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shmiggly

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    1993 Lexus GS300

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  1. haha, well for the most part, the car still drives great, hasn't really overheated since last year when it did, but as for the body work, i thought i'd be able to do it myself and stuff like that, but turned out to be harder than i expected, granted i would love to work on everything myself, i just dont have enough experience yet or the tools to do so, so i figured it'd probably be better with someone who's great with fixing up a nice car =)
  2. still a great engine though =) i'm wondering how long it will actually last, but i really dunno if i want to find out on my own haha
  3. How much would you guys say a 93 GS300 is worth selling for?? There's alot of body work that needs to be done, mainly the front right fender, and driver side door. There's 204,064 Miles on it, just about everything is in working order, Moonroof, Nagamichi (SP) premium sound system with 12 disc cd changer in the back, seat warmers, Traction Control, electronic seats, the whole nine yards I guess? I'll get pictures of the body once I get it back from my mechanic.
  4. it ran hot last summer just from casual driving (35-45 mph) cruising, when i stopped at a stop light, i could see steam coming from coolant overflow tank. when that happened i would go to my destination and leave my car there for many hours before coming back to it and driving it back one, only on one occasion that the temp gauges were at the max, and i was literally scared like none other of something bad happening like an explosion or something. but recently though, after driving around in the car casually again (35-45 mph) the temp gauges were right around the halfway mark, maybe a little higher. when i idled the car in the driveway, the temp gauges remained constant and did not go above the halfway mark if it did, it was literally by a hair or so
  5. The problem started last summer, it was very hot, the a/c was used for apparent reasons, after the car overheated that one day, i was so scared to drive it since lol, but now it's roughly the end of winter and the car drove just fine for a few hours, the heat coming through was hot-hot and my car heated up very nicely, however, the flow of the coolant wasn't visible when i checked it out under the radiator cap. i was also told that it's not the radiator fan, but the fan for the water pump, sorry about that, i'm really debating on selling this GS and getting a newer 1st generation GS, what do you all think i should do?
  6. A little off topic but maybe you could all help with this too. I'm 20 and going to be 21 ina few months. I've had 2 traffic violations (1 speeding, 1 rolling stop at the same time, same cop) and an accident that WAS NOT reported to the police. In turn, this will give me 8 total points on my record, theoretically, would the accident affect my insurance rate with an insurance company even though no report was made?? and how long does it normally take for the points to clear up?? currently past 3 years since the accident, and almost 4 years since the tickets
  7. hmm.. a little update, apparently there is a fan clutch in the 93 gs300, because my dad told me to look online for 'just' the fan and not the fan clutch, it'd be awesome if someone could help me out with that as well =)
  8. if it were possible right now i would go outside and take pictures of the parts that my mechanic was referring to, unfortunately i can't... i think the fan he was referring to is right in front of the radiator with the air duct right above it. and to answer lenore, no the thermostat was not put in backwards, we installed the same way as the previous thermostat so that's unlikely the cause of the problem. so would it be logical for me to change the water pump even though if it were to be the water pump, it would've been loud, leaky, and noisy well before it stopped working like monarch said.... again thanks for everyone's input so far
  9. the engine doesn't run hot at all, but i do think you have it right about the radiator fan clutch isn't engaging, it makes more sense that way. we've already changed the thermostat thinking that it was the source of the problem, but the coolant still bubbled in the overflow oh yeah, my dad told me that i should let the car running for an hour or so without the radiator cap on, so i did that, supposedly i should be able to see the coolant being circulated and what not... after aruond an hour i checked it out and it was just sitting there, so i decided to turn on the a/c for around 30 minutes. after the 30 minutes had passed by, i checked again and the coolant was slowly coming out of the system through where the cap was. when i switched the cold a/c to heat, the coolant stopped overflowing and went down a little but stayed still for the most part.... that's about as much as i tested out before letting our mechanic check it out
  10. Hey everyone, I had one of my mechanics (more like family friend) check out my car for an overheating problem, and he said that we need to get a new radiator fan. I guess what's happening is that the coolant is sitting still and it's not flowing throughout the whole system and such causing the coolant itself to get extremely hot and causing the overflow tank to bubble up and steam alot of coolant out of the tank. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or places on which I could order just the fan? and not the radiator system itself? Does that make sense anyone?? Thanks!
  11. i'm sorry im a noob when it comes to cars
  12. lol yeah, waiting for a reply for one of my posts too =) as far as adding 2 subs and an amp, i've been wanting to get it in mine too and possibly changing the one lone sub in the back... i hear you have to take out the backseat though to properly uninstall it and such, seems like too much work for me, even though i've got tons of time on my hands, tell me how it goes though if you decide on upgading?
  13. Hey guys, I have a 1993 GS300. The tires I have now are stock (215/60/16), I was wondering if these would fit my car?? (215/45/17) and also, how much air should i have in the front and rear tires?? thanks bunches B) lexus cars are the shizzle
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