Zander

I'm pretty sure he was kidding

Even if there is a slit does that explain why it only does it on < 1/4 of a tank of gas? I'm still waiting for this tank to empty to see if the problem surfaces again.

From what I can tell theres nothing wrong with the intake pipe, I've checked it twice now and can't find anything. Thanks for your advice Toysrme, how much is a fuel pressure guage, and how hard is it to install. If the fuel injection isn't working properly and the STP doesn't rectify the problem, how much is it gonna cost me for another injector? I'll replace the fuel filter too, never done that, how much of a mess is that task going to turn out to be?

My ES300 has recently been having some problems. At first I thought it was the transmission because of the way it was acting but now I'm starting to think its the Fuel Injection. When accelerating away from a stop the car would seem like it wants to shift into 2nd gear, but would hesistate to get there. I'd have to let off the gas and very slowly approach 2nd gear to get it to shift up. This was when the tank was nearly empty, I had maybe 10 miles left in it. Every time I would accelerate it felt like I was letting off the gas for 1/2 a second maybe then stepping back on it. So I went and filled the tank back up and the problem stopped. Because of this I began to think it was fuel injection and there wasn't enough pressure from a near empty tank to keep it moving properly. I bought a bottle of that STP Fuel Injector cleaner and put it in and the problem still hasn't resurfaced. I'm at about 3/4 of a tank now. Is this the same "transmission hesistation" that everyone talks about on the ES, or is it really the fuel injection? Do I need to do anything other than put that fuel injection stuff in it maybe the next 2 or 3 times I fill up? Anything else I can do to further diagnose the problem to figure out for sure exactly what it is?

Do you have a picture or link to the JDM's? I don't think I'm willing to put down the amount of money needed to have someone else custom make them. Just looking for something aftermarket I can buy, but I think this is going to be near impossible.

I've been looking for a while for some non-stock tail lights for a 1993 Lexus ES300, however, I can't find anything. I'm trying to find something that holds a similar style to the headlights, round and tube-like. I really don't like the stripe style stock lights. Does anyone know of a place I can buy some non-stock lights, or order them custom made or something??? Even covers would do, something to add a little depth to them and take away some of the stripyness. Thanks in advance