Tenoshii

The Lexus GS series is the American version of the Toyota Aristo. Toyota makes Lexus vehicles. The above picture is that of an GS300/Aristo with a Body Kit and Aftermarket Grill. I haven't seen that particular body kit/grill befor though. The car would be a 98-2005 Lexus GS300/400/430. The 300 is a V6, the 400 is a 4.0L V8, and the 430 is a 4.3L V8. Check out the rest of this forum and the clublexus.com forum for example of bodykits and what the car looks like stock.

What do you mean "rewired fromt the back of the deck"? running wire from the amp to the speakers, and then.... Can I tap into the speaker's plug?

I just found out that I will need aftermarket speakers too, because the 1st gen speakers are self amplified....Hopefully I will finally have my audio upgrade finished on my 5th visit to the shop.... So to recap: need: (1)CD Player/DVD player (what ever) (1)Amp (5 channel if you can get it! Though I've been told you can use 4 ch) (4) 4''-5.25" speakers(oem are 4" and I've even heard of people fitting 6.5" in there) (1)Amp wiring kit (3) sets of RCA plugs(2 sets for cd player speaker out to amp, and 1 set for cd player sub out to amp) (~100ft) of speaker wire( for amp to 4 speakers and 1 sub) various connectors and anything else your shop needs to use to hook everything up... Hope I don't HAVE to upgrade my sub right away. May be in a couple of months... This started out as me just wanting to be able to play CDs in my car...

one of the turbos will hit the gs300s fireway. It will take a lot of re-working. Do a search here and on the clublexus.com forums.

Diazen sport tuning sway bars for 98-2005 gs

PS about the new leather seat skins, check the clublexus.com forum for a group buy. they just had one around feb I think. if you wait until then you should be able to save a couple hundred. If you can't wait until then and it doesn't have to be brand new you can try looking for some seats that are in better condition than yours at a junk yard. sometimes on ebay too.

Doing any mods to the sound system is opening a can of worms. You will have to install the head unit and a new amplifier at the same time. The stock amp will conflict with the aftermarket head unit. I have a aftermarket cd player installed, and only my 2 rear speakers and sub work. Luckly I got a 5ch 880W sony amp for $87 on ebay, and getting it installed today. ALSO! They don't make a wire harnes kit for the 1st gen gs300s. Metra makes dash install kit, which can be found on ebay. I'm not sure about finding it on a internet store. The stock sub is 10", I don't know the watts, the stock speakers are 4"(?watts) which can be swapped for 5.25", I've even heard of people fitting 6.5" speakers with some work and fabricating.

There is also a thread about fixing a SC300 window either on this forum, or the clublexus.com forum. The SC300 window's motor and regulator is similar. It may give you some hints on how to fix it, when you know what your problem is... My window stopped working also. It goes down but doesn't go up, and the motor still works. I have already taken it apart and rewound the wire pully spool thingy(is that the regulator?), and JB Welded the broken plastic wire guides onto the regulator, and it still it doesn't work. I have to take it apart again: I think its the connector of one of the ends of the wires that fasten onto the window glass.

That "OEM" battery probably could be bought at a auto store for ~$70, and some store will even install it for free. Though its really easy to do it yourself. That Optima Yellow Top battery that TURBOGS300 was talking about costs ~$150 and is one of the best if not THE best batteries out there. I had this problem last weekend... too bad I didn't post.

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Do a search for Dash kit for your car in google... Or you try to replace the whole thing. Check ebay for spare parts. douitashima*BLEEP*e Tenoshii :P

check out lexusgonewild.com they have some dvds for purchase that has some lexus exhaust competions.

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its pretty easy....it has been a while since I did mine...I just figured it out... Pretty much any automatic shift knob will fit... Ichibahn makes a few nice ones...I'm holding out for an actual Razo(the one I have is a knock off...wish I knew that before I bought it!).

You can get the window reflectors from johnee78 on the clublexus forums. $140.00 shipped.