MikeyLS400

Hi Everyone, The local dealer here has a 1999 LS400 with 17,000 miles going for $15,995 USD. I would like your opinion on what the fair price is. Also, for car driven that little with super low mileage, what should I be watch out for? Thanks in advance for your opinion and suggestions. PS. I have a 1991 LS400 with 124k miles absolutely love it. Mikey

Hi everyone, Thanks for all the inputs and suggestions..I picked up 4 wheels + 60/R16 tires from 2001 LS430 on ebay for $300. RIMS are very good/clean and tires are almost brandnew. So far so good...no rubbing over speedbumps. My 91 LS400 looks good now w/o the old 15" OEM RIMs. Will replace to 55/16 tires when needed.

Hi, thanks for everyone inputs..I replaced the wipers with new Bosch ones picked up from AUTO Advantage and problem solved.

Hello gha_vn and everyone, Thanks for all the replies.. these are great inputs. Do your 225/60/16 tires keep touching the body most of the time in normal driving? or just the speed bumps? How serious are they? I am thinking of purchasing for my 91 LS400 a set of used LS430 RIMS that came with the 225/60/16 tires that have plenty of thread in them. I really don't want to replace these tires to 225/55/16 perhaps for another year when thread are worned. Will it be okay for using the 225/60/16 for a while or using these tires will cause harzadous when driving? Thanks for all your help and inputs.

I need the engine under cover panel if you have it. Also are your wheels in good shape? email me pls. Thanks tu.n.nguyen@hotmail.com

No. 15" tyres will not fit on 16" wheels. -B- Thanks Beowulf. I guess I keep the old wheels until replacing the tires since my Mich tires are will good.

Oh yeah...I did not notice you are in BC. Well, I guess I am stuck with my old wheels until,,,, Thanks for the prompt response,

gha - what size tires are you using on those 16" rims? dont remember for sure but they are exactly the specs of OEM '93. will check it for you Sorry, I don't know much about tires so my question is can I re-use my current tires (205/65R15) on the new 16" wheels? The current tires is Michellin and has plenty of thread remaining and I hate to throw them away. Thanks all for suggestions.

SRK, How much do you want for the 4 wheels? I have a 91 LS400 and was going to upgrade to 16" wheels since my original 15" wheels are worned out. Thanks

OmarG, Great comparison. I just installed Silverstar on my 91 LS400. My question is what did you use for the Park/Corner Light that looks great? Mine is the OEM bulb that does not look as bright and really out-of-place with the Silverstar. Thanks for any suggestion.

Hi, I am thinking of replacing my 91 LS400 wheels with the 16" wheels from a 94 LS400. Any problem I should be aware of? Like speedometer and driveability with the new 16" wheel? Will this work without having to by new tires for the 16" wheel? Thanks

Shame that all that once-useful technology is so outdated and obsolete now. But that extra space in the center console sure is nice! New2Mud, Agree completely. Now it would be great to get the wiring diagram so hopefull I can modify since I am going to install my Bluetooth car kit and nice to be able to use the audio port near the steering wheel and the stereo speaker... :=). Sound tempting.

Hi, I just got my '91 LS400 3 weeks ago. I have replaced the OEM headlight with Silvertar headlight and they look great. However, I want to replace the OEM parking light so it has similar 'whiteness' of the Silverstar. Is there any 'whiter' parking light I can use the replace the ugly OEM? Thanks.

Hi, I went out to circuit city and bought 4 Polk 501 2-way speakers then replaced the stock speakers on my 91 LS400. On the Polk 501, 2 holes lined up pretty well but the other 2 holes I had to enlarged them in order to mount the speaker with the existing holes in the housing. Overall, the sound quality is pretty good. Thanks

I located it this past weekend and did what you suggested and now the phone is completely off. Thanks for your help.

Thanks SBGuy, That's what I am going to do..replace all 4 speakers with the 4 in. . Now, all of the 4 speakers need to be COAXIAL rite? I ask a lot of questions and appreciate your understanding. I am a newbie at Lexus LS400.

Thanks, Let me check and I will let you know. It's a little tough since there are audio comming out of the front speakers...and they are so close together makes it tought to determine if there is or isn't audio out of the tweeters. SBGUY, Today I did a little check after got off work early..:=) . Below are what I found 1. Driver Front - tweeter and door speaker work. 2. Passenger Front - tweeter barely work, speaker not working. 3. Rear Right and Left - Both speakers are dead. What are my options? 1. Do I need to concern with anything if I replace with 4 in. JBL replacement speakers? I heard something about crossover and not sure what it is. 2. I did a search and found a couple pictures showed the speaker housing pretty big so I am not sure if there are electronic components in there that maybe shot and my replacing just the speaker may not do any good. Thanks

I tried doing that but nothing happened. Interestingly, the color of the backrest support button is black and the rest of the buttons are tan. I was thinking maybe the previous owner replaced with the wrong button and lost the headrest up/down function. Is there anything I can do beside buying a new button and hope it works? I just want to get the headrest to go down for good. Thanks

On the early LS, I think it is in the trunk on the left side behind the trim panel. The trim panels on both the right and left side are easily partially removed so you can peek behind them. My 90 LS didn't have the Lexus phone but the dealer had SW Bell install a similar cell phone and the ECU was installed behind the left trunk trim panel. Instead of cutting wires, unplug the various connectors that lead from the handset holder to the connector under the center console and at the phone ECU in the trunk. Later models have two large connectors plugged into the phone ECU which plug into each other after they are disconnected from the ECU. Thanks, I will check over the weekend.

Hi, Anyone knows how to get the passenger front seat's headrest to go down? I have the headrest control in the driver seat but could not find the one that control the headest for passenger front seat. There is no button near the headrest that I can use to release it to go down. The only buttons I can find was the one control the passenger seat to move back/forth and for the backrest support but none for the headrest. Thanks much.

Hi, Anybody knows where the '91 LS400 Phone Control unit is located? I heard it's in the trunk but having a hard time findint it. My car comes with the phone and I want to remove the whole thing and don't want to mess up my stereo speakers. Thanks

Hi, I am new at Lexus LS400 so I appreciate all your help and suggestions. My 91 LS400, which I bought 2 weeks ago (84K miles) when I turned on the windshield wipers made a 'CLICK' sound whenever the wipers rotated all the way to the leftside (from inside the car). It's very annoying. Is it the wiper motor or some kind of adjustment I need to make? Should I replace the wipers? Thanks

Hi all, My 91 LS400, which I bought 2 weeks ago that leaks water usually after a car wash. From looking at it, it seems to come from the bottom of the car. The water would ran off outside of the car. I don't think it's from the AC. If I drive for a few hours then I will not see the water puddles anymore. I am pretty sure it's not from the radiator. Is there water hole(s) somewhere in the car that allow water to 'RUN OFF' and maybe they got glogged. Thanks

Thanks, Let me check and I will let you know. It's a little tough since there are audio comming out of the front speakers...and they are so close together makes it tought to determine if there is or isn't audio out of the tweeters.

Hi all, I bought my 91 LS400 2 weeks ago and today I noticed when I adjusted the Balance=R and Fader=R there is no audio. This also happens when Balance=L and Fader-R. When Fader=Front and regardless of the Balace settings I can hear audio. My stereo is the original Naki stereo, which was an option with this model. 1. Is this mean my rear speakers (left rear and right rear) are not working? 2 How do I troubleshoot to make sure the speaker or the stereo in the car? 3. Can someone help me by letting me know the size of the rear speakers and what you suggest? 4. Any suggestion on how to remove the REAR DOOR PANEL TO get access to the speakers? Thanks