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Benjamin Tang

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  1. it's more an issue with the design of the brake pad backing plates sitting too loose within the caliper brackets, rather than the calipers themselves. like calirich stated, if the problem is the pads, the usual solution is cleaning as much crap and gunk out of them, and then reinstall with lots of anti-seize. i've even tried aftermarket pads, but the backing plates are the exact same size as oem (obviously), so the noise never went away...
  2. for me, it was the rear brakes that made noise when shifting between drive and reverse. i was told it was the pads shifting in the calipers.
  3. at my dealer, it's always said "whichever comes first"... so if you hit the time period first rather than mileage, then go by time. your lexus service advisor should have explained this to you?
  4. questions: 1. what brand of aftermarket brakes do you have, and specifically what? pads? drilled/slotted discs? or some sort of big brake upgrade? 2. are you singling out the front brakes for some reason? who did the work? if there is a specific reason for the front brakes to be bad i don't understand why the rears have to be done as well unless they are worn out. a private mechanic quoted me $75 to machine four discs, including re/re, but my rears are almost at min. allowable thickness, and my rear pads are at below 50%, so there was no choice but to replace. but as for the $1200 cost from the dealer... it sounds about right for 4 pads and discs, plus re/re labor, and it may also include having to bleed the brakes if necessary.
  5. contact these folks: http://www.jpimportz.org/ very respected on the clublexus.com forums. twin turbos, supercharging, stroker kits... you name it :)
  6. check your plug connections. otherwise it could be a blown HID bulb and/or ballast.
  7. carson toyota and sewell lexus are 2 places to try. their contact info can be found in the list here: http://www.clublexus.com/index.php?option=...&Itemid=179
  8. our AM reception isn't that great either, but there are so few stations worth listening to locally on the AM band we never fixed it since our 00 is out of warranty.
  9. i believe "ECU" is short for "electronic control unit"... basically the main brain/computer of the car that is hiding somewhere in your passenger side footwell. i answered this because i have the same problem with our gs400. if someone dosen't screw down the cap the light comes on. i went to the dealer the first time it happened and they wanted something like $100 to just plug it in for a diagnostic. so i went to a private shop and he used a handheld obd2 reader and the code related to the gas cap came up. he cleared the code and reset the ecu with the reader. he then told me that if it happens again, either disconnect the battery, or go to my fuse box in the engine compartment and find the ECU fuse (the underside of the fuse box cover shows where it is). pull the fuse and the code will be erased. where i live, the emissions test involves the car being plugged into a diagnostic computer, which will read everything, including past codes. the gas cap is considered part of the emissions system, so they would have red flagged me for that code and i would have failed. i'm not sure if you have the same kind of test where you are. if not... the pulling the fuse is optional... unless you are getting tired of resetting your radio and clock :)
  10. several options: 1) invest in an obd2 code reader that is able to cancel/delete CEL codes. 2) disconnect the battery for at least 30 seconds (but you will lose all your presets) 3) find out where the ecu fuse is and pull it out to reset the ecu. note: option 3 will wipe the codes from memory, and option 2 will not, so if you have mandatory emissions testing, option 2 might be a problem if they check for past codes still in memory.
  11. my mechanic told me unless it's completely fouled or damaged, leave it in?
  12. i have a 99 gs400, so i may not have the same problems, but the rear main seal failure is known to happen on mine with high mileage examples. the same goes for the door actuators. but the o2 sensors i haven't heard anything on. i have over 100k mi on mine, and the only thing i've had gone wrong from the list above is the rear main seal... but i used http://www.auto-rx.com and it stopped leaking thank god :o
  13. we bought ours used when it was 6 years old. it had a paint protection package on it from new, and the car has never been repainted and it still looks good, aside from normal wear and tear.
  14. now that i'm thinking about it, didn't the base model gs300 from the 2nd generation had 16" steel wheels with plastic covers standard?
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