing what it's doing right now, if it didn't have that Drive-By-Wire... it's all computerized. Def can tell though- when you FLOOR IT, from a dead stop it doesn't QUITE pick-up like my buddy's '00 GS4 does... (or maybe it's just b/c my 430 has this check engine light on, and it's little 'hiccup' ?)

I don't know... ONE THING THOUGH- The 17" "SPORT" wheels that came on the LOADED GS400's and the '01-'03 <--? GS430's... are the sweetest wheels on the 2nd-Gen V8 GS models!

 

Once you lower it on these wheels, it looks a whole lot sweeter.

 

FOR SURE !!! I am def trying to get some new struts and shocks down the road, and when I replace them, I'm throwing some Eibachs on it.

Can anybody tell me where the OEM plug is, for connecting an OBD Scan Tool, on my car ? Under the dash.. or on the pass-side?

I haven't really looked but my buddy has a OBD Scanner and was going to plug it it to see why my check engine light is on- but I don't know where to connection is on the car, to plug in the tool!

 

Underneath the driver side cover.

 

congrats on the purchase i was looking at the 430's but i liked how the gs400 felt much better for me

 

Nice car. Wonder what you have in mind for it! Good luck

 

Very clean looking car! Congrats.

 

yes, yes it is. only one in the world

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...over-done.html

i think what he meant by money pit is you'll start modding and it all snowballs before you know it. i think i have a EASY 12k-18k in my car including the parts i haven't even installed yet that I'm hording

 

looks good man, welcome to the club.

 

hahaha! man u really sound so excited! just like me when i picked up my GS last fall. I've owned two Lex IS's for that sporty feel..and with the GS, the comfort is awesome..feels gangstah just cruising it. hahaha.. oh and with the ML sub..mines blown so i had my mids and highs changed to JBLs..still debating on the right sub..good luck with your build!

 

Thanks bro.. Under the driver side dash? (what cover?)

Thanks