meanboy

Well, the lower portion of the car seems to have finally changed color. When it goes in for the 30k service I've got one more thing to add to my list of issues. TSB PA002-99 should cover it. Just a fyi for those that have GS' with the white pearl paint jobs.

mikhailw

Is your car still under 4/40 warranty?

LS4fun

Sorry...what is TSB PA002-99?

ChrisFL

It's odd, I just bought a 99 with Pearl White paint, and it looks great, no yellowing at all yet.

I guess I'll keep waxing it like crazy

BananaGS

This old new, do a seach on this topic. I had the lower body panels repainted by lexus for over a year already, under warranty.

Anh

LexFather

ChrisFL, I love the sig! As BananaGS stated, it's an issue with the early pearl white cars, not the crystal white ones. I had mine re-painted by Hennessy Lexus and they did a fabulous job. My car looks new.

meanboy

yes, it's an old, new, topic. In fact, I didn't know there could be a problem until Jan 2003 when I read a post in CL about it.

Best damn Lexus club!

ChrisFL

Hmm, maybe I do have crystal white. The dealer told me it was pearl white, but I know they changed colors, was it in 1999 they went to crystal white?

meanboy

I believe cystal white was introduced in the 2000 model year.

gs4to4

I have the same "yellowing problem" with my 98 GS4.
It's really pissin me off!!!!! My car's out of warranty and the best that Lexus could do is offer the parts (pre-painted from the factory) for a 15% discount.
The total for the molding and the cladding on the bottom of the doors is still over $2000!
There's got to be a solution to this, the paint is defective regardless of the car's mileage....

meanboy

You could probably have your entire car repainted for a little more then that. My car is still under warranty so I hope they will repaint it. The problem is that I have some bumper damage from street parking so I will have to cut some kind of deal with them for their replacement.