Just Bought 91 Ls400

[Kangae]

Hello everyone, I'm new to this place as you might have guessed, and I just got my first LS400 just this weekend. Overall I would say the car is in great shape, the engine runs great and the transmission is nice and smooth as is the ride. Its got 149k miles on it and almost everything electronic works (I seem to have the Trac light problem but that really is the only electrical problem).

But now to my question, I have a few issues with the exterior and interior, some dents here and there on the outside, but I know what to do with those. The real question I had was both of my outer tail lights seem to have problems. One of them is cracked and the other is broken and held on the car with tape. I'm looking to fix both of those, and my first thought was to call up the local Lexus dealer and ask them how much for some new tail lights, but I thought that might be overly expensive and figured I should maybe ask around for a better alternative first.

Also on the interior both of my front seats have rips in them...an the steering wheel looks kind of ratty. Again my first thought was to call the Lexus dealer but I figured I would ask here instead.

Anyway that's about it. I really love this car so far and I really look forward to getting involved around here a bit more.

[dcfish]

Welcome to the club You can search ebay for parts or www.taprecycling.com should have the parts for you.

[marlon08901]

Hello everyone, I'm new to this place as you might have guessed, and I just got my first LS400 just this weekend. Overall I would say the car is in great shape, the engine runs great and the transmission is nice and smooth as is the ride. Its got 149k miles on it and almost everything electronic works (I seem to have the Trac light problem but that really is the only electrical problem).

But now to my question, I have a few issues with the exterior and interior, some dents here and there on the outside, but I know what to do with those. The real question I had was both of my outer tail lights seem to have problems. One of them is cracked and the other is broken and held on the car with tape. I'm looking to fix both of those, and my first thought was to call up the local Lexus dealer and ask them how much for some new tail lights, but I thought that might be overly expensive and figured I should maybe ask around for a better alternative first.

Also on the interior both of my front seats have rips in them...an the steering wheel looks kind of ratty. Again my first thought was to call the Lexus dealer but I figured I would ask here instead.

Anyway that's about it. I really love this car so far and I really look forward to getting involved around here a bit more.

[marlon08901]

Hello everyone, I'm new to this place as you might have guessed, and I just got my first LS400 just this weekend. Overall I would say the car is in great shape, the engine runs great and the transmission is nice and smooth as is the ride. Its got 149k miles on it and almost everything electronic works (I seem to have the Trac light problem but that really is the only electrical problem).

But now to my question, I have a few issues with the exterior and interior, some dents here and there on the outside, but I know what to do with those. The real question I had was both of my outer tail lights seem to have problems. One of them is cracked and the other is broken and held on the car with tape. I'm looking to fix both of those, and my first thought was to call up the local Lexus dealer and ask them how much for some new tail lights, but I thought that might be overly expensive and figured I should maybe ask around for a better alternative first.

Also on the interior both of my front seats have rips in them...an the steering wheel looks kind of ratty. Again my first thought was to call the Lexus dealer but I figured I would ask here instead.

Anyway that's about it. I really love this car so far and I really look forward to getting involved around here a bit more.

Congratulations on your purchase!!

dcfish - is right, i think e-bay would be the fastest and cheapest way to get the parts you need.

Here's a quick link to an e-bay page which is selling some lights for your car:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?f...&category0=

I hope it helps!

[Kangae]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

I thought I might get stuck having to buy them from a dealer and eBay totally slipped my mind, I guess I could look there for some seats also.

[eatingupblacktop]

Welcome to the LOC! Congrats on your wheels and picking the best Lexus forum online.

In addition to ebay, a couple of places that carry clear tail lights and front bumper lights:

http://luxurymods.com/index.asp?PageAction...OD&ProdID=5

http://www.lextasy.com/lexus_ls400_clear_t...s_1369_prd1.htm

[Bwilliams]

Sounds like you need some 02 sensors. Is your check engine light on as well?