Romanova

Ordered a set of used rear calipers. I'm going to get them powder coated. The paint coating I've used just doesn't last and I'm tired of my calipers looking like crap. Found a clean set to send off along with a new OEM seal kit so this way, there will be no downtime. Also going back to OEM rotors and pads as while I was happy with the Centric rotors, they've warped pretty bad and I get a lot of vibration and feedback trough the brake pedal under heavy braking.

Torn on the color though. Either glossy red, glossy black, or gold. I have the red BBS caps on my wheels so that is a pop of color. I don't want anything too crazy and won't be doing any decals on the caliper. Leaning towards red...

LatinLS430

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I would go with gold. I had gold on my old 4GS.



This was just paint and not powder coat.

Romanova

I think gold would look good. Looked good on the R34 GT-R as well as the STI. Might end up flipping a coin.

Beauty part of powder coat is there are so many colors. I ordered a bunch of color swatches from Prismatic Powders awhile back to help with the decision making process....

intermec

will any brake cleaner affects the painted surface?

LatinLS430

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It never did when I changed pads and sprayed them. I did several coats of clear coat on them though.

Duck05

I went with RSP with decals. The shop I used did not properly apply enough clear coat so will need to be redone (by another vendor).

The blue might look nice on a white car…

I like the Stop Tech slotted rotors.

rlcaulder

I have 2004 with the same color. Have you been able to find touch up paint?

LatinLS430

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Hit 86K this morning. I got her when she had 60K in October 2017.

Allohakasin

Today I finally saved up enough to get some michelins for my new rims. I couldn't find the UL 5 spoke rims for a good used price so I bought the OE replica rims. everything fit really well except for the front caliper clearance, I got away with 2mm shim spacers to get a little breathing room. I also went to auto zone right afterwards to get a new lug nut for that rear tire right after this pic . That was definitely the cheapest part of the wheel/tire job...

FtMyersLS

are you saying the replica wheels didn't clear or were closer than you were comfortable with?

damienqc

Had to change the front wheel bearings this week. They were done (the right side mainly). After 20 years and 110k miles (180k km). I replaced the upper control arms in 2022. Roads in Quebec are unforgiving.
I am still impressed with this car.

Romanova

Go out to the garage and hear a loud beep, sounds like it's coming from my LS430. Lock it, unlock it, verify all doors are closed, start it, run it, turn it off and BEEP. Like every 45 seconds it gives one beep that sounds like it's coming from the car.

Long story short, it was coming from my Chamberlain garage door opener. It was beeping to tell me that the backup battery has died and needs replacement. Whew.

pmesfun

Painted two wheels yesterday. Now I just have to paint another completely and redo the face of the first wheel I painted.

Duck05

Not sure you meant that question for me or not.

My LS430 is an ‘01 and the paint code is 6S5: Mystic Sea Opal Mica (or Metallic depending on the site).

The ‘04 similar color is much darker and almost a military green. That paint code is 6T7: Cypress Pearl.

You can confirm your paint code color on the door frame plate.

Several vendors offer products. Do a Google or Amazon search to discover your options.

slightreturn

A few days ago I had a funny occurrence with my 430.

I recently got married. I'm in New England and my spouse was from the west coast until she moved here. So she just sold her car since I had two (an '05 LS and '06 4Runner). I have a habit of driving the 430 to work so I just gave her the keys to the 4Runner and everything was fine. Last week, I decided to ride my bike to work so I said "feel free to drive the Lexus today if you want" and left the keys on the counter. When I got home, I was met with a Grinch-like grin and saucer-like eyes, and she pleaded with me to just swap cars permanently. "It's sooooooo smooth!! It's sooooo easy to drive!!! The Lexus is more of a girl's car anyway, wouldn't you agree?"

Hahahaha I did not agree. But she uses the Lexus whenever possible now. The only thing is that it takes about an hour for the driver's seat to adjust from her position to my position -- she is 5'0 and I am 6'2.

Moral of the story: never allow yourself to be manipulated out of your LS430, no matter how cute and sweet the pleader might be!