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  1. You're right, they are 245-45-18 and the good news is that sears called me this morning and I went and put the Michlin Primacy on and the results were shocking, honestly, I expected slightly better ride comfort but the difference in the ride was huge that I could not believe it and at the beggining I thought it's just psycological so I stopped by a friend of mine that has 06 LS430 UL and we went on a 22 miles ride and he was shocked too and then we went back to his house and took his UL which happened to have the Goodyear GT tires and according to him his UL felt like a Mack truck after getting off mine with the sport suspension that he told me that he will go to the dealer to try to trade his UL for one with the sport suspension and I told him that mine used to ride as rough when it had the Goodyears so he called Sears and ordered a set of Michelins. Just wanted everybody to know that tires will make a world of difference in the ride comfort. Accrodingto the tire guy at Sears, the Goodyear GT is an Ultra Performance all season tire which has a very hard side wall and rated for higher speeds and aggressive driving habbits and that affects the ride comfort extremely because in aggressive driving, manufacturers has to put a very stiff side walls to minimize swaying on sharp turns on high speeds and it doesn't mean that Goodyear is a bad tire, it only means that the tire is designed for aggressive driving. Now getting back to the ride comfort with my new tires, I really enjoy the sport suspension, firm but smooth.
  2. Well, I did some research on the internet and found out that a lot of people complained about these tires for the harsh ride and being completely out of balance that one of the people in his review claimed that when he approched Goodyear, they didn't deny it and they gave hime a big credit towards his next purchase and he still didn't use the credit cause he went back with the Michellin tire, which reminds me of a comment the tech who made the 160 point inspection said. He said that what took a lot of time was trying to balance the tires and he did his best but he's still not happy, I drove the car and there was no vibration up to 75 MPH so I said OK. I'll go ahead andorder the Michellin Primacy and I'll let everybody know what happens.
  3. Hi everyone, I bought my LS430 2005 with sport suspension package 4 weeks ago. I feel like it rides harsh compared to my previous 2 LSs. It has Goodyear Eagle GT tires on it, would that cause it to ride harsh or this is the nature of the Sport suspension?.
  4. I bought the XM kit off of ebay Friday, suprisingly it was shipped Saturday and I got it Monday, today, Tuesday, I decided to tackle the installation and everything went really smooth. I took the rear seat off, the rear shelf off, the stop light and put the antenna inside the stop light, ran the wire under the shelf, under the rear curtain and unser the shelf again, behind the back of the rear seat to the side and ran it along the passenger side all the way to the front. I put the VAIS interface and the mini XM tuner under the glovebox and everything went really smooth. I called XM and turned it on. The only one thing I had to adjust was the sound level for the XM as it was was higher than the radio and CD so I programmed the XM sound level down to mach the rest of the components of the sound system. I was really surprised that although the antenna is inside the stop light and the previous owner added tinting to all windows including the rear at the dealer and getting the car inside the garage with the door closed and I still get reception.
  5. Hi, I have a 4th generation on my 2005 LS430 NAV and I use the override all the time which works really great and I was thinking of the 9.1 update but my worry is that I might lose the override capability if I do the update, will I?.
  6. That's my alternative for now but this also means that I would have to run the antenna wire all the way to the back. I don't know if the '05 still has it but the '01-'03 models have a coax run from beneath the center console box to the trunk near the nav system. If it still exists you can connect it to the antenna on the roof of the car (not sure if this would work for XM or not). You might be able to mount the Vaistech unit in the trunk; you'd lose use of the AUX inputs on that unit but you might be able to connect it to one of the AVC-LAN connectors back there. From what I can tell it works exactly like the Lexus OEM unit. The OEM unit runs the antenna onto the trunklid but like Jim said you could put it on (or under) the rear parcel shelf. That's the location for the OEM GPS antenna if your car has Nav. there is a small hole used for the old stick-on cellular antenna that runs right under the CHMSL. Good luck! I bought the Vais unit with the Terk tuner, I'm planning to put the antenna on the rear shelf either inside the brake light or next to it. This will require removing the rear seat so we'll see how it goes when I get it and start the installation. -J
  7. That's my alternative for now but this also means that I would have to run the antenna wire all the way to the back.
  8. Hi, I need an XM radio kit for my 2005 LS430 and I called around and dealers tell me it's discontinued and they can get it. The reason I want the OEM kit is that it all installs in the trunk without the need to take the headunit out. Does anyone know where I can get one.
  9. Hi, I just bought a 2005 LS430, on my 08 LS460, I had no problem at all with any function on the iphone but with the 05 LS430, it won't transfer the address book and on Lexus website for phone compatibility it says that it won't transfer. My question is that on Lexus website it says that it was tested with the 4th generation. Now, if I get the new NAV disk, would it update the bluetooth software too?. For now, I trasnferred my adressbook by putting my SIM card in my wife's phone ( Blackberry Curve ) and then put it back in my iphone after I was done but that means that every time I add a number to my address book, I will have to do this again. Thanks.
  10. Why did you sell in the 1st place , and why did you regret it ? what was so great about the 04 LS430 ?? I am asking because i am looking for one as well, just trying to make a little more cash before i pull the trigger but i seem to want something a little more wild like an older M3, M5 etc..but quickly come back to my senses (LS430). I own several models of Lexus including LS460 model 2008. The LS430 has a completely different tast, it feels so well built and the materials used in it definately feels better than the new generation. The reason I sold it was because of the economy situation as I was using it mainly for work, I travel alot. I sold it and I got a Prius 2010 to save on gas and I drove it for 524 miles and knew that there is no way I can put a 100'000 miles on it. So, lost a little bit of money and bought an LS430 model 2005 with 54000 miles on it over the weekend, it has the modern luxury and the sport package with a beautiful silver color.
  11. Hi, I had an LS430 2004 and sold it and regretted it, now I'm buying another LS430. I have a choice between 2 of them, one is an 04 with 42000 cypress pearl and another one 05 with 54000 silver, I like the silver paint a lot but is there any other differences?. Thanks.
  12. I have 08 almond gold with the panoramic roof, ML, adaptive headlight, 10 spokes, and I love it.
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