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Old 04-30-10, 03:16 AM
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Congrats on the great car.

BTW, I wear my late brother's 1970 Red Sub daily in his memory.
That's great. An iconic watch in his memory.
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One thing that I don't understand is why the LS doesn't have illuminated door sills. I have a '05 RX that has illuminated sills, but the LS doesn't?
You, me and some others wonder the same thing, my wife has an 08 RX350 and I love that added touch. I have an 07 now and still no illuminated sills!

You can buy them from here...

http://www.eliteautostyle.com/products/lighting.htm






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Very nice car and congrats. The door sills do look good.....another thing to the mod list. Thanks Tee as didn't aware of this at all :thumbup.
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nice car (looks just like mine) and a great looking CLEAN garage.
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Welcome aboard

Excellent find on a low mileage LS

Originally Posted by VegasIS300
Thanks for all the kind words guys! I can't wait to start modding my new baby. I can't get over how quiet and smooth the ride is. One thing that I don't understand is why the LS doesn't have illuminated door sills. I have a '05 RX that has illuminated sills, but the LS doesn't?
that is one gripe I had on the LS. How can a flagship not have this while the SC and RX do???

I made my own, only the fronts. Only problem is sourcing the parts and doing some hacking:

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Excellent find on a low mileage LS



that is one gripe I had on the LS. How can a flagship not have this while the SC and RX do???

I made my own, only the fronts. Only problem is sourcing the parts and doing some hacking:

Wow, that looks awesome! I like how you matched it to the footwell light. It looks just like the sills on my RX.
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Originally Posted by Tee
You, me and some others wonder the same thing, my wife has an 08 RX350 and I love that added touch. I have an 07 now and still no illuminated sills!

You can buy them from here...

http://www.eliteautostyle.com/products/lighting.htm





Looks like I'll be getting those! haha Thanks for the heads up!
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wow! only 18K!? thats a nice find!!!
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Originally Posted by VegasIS300
Thanks for all the kind words guys! I can't wait to start modding my new baby. I can't get over how quiet and smooth the ride is. One thing that I don't understand is why the LS doesn't have illuminated door sills. I have a '05 RX that has illuminated sills, but the LS doesn't?

my RX made me wonder the same thing...
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Nice ride!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by VegasIS300
Thanks for all the kind words guys! I can't wait to start modding my new baby. I can't get over how quiet and smooth the ride is. One thing that I don't understand is why the LS doesn't have illuminated door sills. I have a '05 RX that has illuminated sills, but the LS doesn't?
My 03 SC has them too. Lexus is funny this way. The 2010 SC for 70K does not have cooled seats, and as far as I know only the RX had HUD. Anyway, you bought the twin of our car, and we love it. Best car ever owned, enjoy!
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What's even stranger is that I was in the dealer yesterday to stop by to get some warm freshly baked cookies and I saw the 2010 RX in the showroom. Not only did it not have illuminated sills, but the sills were blank! It didn't even say Lexus!
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Originally Posted by VegasIS300
Wow, that looks awesome! I like how you matched it to the footwell light. It looks just like the sills on my RX.
Thank you. Those actually were from an SC430, so it's oem color
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Originally Posted by GS3Tek
Thank you. Those actually were from an SC430, so it's oem color
So the SC430 doorsills fit on the LS, plug and play? Or did you have to do so modding to get it to fit?
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