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Yes I remember those threads about the lower grill being too open to the radiator. I will look into it, although I didnt experience any problems with my other two RXs which had the same design flaw.
Yep, those are the LED lights
RXSF
It's called 'prophylactic' preperation. Anticipate the problem before it is a problem. After the A/C goes belly up and you remember this thred ...
Earlier this summer not a week after I'd been thinking my builders grade water heater is about 9 years old and I should start looking for bargains, it blew. By the time I was done with Home Depot 'AND' Servepro, it was a little over $2 grand. Could have been a lot cheaper. My insurance is $1 grand deductible and that was about the Servpro part.
Preparing for debris that hasn't happened before is pretty cheap.
I always hand wash my RX-350,and my Wife's IS-250. My RX is silver,her's is red(tougher to clean). I never let the dealer give my Lexus the free car scratch..er I mean wash. Seriously my co worker had his RX scratched from the local Lexus dealer free car wash.
I am a nut about keeping my lexi's clean, but Anita I never heard of wheel woolies?
I use an old white cotton tee shirt and clean the wheels by hand.
Wheel woollies work great on your wheels. 3 sizes of the straight variety, 2 of the newer angled versions that will reach to the backside of the wheel to get out the crud. Available from multiple places including Autogeek. I used to use the stiffer Daytona and other variations of the wire/synthetic brushes, but the woollies are pretty good and I don't worry as much about possible scratching my wheels if I get carried away. Only drawback is you can't form them like you can the Daytona ones to reach strange locations on the inside of your wheel without removing it if necessary.
Thanks BertL I have to buy them.I'm tired of crushing my fingers. I really do spend way too much time detailing the RX,and the IS.
NP. You're not the only one that has a personal problem attempting to keep a clean ride all the time. . I decided yesterday after washing and getting my RX ready to take Mom out for brunch this morning that I have a couple of little places that need resolving on mine -- the micro scratches I caught sight of in the sun, well, are just unacceptable. Ah ha ha. If there are 2 places I found, there must be more, so tomorrow begins the strip off the Zaino, clay, check the whole thing over with my Brinkman, buff those places out, apply some finishing polish, then reapply 3 layers of Zaino... and of course things have started to heat up temperature-wise here yesterday and today to the mid 80's. Why I didn't decide to do this last week before the temps started to go up for the season, well...