Hello To All Members!

[Petr Gabaj]

Hello to all,

I finally found RX400h in a great shape with a nice milage for reasonable price. Although the car is great by itself, I want to do several mods and hope to find here some hints and know how. I planning to do:

1) side mirrors with turn lights

2) aluminium pedals

3) front grille - exactly what Cduluk has!

4) 20" wheels

5) darkening rear lapms, possibly replacing orange turn lights bulbs for LEDs

6) replacing interior light bulbs for LEDs

7) installing LED front daylights

8) changing AMBER lightning of sills and pedal area into BLUE

9) installing some hooks into tha cargo area, becasue free movement of shopping bags makes my wife unhappy :-)

I am very thankful for any tips & tricks!

As I got the car with an owner´s manual written in French (my car was originaly bought in Monaco), I am little bit lost sometimes. Basic question - I miss (honestly, my wife miss it) some kind of onboard computer data - I can see the energy management, current and average consumption - but I can´t find something like available range based on average consumption and amount of gasoline in the tank. Is it hidden somewhere?

Many thanx to all!

Petr.

[maseace]

There is no range indicator in the 400h. I've done the mirror cover turn signal mod - pretty difficult! Remember when switching turn signals to LEDs, you will need to add load resistors at each location. For the door sill LED color change, you will need to completely replace the door sills with some newer ones (2008) to get the blue color. You can't get to the LEDs inside.

Blue door sills ($100 front, $68 rear) at parts.com: http://www.parts.com/parts/2008/LEXUS/RX400H/?siteid=2&vehicleid=1441484&section=BODY%20HARDWARE&group=PILLARS%2C%20ROCKER%20%26%20FLOOR&subgroup=INTERIOR%20TRIM&component=Sill%20trim