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Adapters.........meh. Granted that's the reason Lexus did this so every LS owner would'nt see thier rims on every other ES300/330 in town heh!

I've got a 05' with 57K. Just recently it has started making a "clunk or a pop style" noise from the passenger front end area when I shift into Reverse or Drive every morning from a cold start. It does not do it after driving usually and I can not make the noise happen on the road. Sometimes when backing up in Reverse and turning wheel the clunk happens as well, but like I said I have not heard it on the road driving yet. I've had numerous issues repaired already from the dealer including a brand new steering rack, vane pump and upper pressure hose for a strange start up noise they still can't resolve. I've already had the intermediate shaft replaced and the steering and driving of the vehicle feel absolutely perfect. Also, just had the alignment checked. Still in spec since last alignment in Oct 2008. Any thoughts?? Thanks!

Thanks man, good information. BTW I'm plugging that into probably the best tire/wheel calculator on the web, here's the link in case you don't know about it. Wheels Master

So I found some IS 18x8.5's 50mm on Ebay and I'm wondering does anyone run 18x8.5's on thier 02-06 ES? I'm going to run a 235/45/18 tire and by all my calculations I should'nt have any rubbing issues. Any thoughts? thx.

I'm about 1000 miles into the tranny update and yes it's definatley not perfect but before the jerk was just terrible. All in all I'm happy, it's hard to find anything you don't like about this car, excluding the cup holders... =)

36, my first Lexus an 05' CPO. It was damn nice until some neighborhood kids dinged it chasing my cat yesterday. They are going to get a few choice words from me this afternoon. =)

Exactly. Problem solved.

Shutting off the ignition results in erasing ONLY those parameters "learned" pertaining to driver "actions", "methods", etc. What I was trying to say was that some of those driver style/type learned parameters, say a really aggressive driver, will affect the way the transmission shift pattern is "adjusted", modified. THOSE learned parameters will be erased but not the base operational parameters of the transmission. Gotcha, thanks.

wwest, first you said, "Doesn't matter, the engine/transaxle ECU will still erase, FORGET, anything unique it "learned" about "your" driving style just as soon as you switch off the ignition. Otherwise the next driver (your better half..??) might get VERY PO'ed." Then you said, "On the other if by "start up" you mean after each engine ignition sequence then no, it doesn't relearn the transmission "shifts", parametric control of transaxle shifting. But it probably does learn something about your driving style that affects the way the transmisison is shifted. I perfectly understand when you reset the ECU it clears everything it might have "learned". I perfectly understand the MAF is constantly sampling air temperature to adjust air/fuel ratios. But... If it forgets the transmission shifts after you power it off and it does'nt relearn the shifts after a restart then ummm what does it do at all??? See where I lost ya?? :)

Since I'm new to the club I'm not going to make any opinions based on previous owned/makes and models. Having said that it does'nt seem feasble that it relearns the transmission shifts after every start up. I'm very experienced with resetting the ECU on vehicles, it !Removed! simple we all know. I'm the one who mentioned resetting my ECU not the dealer. It does appear from my paperwork that I got the flash update. Granted I have babied the heck out of it since I got it back it does seem that the 5-10MPH rolling jerk has diminished quite a bit. Well see, hopefully it's not worse in other places. Damn this is a great car though, wow. My 330 drove so much better than the 350 loaner IMO, anyway back on topic...

My 05' is at the dealership right now. They are going to perform the transmission "fix" on mine. Of course I think it's just resetting the ECU so it can learn my driving style. I'll advise if I notice anything different. If it makes the ES crowd here feel any better my 03' Altima basically did the same thing as the ES issue. I'm thinking it's just a side effect of the DBW system.

Actually they do make a difference. Granted dont expect to notice anything with a cheap Ebay model. FWD need all the help they can cornering and that's where a bar helps. I mean the ES at least mine has one soft suspension. I can only imagine they put one on it from the the factory to help with cornering and wallow during it. I was an Altima guy for the past 4 years and it helped our cars nicely.

Hello everyone, brand new 05' 330 owner. I'm trying to figure out best way to get Sirius going on the factory head unit. I found the older SoundLinQ2/SC-C1 setup but it's a bit pricey in my opinon. I'm looking at the new TOY-SC1 form Directed now, it looks sweet. Has anyone tried the TOY-SC1 yet and and can you comment on it's performance? Apparently the Scion guys love it. thanks!

2005 ES330 with 30K. Certified but no Nav. Paid $20,500 I good buy indeed I think.