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You need to replace your old tranny and test the ecu capacitors to make sure they are fine. I doubt very much that your original tranny was bad.

I have one off my 97, I put one of the $100 ones on mine, this is brown leather, no tears, $25 mailed to you in the USA 48.Thanks for that kind offer Billy. I think I will look a bit more to try and stay "original" but if that doesn't work I will come back.I understand, I'll be here. My OWP is a Coach Edition and this was standard (like yours) on it.My DWP is standard, and had the leather knob, I changed it to this (photos)good luck.. Hey Baja, Where did you get that wood grain gear shifter? I will like to purchase one for my 1998 LS400

Hi Jude, In visiting with our LOC owner/founder who lives in the UK, the biggest problem with this type of retro-fit, is finding the right parts for the UK and European cars. For example, as you look at your Lexus it looks like any other LS, but the cars name might instead be "Royal" or some thing else. The cars across the pond are not just cookie cutters of the US production. But as Jim said, any experienced auto sound shop should be able to take care of you. Here is "Steve B," user ID. Send him a PM and see if he can help pull together the strings here and answer your questions. lexusoc@gmail.com Let us know how thing's are going. Paul Hello Paul, Thank you very much for touching base and reaching out. I sent Steve a message, so as soon as I am convinced that he found someone who can assist me, I will touch base with you again. Regards, Jude

Is anyone willing to help? I want to install a multiple media system with backup camera, front and rear sensors, navigation, etc. I am in Bergen County, Englewood. These auto installers are confusing me with too much talk. I need an honest and reasonable installer. I want to keep my Nakamichi amplifier and speakers. I am thinking about a Kenwood or a Pioneer unit.

This is the wiring I did, I used a 6 pin harness for everything but the speakers wires for easy servicing, for the speakers I used an RCA cable that I've cut in half and soldered to the 8 wires (make sure you respect polarity) on the B plug Battery 12v (B+ Cyan_Blue/Yellow on C1) Accessory (ACC grey on C6) Ground (GND2 brown on C14) Power Antenna (ANT+ Black/Red on C12) Amp remote (AMP+ Pink/Cyan on B11) FL Speaker (+) BLACK (B2) to RCA FL Speaker (-) WHITE (B7) to RCA FR Speaker (+) WHITE (B1) to RCA FR Speaker (-) RED (B6) to RCA RL Speaker (+) RED (B5) to RCA RL Speaker (-) GREEN (B14) to RCA RR Speaker (+) YELLOW (B4) to RCA RR Speaker (-) GREEN (B13) to RCA Wait... where's the sub signal??? There's none, everything is happening at the amp. The amp is using the signal from FL,FR,RL,RR and feed the sub with it, but the way it work is that it high pass the signal for the doors (~100Hz) and low pass the signal for the sub. When I started the system after replacing the HU in mine, I didn't have any sub. Went into my deck settings and removed the HPF (High pass filter) that was set at 120Hz. Bam! I can hear the sub, go into my EQ and boost 60Hz and the car is shaking. Basically all the bass knob on the deck was doing is to boost or lower the lower frequency and only the sub is affected because of the LPF and HPF that is set in the amp. Now for those who want more punch out of their system, you need to bypass the the nak amp before replacing speakers in your doors. Since there's an HPF set in the Nak amp, even if you put 8" in your doors you wont get much more midbass out of them. If you already did this and you can't hear your sub, here's some things to check. First make sure your RCA output are set to fullrange (no HPF) in your headunit. Some HU will automatically set an HPF if the sub is enable so check that too. Next, check that you respected the polarity on all RCA, if you have one inverted it will cancel out (phase inverted) the sub since all channels go to one speaker. To see if that's your problem, simply set the balance to one side and do the same for the fader so that only one speaker play. Crank the lowest EQ settings you have (ideally 80Hz or less) and you should hear the sub. HTH This is remarkable! Thank you very much for this detailed information. So now I won't have to change my amplifier and my speakers. I did not see any procedure for the two tweeters. Did they work?

I do appreciate this detailed information. I am going to send it to my audio technician because he has been telling me I need to bypass the Nakamichi amp and purchase a new amp plus crossovers to get the use of my existing door speakers but not the subwoofer. I never intended to give in to that option because I believed that God has blessed some of us with the ability to be excellent audio technicians and other are blessed to be excellent sales representatives. We all have out blessings. So thank you so much for blessing me with this information. Now I can only hope that my audio technician can follow the instructions and get good results. One final question: you said ..... to get all 4 door speakers and the factory sub... What about the two tweeters?

Thank you for such a speedy response to my post. I would hate to lose the quality of the sound coming from my subwoofer. According to what you said, I will lose the quality of the bass if I install a Kenwood double din unit. Do you think that the Pioneer AVIC-8000 could be installed with the existing amplifier on the 1998 LS400? Please confirm which model of the Kenwood unit that the Best Buy guys hooked up to the Nakamichi amplifier. My car has 7 speakers including the subwoofer. If there is anyone who can provide information about how to install an aftermarket double din touch screen unit in place of my Nakamichi Premium sound unit without having to abandon the existing amplifier and speakers, yet retaining the same quality of the sound or better, please respond. I am willing to meet with anyone who can help if he/she is in the vicinity of Fort Lee, Englewood or let's just say North Bergen. Have a great day everyone, and drive safely.

My car is the 1998 LS400 and it has the Nakamichi premium sound system which I strongly believe is the best sounding system I have heard in a car of that age. I want to replace it with a Pioneer or a Kenwood touch screen double din unit but I am unable to locate a wire harness that will be compatible with the aftermarket unti I intend to install because I wish to keep my speakers and my amplifier. Every audio technician I speak with about my plan have tried to encourage me to install a new amplifier. I will be grateful if anyone who has knowledge about this Nakamichi premium sound system and the associated amplifier to contact me via this medium. Again, let me emphasize that I wish to retain the use of the existing 6 speakers plus subwoofer and the amplifier that now reside in my car.