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Where was your RX330/RX350/RX400H manufactured?
10-11-05, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by NeonDan
.....its not much so the paint its more of the build quality.
10-16-05, 08:40 AM
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at this time, im no longer able to comment on this forum regarding any Lexus product or my former employer due to being threatened with legal action if i violate the agreement set forth Friday October 14th, 2005. My apologies to anyone if i offended them and to Lexus if i made any derrogatory statements about their products. Im a professional and as such i wish all those out there who have time and time again attempted to do ill upon me the best. I have found a more suitable position for myself and look foward to being better compensated aswell as more appreciated. Have a good one gentlemen and good luck
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10-17-05, 09:13 AM
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I have a July built 400h, built in Japan naturally, and my sister has a May/05 330 built in Canada.
Since I bought my car in August, I've been amazed by the drum-tight fitment of everything in the interior - there's no noise of any kind anywhere (yet, 2200 miles). The car makes the most satisfyingly solid/muted thud/thump from slamming the doors to going over rough and uneven pavements.
I just sat in my sister's Canadian-built 330 this weekend. Her car is a different story. Going over not even that rough of pavements, I heard pops and squeaks coming from the dash and the trunk area. Her car generally sounds hollow, if you know what I mean. I did not get that drum-tight feel from my Japan 400h.
Since I bought my car in August, I've been amazed by the drum-tight fitment of everything in the interior - there's no noise of any kind anywhere (yet, 2200 miles). The car makes the most satisfyingly solid/muted thud/thump from slamming the doors to going over rough and uneven pavements.
I just sat in my sister's Canadian-built 330 this weekend. Her car is a different story. Going over not even that rough of pavements, I heard pops and squeaks coming from the dash and the trunk area. Her car generally sounds hollow, if you know what I mean. I did not get that drum-tight feel from my Japan 400h.
10-17-05, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by CK6Speed
In this case I wouldn't doubt it. Personally I have an 04 RX330 from Japan, but I noticed the paint has a lot of orange peel effect to it moreso than any other car I have ever owned. There is not a single panel on the car that is smooth like my other cars from the late to mid 90s era. When I had a mishap and needed body work and repaint on part of my RX, my body shop painter had to specifically try and recreate the orange peel effect to match the OEM paint. He paints show cars locally so I know what he can do if needed, but if he painted it smooth it just woun't have matched the OEM paint.
I think the real question here is DOES YOUR PAINT CHIP EASILY. I would be much less concerned about orange peel than I would about the abundance of gravel chips on the hood that has been widely discussed on the Edmunds forum.
As some have suggested, Canada has much tighter emission controls than Japan, and that could translate into a lower performance paint.
01-25-06, 09:54 PM
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Whoa...lets talk about paint chipping in a new thread. We're talking about where your RX330 was manufactured...not build quality of your RX330.
03-01-06, 07:17 PM
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Dashboard 'ticking' noise
Originally Posted by Kyosuke86
For those of you who bought the RX made in Japan, how many of you have this "ticking" sound coming from your dashboard? How about those who have theirs from Canada?
03-01-06, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by loubob
It's the injectors.
03-04-06, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by flipside909
From my understanding, because RX400h production had to be ramped up, there are more 2005 RX330's built in Canada that are going to most all North American Lexus dealerships. It will be rare to see a Kyushu Japan made RX330 now until demand of the RX400h decreases.
-Mike
03-12-06, 11:14 PM
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If you put the VIN into Google, click on the "Find car with VIN X" and it will give you some info on the car. Also the first digit indicates where it was built
J = Japan
W = Germany
9 = Brazil
5= USA
J = Japan
W = Germany
9 = Brazil
5= USA
03-12-06, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by mseymour
Is this true on the '06 models?? I didn't check the VIN (btw, what's the code for a Japan built model vs Canada built my VIN is JTJGA31U360061492), but I'm assuming that since I had to wait for mine to come in from the ocean port, instead of being trucked/railed in, that it's Japan built. Am I correct?
-Mike
-Mike
J = Japan
2 = Canada
03-22-06, 06:53 AM
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Updated to reflect the RX350 and RX400h! 
03-24-06, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Rockville
Lou bob, you're in the wrong thread...go to IS 2nd gen or GS 3rd gen. Anyway it's the fuel pump that makes the clicking on those....
And yes i know......wrong thread....
