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:Need to find an after market that would be providing he hood gas struts for our GS400

Well I have been to corporate and they checked the part number and they checked to see if there was an upgrade with an answer of "no". They pushed me back to the dealer with a good luck. I had asked the dealer to check stock and they had no GS400. Only GS430 which is completely different. So at this point I am having a car part friend of mine looking at the scrap yards and looking fro a GS300 or GS400. They both have the same cooling set up. At least that is what Corporate told me.........

Thanx for the response. My car is a "98" The dealer did not have one on the floor or lot for that matter. The 430s changed considerably. Thanx for the corporate numbers. I will call to see if I can get help. I'll let you know

Actually Lexus did it, That is what has me concerned. The attitude of "oh well" guess you can replace the whole shroud (at my cost). This is a simple little plastic cap that, my guess, is that they outsource for the part and it has been made wrong. Now how many of these do you think they replace in a year? 10 maybe, so my voice alone is not getting anyone to look into it. In the mean time I have tape on the bottle. I sure wish someone knew where I could get the replacement so I could get past this. Thanx

During a service my GS400 had the overflow bottle cap lost. I inquired at lexus who promptly ordered another. Except it doesn't fit. It's ever so slightly to small. The dealer checked and even ordered a second cap only to have the same thing happen. This car is stock and never injured. The only comment that Lexus had was that there were upgrades and since the bottle is built into the fan shroud that I could replace the entire shroud. Oh yeah....that's cheap and by the way the shroud :cries: isn't broken. Can't find a wrecked gs400 in phoenix, but more importantly how and where can I get the correct cap. Duck tape with a hole in it just isn't a "Lexus" Would appreciate any help....Thanx