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To follow up on this old post just in case someone is still looking.
I ended up buying through Ebay when they had 20% off so the price was pretty good.
This fit perfectly for my 1998 LS400 as it should since it's the original OEM toyota part 51441-50070. https://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-LEX...72.m2749.l2649
I have a 89 Celsior.
Yesterday I removed the small remains of my under engine plastics. The 2 side covers still exist, but all that was left of the large cover was some bits of plastic still stuck under the mounting bolts.
So, I'm looking for a solution there too, once I can track down and remove the rest of the leaks. Toyota dealer here has said "sorry, no go". No real surprise there. I dont expect to find one at the wreckers in reasonable condition.
Most still on cars of that era are destroyed or non-existent (like mine). If I had one as a template I could probably vacuum craft one (of course, then I would not need to make one). Trying to measure up and build a template would be murder under the car...
TakaM's link above is for the wrong year for me (95-97) and he does not have my year (89). Plus he does not sell to Australia.
Guess that means I'm going to have to go without one. We have dirty & rough roads here in Australia, but I dont intend to take this car on gravel so I guess I will just have to live with that.
Thinking... Guess I could build one in 2 or more pieces. Still a lot of hassle but could be doable. I'll look into that at a later date.I really need the pit I had at a previous house.
I have a '91 LS400. When I replaced mine a few years ago, the correct one was either unavailable, or cost too much. So I bought the one for 95-97 (or whatever it is) for about $50 on RockAuto.com, and did a little trimming to make it work. Of course a perfect fit out of the box would have been ideal, and the customization took a little time, but once it's on there, it's basically just as good.
So I expect if you did buy the 95-97 for $50, you could make it work with some trimming and poking holes in it.
Also, noticing how the old one failed at most of the screw through holes, I took the old one, used it as raw material, and cut out ~1.25" diameter washers with my hole saw. Then I used those washers when installing the new one, for extra reinforcement at the points where the screws go through the splash shield.
I'll look into doing that - if I can find anyone that will send to Australia.
I'm thinking more and more that I might design a modular one, part metal and part plastic. Metal over the sump and plastic over the rest. Complete with noise reducing material on the engine side. reason being I have noticed that my sump has been scraped several times (previous owner). and I have scraped once trying to enter someones driveway. Not sure where it scraped but it was up front.
Wow, sometimes I surprise myself at how organized I once was. I actually saved photos of my old one ('91 LS400), vs. the new one ('95-'97???) before I trimmed it.
In the first picture below, the new one is placed on top of the old one. In the second pic, the old one is on top. In both cases, you're looking at the top surface, and the front of the car would be at the top of the photo. I transplanted the foam pieces, gluing them down on the new part.
On many cars, when you service the AT, you get a kit with a pan gasket, filter, and a full set of new M6 (often class 10.9) screws to reattach the pan. Since M6 is such a common size and the length (usually about 16mm) makes them very versatile, I usually save the old ones. Well, that is a PERFECT size for attaching the splash pan. The threaded holes under there are M6 (x1.0mm) and that length is the perfect size. The AT pan screws also are usually tapered at the end for some reason, which helps in the splash pan application.
And I'm assuming that if your splash pan is long gone, the screws are as well. And there are a ton of them. Maybe a dozen M6 screws, not counting the sheet metal screws or clips.
I went through this with ours some years back. There were subtle changes in production so the dealer needed the VIN to verify fitment. The part # for our '97 is: 51441-50030. There were several different part#'s that came up online and when I took those the the dealer he shook his head saying that was not what his parts computer had for ours. That said, if a factory or aftermarket undercover is available or can be adapted, this is going to less money than fabricating one from scratch.
Lexus South Atlanta shows part# 51443-50070 for a '99 and '00,
'98 is 51441-50070 and also shows 51441-50030.
Please clarify: ... part # 51443-50070 for a '99 and '00 ..... is the prefix for that part number correct? or should it be #51441?
If it should be the latter (51441-50070 instead of 51443-50070)
THANK YOU for your clarification & THANK YOU for YOUR POST!!! I am ordering the splash shield (engine undercover) #5144150030 from **********.com for my 1999 LS400 as I type to you.
Glad this helped. Toyota has slight variations so running the part and VIN# by the dealer to confirm is good too. Although I had several different part#'s to hunt for ours, one dealer would say yes, another no...
the busted-up one, is a pretty common issue- due to over-parking on those concrete parking stops found in parking lots worldwide, particularly when cars have been lowered a bit in the front, like mine. i'm used to my old toyota, i could go right up until the wheel stopped on the stop. with my lexus ls400, i have to creep up on it, until i feel the undercarriage kiss the stop, then back it off. don't have the splash shield, i bought my car used, and didn't come with one. still trying to consider if it's worth it to replace the missing splash shield. i'm in California, so not much consideration for snow, but the roads here in Lousy Angeles are pretty bad, i'd be worried about rocks flying up into the engine cavity, so...
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