DWCOILE

Finally got around to doing a complete front end rebuild and upgraded the brakes from
old set up of course
clean slate
cut old ball joping for spacers
said spacers
small cut to backing plate
shaved the dowel pins in new ball joints,








the LS400.

do not look at the rear. LOL still blue

AmanO

Nice! Hey, did those sidemarkers come with the washer/nuts to affix them to the car?

Arcadian

Ordered a new starter motor. Number four - including the original one. This thing eats starters, I will have replaced three in 160,000KM (The car has 277,000KM total) It's a hard working daily-driver, but I think the starter's location in the vee of the engine subjects it to a lot of heat. Strangely, the OEM part is $100 cheaper than an aftermarket rebuilt unit. Maybe this is because Lexus buys cheap Chinese made stuff? Oh, and it will take 2-weeks to get the part.

DWCOILE

hey AmanO I just ordered the clear lens' and used the old lamp hardware. Also installed LED bulbs.

DWCOILE

Also installed a new radiator, cooling fan motor and spark plugs.

AgedGS

Nothing super impressive, but i removed 2/3 of the rear badges. Removed badges. Outline was etched pretty deep, though. Me thinkst a repaint will be in order when the wing is replaced.

n1ck

I like the LED Amber fogs much better than the yellow ones.
Fourth pic is of the old incandescent yellows.

jhnyct

I replaced the dry rotted surrounds on my rear door ML speakers. The job was very easy, it just took several hours for curing between steps. I used a kit from https://www.simplyspeakers.com/. The subwoofer is next.

Luxurious

can you link those bulbs please? it's perfect. one of my lights died and this is good.

n1ck

I did link them :P
But here you go: https://www.ebay.com/itm/JDM-ASTAR-2...72.m2749.l2649

jhnyct

I finally had the time to remove the ML subwoofer to replace the surround. Again, I used a kit from Simply Speakers. I can’t wait to hear it tomorrow after I put everything back together.

jhnyct

I installed three rebuilt door lock latch and actuators today that I bought from an eBay vendor called actuatorplus. They worked perfectly and are very reasonably priced. I was able to program my keyless remote for the first time. It’s wonderful. Like a brand new car. I tried the motor fix on one of them before and didn’t have much luck.

bilgen

iTrader: (3)

^good job! I'm in the process of doing the same

nezlyfe

Chain pliers from local autozone ($20) wrapped with old serpentine belt. Worked like a charm and had no issues cracking the bolt



What I found the dealer did previously, probably at the last timing change



hopefully enough marks since I'm about to open i up



The lovely o-ring removed. ended up cracking up in multiple pieces. went with the powerdynamix one



replaced the crank seal and both cam seals. new WP and tensioner



new timing belt and everything else done ready for reassembly


Did the diff fluid after 65K, it was surprisingly still clear but i did it anyway

Wonka17

Good Job! i hope i have the patience to do this one day.