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for parts there are some people who use an NZ dealer, and i have personally used Sewell Lexus and Carson Lexus in the USA. Their prices are a lot cheaper even with exchange rates and shipping. if you do use one of those US sites, put clublexus as the promo code in the shopping cart for further discount...

it is unusual that they rattle- how do you mean rattle? i have heard of coilovers knocking due to the pillow ball tops, and i have heard of clunking due to the springs seating/unseating/settling under certain conditons, but rattling is unusual. most shocks can be rebuilt by places, i am not sure who does it but if you google search it there are a few companies around. 245/265 isnt the profile its the width. the profile is the 2nd number on the side of the tyre e.g. 245/35/19. It is very common to have different sized tyres front to rear, and also very common to have different sized rims also which no doubt your car has. OZ Racing are very good quality rims, i am surprised they cracked. they must just be old and well-used, or have had a hard life. they shouldnt crack due to their lightness, but obviously being very light material they arent quite so good at handling potholes and the like. obviously lower profile wider tyres will provide better handling, as will the lowered height and stiffer ride given by coilovers.

theres not much in WA for these cars. theres a few US based large dealer sites such as Carson Lexus, Sewell Lexus, L-Tuned etc which do both OEM and aftermarket parts. they are trustworthy but expensive. for things from japan i used to use www.importmonster.com.au, which is a yahoo japan interface. But now the exchange rate is much worse, things end up quite expensive. but its the only way to get a lot of things. for larger items, again big bummer about the exchange rate, but i go through an ex pat aussie in Japan called Jesse Streeter - dartsun75@gmail.com Top bloke, good to deal with, and is happy to price up/track down anything you like. If you know what you want, send him the link and he will give you a delivered total. i've bought 2 sets of wheels and coilovers through him.

maybe have a poke around and check the thermostat too

yeah dealer prices are wild. for a service there (140k) its $480, but at ultra tune its $250 and small private mechanic i use, $180. yes, the belts will need changing as they were out eventually.

theres series 1 and series 2 tail lights. they both go straight across the boot though

i get mine through american dealers that sell online like lexuspartsonline.com etc. theyre prices are way better than local dealers ive found

hm i just skim read a lot of this, but it is a little confusing, so il say what i know from the top of my head.. There's the 1st Generation JZS147 Lexus GS300. This car was sold in America as a non-turbo 2JZ-GE. It was sold in its home land of Japan as the Toyota Aristo and i believe came as both turbo and non turbo 2JZ-GTE and 2JZ-GE. i think they were made from about 92ish - 97ish? These are available as imports from Japan, hence any coming in from Japan are Toyota Aristos though some have had different badges put on them. Most that are imported ae 2JZ-GTE because people like the turbo engine. Then there's the JZS160/161 model Lexus GS300, the 2nd Generation. This was sold in America and in Australia as a Lexus GS300, and in Japan as a Toyota Aristo. Again, in the overseas markets this came with a non turbo 2JZ-GE engine but with VVT-i. In japan it came as turbo and non turbo versions, though i believe they were all Auto from factory. These models of Aristo cannot be imported into Australia since they were sold here domestically, hence you need to do an engine conversion to get a 2JZ-GTE version. they were sold from 98-00, then a face-lifted model with updated taillights and grille came out and was produced from 01-04 You can do engine swaps by using a 2JZ-GTE VVT-i front cut from a Japanese Aristo and putting it into the GS300 but some dash lights etc come up unless you go the whole hog with wiring harnesses and so on. An NA-T conversion is done alot in america, both on Aristos and on things like supras. Look on clubna-t.com for some info. Doing an NA-T conversion is a good way to get about 300rwhp from the car with the turbo, injectors, ecu, exhaust, and front mount. Any mroe than this required serious engine work, and it would be better to start with a 2JZ-GTE engine for building, at least the head since it is better. Both of these turboing options are pretty expensive though, like close to 10K.

Someone buy and VIP style this thing, its a nice clean platform for it!

possibly check a site such as www.importmonster.com.au it is an online interface for Yahoo Japan auctions. you can get some cool things on there. i found a dash mat on there today for my GS300 but things arent cheap. they may be cheap in Yen but by the time you convert, add tax, shipping etc a mat would probably cost $2-300 you could ask also the places like Auto1 etc but it is unlikely they could get one though they would have some catalogues they could check. You can even get mats for imports now so it may be available.

i wouldnt stress, you could probably check back monthly on this forum and still not miss any replies haha

you cant import a car that was released locally. So no. you can import for Race/Rally only but thus it is not road registerable.

it seems a lot more popular in America than here. a few of the guys on clublexus.com have it on the newer model Lexus's. the 3M Clear Bra product is apparently not meant to be the best as it goes yellow quite quickly and there can be bad batches which go yellow almost straight away. There is another product but i cant remember its name (sorry!) that is better than the Clear Bra. All of them need waxing and taking care of quite regularly though to maintain their complete clear apprearance and even then i think depending on usage, garaging, climatic conditions etc they all go yellow eventually and need removing and re-doing. sorry i cant be of more help but perhaps try having a look or posting a topic on 'clear bra' on Clublexus.com forums (US based forum)

yeah your car looks sweet mate, guessing its on bags, or just an a/m height controller? best way to post pics is just host them yourself somewhere like photobucket.com then link to them directly from the links they provide once you load the images

yeah i am but like i say i didnt need to touch it since i just bought a panel filter to go in the air box as i couldnt be bothered with a pod since to do it properly you really need to do proper heat shielding etc