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oh and i got parts at www.newlexusparts.com

cable set was 97$

timing belt 51$

serpentine belt 34$

right pulley 96$

left pulley 62$

timing belt tensioner is 39$

caps are 11$ each

rotors are 7$ each

air filter is 15,5$

fual fileter is 20.62$

and oil filter is 8$

AS far as i was able to check my car didnt have any kind of service like this. so my gas mileage decreased for like 50 miles per tank and i can hear all my bearings already, they making noises. tenssioner is also making some strange noise. and water pump i'm changing just to be sure its not gonna brake on me anytime soon. i really dont wanna change timing belt again if its gonna brake.

I think i'm gonna do the whole thing myself, just dont know when i'm gonna have time, not i'm waiting for my (DENSO once again) spark plugs to arrive. i think i will do it either next or in 2 weekends. whole operation should not take more then 1-2 days, unless of course i will run into some complications. i will make a lot of pictures and i will post em on my site and i will try to make a clear follow up instructions, so you guys will not have to pay lotsa money for this expensive labor:)

The oil filter is also denso and it is bigger then any other filter for LS 400. the material inside compared to the regular filter material you can see here

http://www.planetsoarer.com/filters/filters.htm

Air filter is much thicker then the one i got in the local store for 25$ and this one is only 15$

nice DENSO fuel filter, cheaper that this crap they sell in autozone or strauss

rotors and caps are made by Denso, i think denso supplies most of those things for toyota, all filters and cables are also denso.

these are left and right idler pulleysfor timing belt, those guys pretty expensive,

62 and 95 greens

tensioner as it is:)

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these are pix of a waterpump, i dont see why they charge so much money for this thing.

here is an original cable set, not some cheap bosh cable they want 100$ for but nice original work with 3 new plastic handlers. Of course my cat was not able to miss this great even, she is a big car enthusiast and nothing can happen around here without her strict supervision

my parts finally arrived and here are some pix of it, i hope moderators would not mind:)

fist come the timing belt, peace of art from toyota , has signs in japanese and english and even got a sticker to record the mileage and special cover to put on a stick in order for it not to get dirty. i like japanese work :D

how do i check em?

i did an alignment and i changed tires and this vibration is still there:( yah brookly streets are bad, i almost lost whole front right wheel when it got into the huge whole. i though rim cracked but only the tire got some damage, i changed it and vibration is still there, it just switched from 70-80 to 80-90....

got that CD "original" manuals, they have some info about cars, but is really not specific, no use

you might as well look for a local store instead of buying a rebuild transmission online. gonna be too much on S&H:)

local shops offer warranty from 3-6 month depending on a shop

as to the year they all different.

from 90 to 91 there is one model

from 95 to 97 another one and for 98-2k there is a third one. the 2001-present is out of the question i presume:)

they did even more then 1000 hp with 1uzfe block. go to lextreme website and check out the links of what people did with that engine. its awesome!

and engine blocks are the same. as i said only the lenghs of the piston movemend is slightly longer. a lot of companies do this. its cheaper this way instead of building a brand new engine.

its www.newlexusparts.com

and they are in plano texas. but they are good, gettin all parts from em:)

try them, might be cheaper, despite that they overcharge for shipping a little bit.

but still much cheaper then your local dealer. at least in brooklyn:)

Brooklyn women are the best arent they? :D B)

if it is an aribag system then the airbag light will be constantly on. when exactly do u hear this noise?

this original "security system" is no good whatsoever except for lockin unlockin doors.:)

use compustar alarm. i have it for about 1.5 years and no problems whatsoever.

its 2 way alarm with remote start abd bunch of other functions. i love it!!!!

check it out

www.compustar.org

so no1 heard about or had any problems with gettin leaks from sinthetic oil?

i dont use emergency brake:( and i bought original lexus brake pads:(

i think i'm just gonna go to my mechanic and let him check whats going on with em.

its hard to find a decent mechanic these days.:)

go to your local dealer and ask him. its gonna be around 200-300$ for 2 huge books.

what if i have those chrome rims and i cant put the weithgt on the outside of the rim. but at speeds from 80 to 90 the whole car shakes and i can feel that it is coming from the front drivers wheel

my brother had the same problem in his legend, and when we traced all the relays and switches we found out that the problem is ECU.

the signal from the swithch goes in to the ECU and there it goes to the couple of relays that fire up the whole AC system. when we checked all the relays, ECU didnt give any signal to any of them. i checked the schemes for my ls and i found out that lexus utilize almost the same scheme. so trace and check all of them in order to get the real cause. of course if you are sure it is electrical.