smalltowns

Thanks Twiin Turbo... I've got my service appointment at Lexus tomorrow so it would be great to get that info.

Hey twinturbo, Just wondering if you had a chance to find those receipts... Thanks, smalltowns

Hey Twinturbo, Thanks for the feedback. I contacted the guy at lexus who said the following in response to what you told me that I passed on to him: "I talked with the parts dept. and we got the front shocks for $62 each, and the rears for $51 each. All the book times I have found list the front struts for 2.5 hrs for both and the rears for 2.2 for both. Even at $75 and hour, that comes to $352.50. For $100???? That's $21.77 per hour which wouldn't even pay the technicians around this place. I don't know how any shop could do that, especially with factory parts. I think that it may have been a single tech, with his own shop, that did the job (no overhead). I'm not sure if they are factory struts either, prices sound kind of out there. I don't understand how the fronts would be a little more and the rears would be so much cheaper. I'd think if the rears were cheaper, the fronts shoud've been also." Thoughts?

I have the same model and the cracking drove me crazy too. I went to a place that specialized in repairing leather seats in higher end cars. I paid $500 or $600 to replace several leather panels and I am going to do a few more this summer. Really makes a big difference... Good luck.

Has anybody had suspension issues with a '93 GS300? I own one with 162,000 miles (bought it with 38,000 mi) and seems more and more to ride like and old Caddy. Very "slushy" and seems to bottom out too easily in road ruts. The local Lexus dealer has always said that that the early GS300 never had great suspension, but mine has gone from bad to worse. Now the dealer is saying that, though there are no leaks, the struts/shocks themselves are tired due to high mileage and they are proposing to replace the 4 of them for $600. They said I would definitely see a big improvement. It seems logical that the struts would lose their "shock protection" ability over time, but I have no experience with this. Would appreciate your feedback. Thanks.

I love my 1993 GS 300. It is still cherry after almost 150,000 miles. One thing I don't like is the size of the standard wheels and tires. I was thinking about buying a set of tires and wheels that come with the new GS, and was wondering: 1. Has anybody doen this and how do you like them? 2. What will they cost? 3. Best site for getting tires/wheels? Thanks!