sk- Yep thats what I was talking about, the two toned tan/black interior. Not the black exterior tan interior match ;)
All the evidence I can find shows that the coach was two tones like all the rest of them. Had to be a custom job.
The interior is Camry I'll agree, but believe it or not, not one body panel is shared.
135,000 miles isn't at all high for a 13 year old car. Thats only 10,300 miles a year.
I love my seat heaters. Especially now that they have two settings. My dad's 98 LS only has one, "Super !Removed! Burn", now I have "Warm" and "Super !Removed! Burn".
Only thing I've noticed is, when you first turn them on, they start out on Super !Removed! Burn and you have to turn them down.
I believe even the coach ones were two toned. Meaning the tan lower side on yours must have been painted by somebody else. No Lexus came from the factory one tone until 1998 on the GS. First one tone ES was the 02-03. Not surprising that a previous owner of yours repainted it, its a pretty common mod.
They're all two tone ;)
I did run a Carfax on it, and it says its clean. The interior is interesting, the tan on black. never seen anything like it on an ES before...
Yeah they're not going anywhere.
Another fear I have about them is them exploding. I've had bulbs explode before (granted they were halogen) and I had to replace the whole lamp assembly. That was a Ford and it only cost 90 bucks, this is a Lexus and those things cost upwards of $300.
I'm thinking I may wait for the real thing too, which I'm sure the coating is designed so that they are consistant. Phillips is a quality company.
I have a Ford with 140,000 miles, and my paint is perfect ;)
I've seen MANY LS430s, both back when I was considering getting an 01, just in parking lots and stuff, I know several owners and yours is the first instance of this I've seen/heard about.
What specifically didnt you like about them Steve?
"check your local K-Mart"??!?!?!? Interesting response LOL. He doesn't even realize the normal Silvervisions aren't availiable here anywhere...