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Hey! I'm from Rancho Penasquitos! My car is stock ... right now i just want to repair the basics first. and the headlights.. the plastic foggy crap bugs me. i know there are things out there to clean it but i just want some new ones. Know where i can get some?

I would try ebay first. If not, then you'll have to do some looking around because where we live, i don't think you'll find our model at a junkyard. I have a buddy in japan that could probably help. I'll email him today and i'll let you know. For right now, I would just buff out your headlamps with some mcguires car polish. That's what I used and they came out real real clean and shiney.

yo tequila, what's going on. I'm from san diego too... maybe you've seen my car around. Anyways, if I would have seen your post earlier, i could have sold you my jdm headlights. You know, I put up a jdm wing on ebay. search for jdm aristo on ebay and you'll see my spoiler. so what part of san diego are you from? let me know what's up.

hey what's going on. i've done this on another fellow lexus forum member's GS300. it wasn't that hard at all. you just need an amp that has the i believe they are called digital outputs. then you're going to have to tap into existing speaker wires for a signal so the amp can pick up and distribute to what ever you want to use it for. in my case, i hooked up the amp to the stock subwoofer. there are pictures of my work on the gallery section.

welcome to the club. sounds like me when I was about 16. I totalled my 1970 Ford Mustang 302 Boss on the freeway. It was a car that my dad had given me and yeah... he was pretty *BLEEP*ed. So I went ahead and got a honda accord, then a turbo supra, and finally my 93 lexus gs3. I just recently hit 200K on my car and it still drives like a dream. As TurboGS300 said, parts and services can be pretty pricey. I take my car to the lexus dealer in san diego and they charge a good 400 bucks for a tune up. you could do it yourself, but you have to take a part a lot of components just for two plugs underneath your throttle body. Another thing, these cars are very low maintenance. the only major part i had to replace on my car was the waterpump. Either than that, my car still rides like a dream. So have some money set aside in the bank just for the car and make sure your son keeps up the maintenance on it.

I AM looking to change the plugs in my 98 GS 300 but I can' find all of them.I know that they are on the intake but I can only see 4

thanks

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hey what's up. well you know that you have an inline 6. well you have two in the front, two underneath the throttle body and two in the rear. all of these are inline.

How do I get the old bulb out? I can't get at the back of the light from beneath or from the top.

Seems like there ought to be a way!

1995 GS 300... The fog (driving?) lights on the low bottom of the air dam (lowest lights on the bumper)

-Mike

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well if you look at your fog lights, you'll notice a place piece right next to the lens. remove that (careful, they're pretty brittle) and you'll see to screws i think. unscrew them and they should pop out so you can replace the bulbs

I have been pondering the idea of swapping a 1jzgte . Has anyone done this swap?>>Please let me know how hard or how easy the swap was.

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why waste money on the 1jz... just go 2jz-gte all the way. =)

yes you do have a toyota supra engine.  You have a late 2jz-ge model engine.

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Minus the turbo's, of course B) :D

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that's why I mentioned the 2JZ-GE engine code

2JZ-GE = NON TURBO

2JZ-GTE= TWINTURBO

Hey what's going on getting back to you on what sounds good for subs. Well personally, I'm a big fan of JL audio w3's. to me, those put out the best quality sound and a brand that comes close would be the eclipse sub. Those are my personal favorites but will definately go with the JL audio. I only say that because I used to have a JL audio competition in my supra and damnit did it sound good. But as for subs go... JL audio all the way.

yes you do have a toyota supra engine. You have a late 2jz-ge model engine.

I have a 99 GS400 w/Nakamichi system. Of course, like any factory system (expensive or not) you lose bass when turning up the volume. I know a big part of that is the free air subwoofer design. I made a sealed enclosure (approx. .85cuft) and mounted it under the subwoofer into the steel rear deck. I then replaced the subwoofer with an aftermarket Pioneer sub (10"). The bass response is better and more accurate. Of course I will not experience a significant bass increase until I add a sub amp. But, can anyone tell me me if I will get better bass with my sealed enclosure, or should make the enclosure ported? I 've had my Lex for about 6 mos. and I need more bass. I had an Acura before with bass that shook neighborhoods. I don't want all that in my Lex, but I definitely need more than what is there.

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Hey what's going on, I have a 93 GS3 and I'm still running the factory nakamichi sound system. There's actually more to the stock nakamichi sub than you think. I've hooked up a sony 400 watt amp to it and let me tell you, that sub kicks. Another thing is that the way the trunk area is designed for the older GS' like mine, looks like it was designed for two things... 1. to hid the gas tank and 2. an already enclosed box for the sub. Now I've tested the difference between competition speakers on the actual trunk space which were 2 10in. JL audios pushing the same amp and then testing the stock sub in the enclosed area. I was surpised to find out that my nakamichi sub sounded way better than my competition subs. So i've come to a conclusion that the enclosed area was meant for the sub and gas tank. Hopefully this will give you some insight in your projects.

Man I hope one of you guys can help me. I've been trying to figure this out for two weeks. I've got a 98 gs400 and the radiator fans don't cycle on and off, they run constantly on full speed and eventually they drain my battery, especially if i'm driving at night with the wipers on.

Please HELP!!!!!

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well if the problem persist, install a manual kill switch.

congrats on your gen 1 gs3. I too have a 93 model and i just hit the 200k mark.

Let me tell you, it still drives like a dream. I would definately get everything flushed and replaced. Take good care of it because it will take care of you. The only thing i would recommend is purchasing the tranny fluid from lexus or toyota and the extra additive they have for it. If you do decide to replace the timing belt (which you should do) go ahead and replace the water pump. Trust me, it's all worth it. Besides, you'll just have to pay for the part and not the labor since the timing belt is already off. Well that's my two cents of the day. Take care of your car.

well if it's in excellent condition in and out, then it would pretty be worth the blue book price which is about 10-11 grand. but if you can get it under 10 g's then that would be great.

to help you out, i've found these pictures from ab-flug:

picture of the hood:

picture of the front bumper:

these should help you out. I don't know how old those pics that you posted are, but these are pics from the ab-flug website.

well when I turn up the dimmer in my car, they're too bright, so I have them on the halfway mark. I have no idea why yours are not bright enough.

Looking at the front grill... it looks like an AB-Flug style kit. I'm not 100% sure, but try finding ab flug kits.

THE RULES SAY NO EBAY LISTINGS

GS3 WIRING DIAGRAM

sorry about the pic... it's a little small but i put up an earlier that tells the color code and what they are. so look up a couple of posts and you'll see mine with color codes.

hey Viraf, good luck on the install. It was fun while I did it... just be prepared to get dirty. I suggest that you steam clean your engine first. Trust me, if you don't, you'll see all the years of built up sludge and stuff fall right to the floor of your garage... When I did my install, i had leaves, pebbles, bugs, all kinds of stuff fall out... lol, oh well, It's just a suggestion. Oh yeah, about the side clips on the cowel behind the radiator, becarefull with those things, they do pop out and are pretty hard to find... they're like a goldish color... so hold on to them when you remove the cowel. Have fun this friday.

here's the wiring color code for a 1993-97 gs3

Power: White/Blue Stripe

Grnd: White/Black Stripe

Sub channels: Light Green/Black Stripe and Light Green w/Red Stripe

The rear speaker channels are:

Red

White

Yellow

Blue

hope this helps

here we go, I got the wiring colors for a 1993-97 gs3

Power: White/Blue Stripe

Grnd: White/Black Stripe

Sub channels: Light Green/Black Stripe and Light Green w/Red Stripe

The rear speaker channels are:

Red

White

Yellow

Blue

hope this helps out

hey what's up, this is a cd changer install i did on a stock gs3 amp. This is Brak from the forums. He came down one weekend and I installed it for him.

I don't remember the wiring but that's what it looks like being powered by stock wires.

Hey what's up guys, just reading up on your posts, I have an after market indash dvd player and couldn't use any of the stock parts. Had to cut all the lines from the stock amp and re-route them to my stereo's brain box. You might want to go that route instead of using a harness. Besides, you might get distortion with both the watts being put out by your aftermarket deck and stock amp.

I too have a 1993 GS300. It was a !Removed! replacing the radiator. Putting it back together was easy though. If I do remember, there are to clips that hold down the cowels on the backside of the radiator, just remember that they are on opposite sides of each other. next thing is there is 1 bolt i think holding down something on the driver side part of the radiator... i forgot what it was, but there should be a bolt holding it down. before you start yanking the radiator out, just to let you know, your radiator has a trasmission cooler built in at the bottom, so your car will bleed a little bit. carefully remove the hoses then lift the old radiator out. there should be about 2 or three hoses. after that, just replace it and everything is a piece of cake after that. I did it without the book so yeah, it took a couple of hours. I used an IS300 radiator on my car. Works pretty good, haven't had a problem. Good luck with your radiator job.

I am new to this forum and am hoping that someone can help me understand if there are any pitfalls that I should avoid before I start to replace my radiator on my 1993 GS300 which has developed a hairline crack in the radiator on the top surface. 

The car heats up very fast and I can see the steam come out from the crack which is just under the casing for the airfilter which sits above the radiator in the center of the car.

Any suggestions on where I could buy the radiator and hoses. The car has 124k miles on it and so decided to replace the radiator rather than have it repaired.

Thanks .

Viraf

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