Johnhav430

had my car 5 weeks now, paid dealer to do coolant and brake flush, selling dealer did front pads rotors sensor and bolts, with Oem, and driver door lock actuator.

I did the 4 struts hood and trunk $15x4, cabin air, checked air filter and was new. Bought 2016 Toyota nav disc on eBay for $13.

pulled tilt telescope fuse as telescope was straining. Replaced 12v fuse front, 3rd brake lamp.

ordered Oem missing tool kit for $45, and Oem mats $41 (ones in the car are worn), 3/4 hooks missing for mats...

wipers seem fine but ordered Valeo one firsts.

changed oil first time, had Mobil 1 laying around so I used it....WIX XP filter.

have not put snows on, it's too warm for them....I'm so tempted to,drive with a/s but I know better lol

Gronemus

What brand struts did you use? I ordered some Monroe struts for the trunk from Rockauto only to find that in their extended length I could not fit them onto the ball joints. Ended up sending them back and getting a set of StrongArm struts from Advance Auto instead.

You naughty boy you. I know someone else that did the same thing...

I found the same deal on a set of mats and will use the old ones during the winter...

Johnhav430

Hmmmm, I did get them from Rock Auto....I had a bit of trouble installing the hood....I had to fit the ***** on with the struts out of the car, then try to screw them in....could not install ***** on hood and fenders, then pop them on. But you had an issue with the trunk...Trunk was no problem but wish I had greased them in retrospect....it's so nice to not have the hood fall every time!

Gronemus

Maybe you ordered a different brand than Monroe for your trunk struts. There were 3 or 4 different vendors IIRC. After I found mine didn't for I looked up the spec at Rockauto and saw that the Monroe strut was 0.1 inch longer than one of the others. Well that little bit made a huge difference for me...

MikeFoxx

iTrader: (8)

I bought my replacements about a month after owning the LS just to have them ready. I got both oem for $110 off Amazon from a Lexus dealership with invoice. Just had them sitting in the garage till it was time.

first signs will be a steering wheel vibration... about 5k later stronger vibration and slight shake at idle. About 10k later inner tire wear slightly more than rest if aligned (much more if not) about 15k strong steering vibration 30+ lessons at 55+.... 15,001 miles an empty passenger seat will visibly vibrate at freeway speeds... check your **** cause you got 5k before blowing a front tire due to excessive inner tire wear.

I've had them and wanted to monitor true wear up to the point of potential danger zone before replacing. This post would be different if I weren't prepared though.

Johnhav430

haven't asked the indie for a price and parts are not that bad, but this is a $1400 job at the dealer, right?

does this lack bushings?

​​​​​​​http://parts.lexusoftucsonspeedway.c...wd=&origin=pla

LS430cb

Where are you finding OEM mats for 41.00? ����

Gronemus

At least the grey ones were $41. It appears other colors are more expensive...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

LS430cb

Thank you for the link.

tallcaguy

Solved the steering wheel vibration problem. Had my tire shop work on the car. Car is now "Lexus smooth" from 0 -100mph. Yahoo!

MikeFoxx

iTrader: (8)

I just replaced the bushings not the whole arm. My plan was to have a local shop that always does my work press them in but I didn't have time to get it done the same day. Dealer charged 3 hrs labor. For the price of bushings and labor you could go with a whole arm and save on the labor to press. You could also get the Figs poly already pressed with a core return cheaper and that's also a simple swap so labor is much less. The last two options you can do yourself but unless you have the right press and know how to use it... I'd leave that to the shop. My plan was to buy the Figs and flip the ones I had sitting but either way I'm glad it's done and I'm solid for awhile.

takimanpgt

http://www.lexuspartsnow.com/parts/l...-50010-11.html

A little bit cheaper. And I have a couple of sets. Worth it.

Johnhav430

Did you use them? I saw they got a F rating BBB, and multiple complaints where wrong parts were shipped and they blamed the customer (looks like at some point they stopped repsonding to the BBB). I also found a dealer that sells them for $19, but when I emailed them how much to ship (because the policy says if it costs more than the estimate, you pay), crickets. I don't want to order from non-responsive companies, even if it could save $20. I don't feel they deserve the business in this day and age....just me....

Johnhav430

I worked out the Mark Levinson with "Money for Nothing." Those 11 speakers did fairly well, it was bumpin' so hard, I was thinking the amp might give out....

Gronemus

My thoughts exactly. I was going to pull the trigger on that one but after reading the reviews decided against it. Didn't feel comfortable with their ratings, no pictures of the item, etc...