Recent content by 128keaton

I have made a questionable financial decision but I think it is for the better. A friend was involved in an accident with his 2004 LX470, and I happened to be able to purchase it after it was totaled. Just now need to find some small things and get it fixed. Car has ~229k, pretty much stock...

Honestly it’s been a few years since I’ve done it and I can’t really remember, all I did though was take it apart and put it back together in the same order. Cleaned everything with new ATF. Used the FSM to some degree. Bought a seal kit, used them when needed. I don’t recall anything being too...

So a while back, my catalytic converters were swiped off the bottom of my car. I’ve been living with a half fixed solution for a few years until deciding to fix it. About three weeks ago, me and my father went and removed the cat portions from the car, but managed to break four studs on the...

I searched on eBay looking for Lexus/Toyota dealers selling them. They were very expensive but worth every penny. Car looks incredible and lights at night are great. Just make sure you buy 98-02 assemblies, anything later will be plastic

Spray gun, HVLP 3M

I completely repainted it. I started by sanding off the old paint and getting it down to primer/bare metal where there were dents. Filled in dents with Bondo and tapped out what I could. Thick coat of primer then block sanding for hours, little bit of wet sanding. More primer. Then color, and...

The knock off headlights sucked so I dropped some coin on the real deal glass 1998-2002 LX470 assemblies. Hopefully these last longer than the knockoffs. Fit and finish is much better as expected for nearly twice the cost I was also about ready to replace my Nittos finally. They were pretty...

Finally fitted! Still needs to be wet sanded to get a few imperfections out but I’m waiting for the paint to harden enough.

I’ve had this car for close to five years and in that time, all my highway driving has resulted in the front end of the car looking sandblasted. My hood was nasty and scarred by bird poop and sap the day I got it. Not too long after, I found out my passenger side fender was filled with bondo...

I've always wanted a front bumper on the LX. The OE one was damaged (along with the crash bar) in a wreck from the PO. I figured at 275k it was due for a treat anyway. I purchased the IronMan4x4 front bumper with the 7" meteor lights for like $1500 shipped with their sale. Was packaged so good...

1st: Any strange steering issue? One in which steering suddenly has mind of it's own. Steering suddenly pulls to one side by itself, then releases and repeats. The feel may be very sever veering vehicle direction, or just barely noticeable. Or may just feel a looseness between steering wheel and...

Today I finally replaced both expansion valves and cleaned my condenser. Was done with not having AC. Was just driving when the sun was down for the past two years. Air is now 40*F out the vents. I also had the entire car polished, considering it turns 20 in September, it turned out really good...

Haha, that one is long gone now, was a 1987 325 (without the e, but still had the 2.7 eta). I had a wreck in it, totally fubar’d the driver’s side. I put the motor in my convertible, wrecked that, fixing it currently. And I have another ‘87 sedan I’m doing a full resto on.

Well, I don’t know what the issue was, but I checked the fuses for a third time after cycling the high beams and I found the fuse for that light blown. Swapped and it seems to be fine now. I have no idea what caused the original issue other than the DRL relay shorting the 12v feed to that light...

Found the EWD and noted that the 12v line is tied to the DRL relay block: