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An interface from http://www.vaistech.com/site/home.php will get you an aux-in so you can stream music and you could even plug a A2DP receiver into it so you could stream wireless instead of plugging in your phone - the more recent square-shaped ones from Blackberry get particularly good reviews. Or something like a Parrot Mki series kit will get you both handsfree phone and audio streaming but I can't remember if the audio streaming is wireless: http://www.parrot.com/usa/ There are interface harnesses that make installation easier: http://www.quickconnectproducts.com/Find/find.php I use a Garmin 2595 portable GPS mounted on a Pro.Fit bracket by the radio of my non-nav 2000 LS400 for handsfree phone and navigation - works particularly well with Android phones which can pass location information to it. My Garmin is hardwired into the center console so that it turns on/off with the ignition switch - a "semi-permanent" installation. I had an aux-in added by Factory Radio Service in California but I don't know if they offer this for the LS430 since there are other better solutions like the ones from VAIS, iSimple and others.. There are lots of other Bluetooth kits that will work on your car but choices seem to be drying up as more and more cars come standard with this technology.

I am looking for a 2001 Mark Levinson Amp for an LX470. Do you have one available?

Hi, I actually work at a toyota dealer and deal with this fault every once in a while on your 1mz-fe engine. First thing to check is to see if you have egr flow with the engine running. Start the car and let it warm up. Disconnect the vacuum line from your egr valve and hook a vaccuum line connected to a vacuum pump to the egr valve and apply vacuum to the egr valve. The car should stall or run very rough due to an extreme lean condition caused by the valve being opened and causing exhaust flow into the plenum. If there is very little change in the way the car runs with vacuum applied to the egr valve then the passage is clogged with carbon and restricting egr flow. If this is the case then you need to remove the egr valve, remove the air intake tube from the throttle body, hold the throttle open with one hand, and then try spraying throttle body cleaner into the passage between the egr valve and plenum. As you spray throttle body cleaner through the passage you should see a steady stream going into the plenum. If it is clogged you will not see anything entering the plenum or there will be very little cleaner getting into the plenum. This passage normally clogs up with high mileage vehicles. If it is clogged then use a straight piece of metal to clean out the passage. I get a metal coat hanger and cut a good 6 inch straight piece of metal off of one and then just shove it into the passage and ream the passage out until it is cleaned and i can spray cleaner through the passage and see it coming out as a steady stream through the plenum. If the vacuum test works, and the car dies or runs extremely rough then i usually recommend the egr vacuum modulator and egr vacuum switching valve. The switching valve is located under that decorative plastic cover on the top of the engine. It is an electrical part and can start to work intermittently and cause the this problem as well. This electrical valve will cause vacuum not to get to the egr valve and hence cause no egr valve flow. You will see the vacuum lines coming from the modulator to the valve and then to the egr valve. Hope this helps. I have to admit that I have not seen an egr temp sensor go bad yet.