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yea i found the control arms on ebay from macauto out of new york fot 139 dollars a piece which seems extremely low to me compared to the 414 dollar tag elsewhere. i still need to get the ball joints and tie rods. i also got the breaks drilled and slotted with new pads from brake motive out of chicago from ebay as well

Hey guys im desperately in need to replace my upper control arms they are really really loose at 130k miles. i want to do this along with tire rods and ball joints and a new set of drilled and slotted rotors with some new pads. Anyone have any place in mind to find the control arms for cheap? thanks in advance

yea when i had the car up and i moved the back tire left to right the driveshaft felt like it was loose it just had alot of wobble in it.

hey guys i was wondering does the 99 gs300 have a u joint connecting the differential to the driveshaft?

u should have bought that plug or reused your oem one...i recently (last sat) shattered my differential and when i removed my plug OMFG it was metal shavings EVERYWHERE on that magnetic plug. fluid inside was clumpy silver looking! seriously....? that's really sounding like a diff man...does it clunk from park to reverse also? you might wanna take this in soon before it completely destroys the diff/gears/ring/pinion/etc IF its the diff. which like i said it seems to sound like it is don't worry though....supra TT pumpkin straight bolts and you get a LSD inside it...i wanted one, just couldn't find one cheaply. i got my replacement gs430 pumpkin for 200 shipped. you can use ANY gs series diff but depending on if you go back to the gs300 or the gs400/gs430 you'll have different gearing in the differential hey man how are ya, i went to the mechanic today and he had it on the hoist and this guy only works on lexus so hes quite familiar with them. he said the bearing in the yoke which is at the end of the trans connecting to the drive shaft is bad. there was alot of play in it. i also will be changing my u joint and my differential seal. i will also get the plug for the bottom with the magnetic end to it. i should have done that along time ago and now i really wanna slap myself but the mechanic said that the differential is fine. i will keep this post updated to let everyone know what and how it was fixed. hopefully i can also take some pics as well of the work being done for peoples future refrence. thanx and wish me luck lol

i have had a problem with the differential seal on this thing before and i replaced it but when i replaced the bottom plug i did not buy the one that had the magneti in it to collect shavings so i dont know maybe that had soemthing to do with it and yes maybe it could be the differential as soon as i put it in d from park it clunks real loud

holy crap you got a great deal when i was looking a few months ago i couldnt find them less than 400 bucks

You need to do a fill while drain on that bad boy, Then fill it with t-4 toyota tranny fluid. To find the leak, Place a large piece of cardboard under the tranny overnight, Then you can tell where the leak is by looking at the spot and look directly above that "spot". Have you checked the fluid level ? yea the guys at the shop did a fill as they drained it and all the nasty dark oil came out till the nice pink oil was draining. i will do the cardboard trick tomorrow and the tranny fluid level seems to be normal its just the clunking noise that really bothers me, i hate taking this thing to the dealer they always find some bs to tel you that is wrong with it when it really isnt

honestly i cannot tell where its leaking from but i know that it is because it spots all over my driveway and its the only car i keep outside, but it was leaking and doing the trans clunking noise before i even changed the trans fluid. you are right it could be a tranny mount.

from what i remember those control arms are over 400 dollars a piece, so he might be trying to get you

hey guys i have a 99 gs300 that i have been having some trans problems with. it is first and foremost spotting trans oil in my driveway. i changed the fluid with type 3 and the guys at the shop added an additive to make it compatible with the totyota type 4 fluid. this is what the trans does: if you are in park and you put it in drive it will make a clunking noise. it will NOT jerk or slip wen you drive it, through all the gears but when you are driving lets say at 40mph and you totally let go of the gas and you engage the gas pedal again it makes a clunking noise. so it does not do it if you keep your foot on the gas and accelerate either slowly or push the pedal to the floor but only when you let off totally then put your foot on the gas pedal again?

how can this be since the IS is lighter than the GS considering its the same motor. Im really looking to get a second lexus but if it gets worse mileage than a ls430 then this car is out of the question, its like driving a honda crv and spending gas like an excursion

here is the link to the white one for 6grand http://detroit.craigslist.org/cto/1007563980.html

excellent, now my gs im keeping that stock besides a k&n filter but this one i would like to put a cold air intake and a full exhaust, would deleting the catalytic converters help out in performance and gas mileage as well, any suggestions guys on what full exhaust to go with from the header down. thank you

Hello, I am a current lexus GS owner and am looking to purchase an IS300 as a secondary vehicle. What are some realistic numbers you guys are getting on your automatic IS's. Fueleconomy.gov rates the IS to get worse mileage than the LS430, how true is this Please share some numbers Thanks Guys.