200,000 miles and climbing every month.... Service performed, cost and issues......
#47
![Default](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Absolutely one of the best threads I have ever read here. Your car looks great and you obviously love it and take great care of it. I wish I had your patience and skills or better yet, wish you were my neighbor! (LOL). My 2006 GS would love you! Keep up the good work and remember, you won't always get it right the first time but no pain, no gain.
#50
Pit Crew
Thread Starter
![Default](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Whlkev started a great thread on various lighting options here: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...194-led-2.html
I tried several variations, and settled on a uniform 6000k (white) look on the lows, fogs and city light. Having had my DRL turned off, my city light effectively functions as my DRL now.
I tried several variations, and settled on a uniform 6000k (white) look on the lows, fogs and city light. Having had my DRL turned off, my city light effectively functions as my DRL now.
I have been meaning to try these. Perhaps you can check it out and let us know. These are supposed to burn whiter than the OEM bulbs and provide a more powerful high beam.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ght-bulbs.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ght-bulbs.html
Here is the lights now:
![Name: IMG_8313.jpg
Views: 1891
Size: 119.2 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435396d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8313.jpg)
The highbeams are nice:
![Name: IMG_8320.jpg
Views: 1878
Size: 118.6 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435397d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8320.jpg)
![Name: IMG_8321.jpg
Views: 1919
Size: 105.4 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435398d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8321.jpg)
The best I could get a shot of what the DRL looks like with the camera
![Name: IMG_8324.jpg
Views: 1901
Size: 30.2 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435399d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8324.jpg)
I sure do love these 9005 LEDS.... I think they are going in the wifes RX in the fog location:
![](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/jmahler22/IMG_8318.jpg)
Thank you sir!
Absolutely one of the best threads I have ever read here. Your car looks great and you obviously love it and take great care of it. I wish I had your patience and skills or better yet, wish you were my neighbor! (LOL). My 2006 GS would love you! Keep up the good work and remember, you won't always get it right the first time but no pain, no gain.
ATF they say after 120k plus or never which is just crazy in my mind!
Look in your owners manual but the Brake Fluid is done every 60k miles! Sounds like you may be past due on that one?
Well I got my tires installed and I never drove the car on the hwy till this week and I noticed a bad vibration in my seats while doing 70-80 mph. I took the tires off (making sure they don't damage a wheel) and took them down to the installer. We put them on the machine and in both rear tires, I have flat spots! "Son of a *****!" I called Tire Rack and they are super nice and had no issues sending me out another set of tires today. Off to the installer this week to get another set of tires put on
![Sad](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/sad.gif)
Read the owners manual and you will find your jacking point to get the entire car up in the rear:
![Name: IMG_8306.jpg
Views: 1903
Size: 139.0 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435400d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8306.jpg)
![Name: IMG_8309.jpg
Views: 1914
Size: 136.6 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435401d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8309.jpg)
![Name: IMG_8312.jpg
Views: 1904
Size: 145.0 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435402d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8312.jpg)
Make sure with any aftermarket rim you put on, you get a hucentric rings to go with them. This keeps the rim on in the center when you install the wheel to the car:
![](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/jmahler22/IMG_8310.jpg)
I also got my Vaistech ML+ in last week and decided to install that into the car this weekend. After I installed everything, I realized the Rockfish cable I bought for the ipod intergration was bad!
![Thumb Down](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsdown.gif)
Here are some pictures of the install:
![Name: IMG_8340.jpg
Views: 1906
Size: 149.5 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435403d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8340.jpg)
![Name: IMG_8339.jpg
Views: 1893
Size: 149.3 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435404d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8339.jpg)
![Name: IMG_8338.jpg
Views: 1912
Size: 134.5 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435405d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8338.jpg)
![Name: IMG_8335.jpg
Views: 1907
Size: 101.6 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435406d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8335.jpg)
![Name: IMG_8336.jpg
Views: 1881
Size: 77.6 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435407d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8336.jpg)
![Name: IMG_8327.jpg
Views: 1863
Size: 141.5 KB](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/attachments/gs-3rd-gen-2006-2011/435408d1501368959-200-000-miles-and-climbing-every-month-service-performed-cost-and-issues-img_8327.jpg)
Pictures of the final install to come after next weekend! Enjoy!
#51
![Default](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
I'm looking forward to seeing pics of your final ML+ install. Looks like you went much deeper with the tear down then we did. We just took apart everything in front of the armrest but not the armrest itself.
#52
![Default](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
I am a bit disturbed by your tires having flat spots. Designo has the same issue with his first set of Yokohamas from Tire Rack. I have a radial pull issue with my Michelin PS2s from Tire Rack.
I wonder if they have some sort of a process issue which is causing damage to the tires.
I wonder if they have some sort of a process issue which is causing damage to the tires.
#54
Pit Crew
Thread Starter
![Default](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
The tires aren't my first ones that were sent back to Tire Rack for flat spots. I had the same issue on 2 Good Year tires for the wifes RX. One of the two that came back was boarderline warped too so I gave up. I have a slight vibration from that tire but I was blaming Good Year for the defect and delt with it. Now you have me thinking! I will keep you posted when I get the new ones installed this weekend.
![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
#55
Lexus Champion
iTrader: (5)
![Default](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Gizmo, Photobucket just made me order the "pro account" and shut my pictures down because I exceeded the bandwith. They had all my photos so I had to pay to use them going further. What a way to get 25 bucks from me. Oh well, they are up now so enjoy!
#56
Driver School Candidate
![Default](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Anyhow, great job with the work you've done.
#57
Advanced
iTrader: (3)
![Default](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
I have been meaning to try these. Perhaps you can check it out and let us know. These are supposed to burn whiter than the OEM bulbs and provide a more powerful high beam.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ght-bulbs.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ght-bulbs.html
#58
#59
![Default](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Why don't you just use flickr or picasa? Those services are free and when you hit the 300mb limit on flickr, just create a separate account. I have one flickr account for forum stuff, and another for personal. Never run out of space. Picasa offers a gb for free.