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apman

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  1. You can buy caps from Toyota or Lexus dealers for $3+ per unit or buy Veesun aluminum caps(green or gold anodized) from Amazon. Use cleaner called Greased Lighting to remove the anodized color. Now you have 4 perfectly matched aluminum caps.
  2. Hello, I just got my RX350 4 wheel aligned. The camber spec : front spec is -1.4 range 0.1 degree rear spec is -2.1 range -0.6 degree Given the spec is so large that my front wheel (-1.0) and rear (-1.5) are within spec, but the tires are badly worm out. Even the technican knows it right away that is bad. He put all wheel as close to 0 degree as possible. Rotate tire and tire pressure check will not help if the wheel camber is off, but within spec. For me, all four tires have inside wear. Lastly, the tech did say pump the pressure to 38-40 psi for those tire. Hope it will help others with similar problem. Is 36psi a bit too much ? The door sticker spec for 30 psi. I will try 33psi to see any improvement in noise and wear. I already replaced front driver side tire with the spare. I really don't know rotate them make any better since all 4 tires have the same inside wear. Its seem like all the wheels are angle out slightly; or they call them cast. The 30 psi is strictly for "The Lexus Ride", you know, cushy and all that. The Lexus service guy once told me 34 is quite common, but sacrifices the ride. The nearby Toyota dealer upped it to 36 and both the service writer and mechanic were quite OK with it. I also run 35 in my Acura with no problems. We're about to put 2,000 highway miles on the Lexus with the 36 psi in there so we'll see how that goes. Anybody else using 36 psi for daily use? Lexus has big problems with tires lasting over 30K miles, have owned many and every one is the same, finally started demanding Mitchlin tires and still get only 50K from them. The tires on the newer ones are the low rolling resistant type and cost $250 per tire pretty sad situation if you ask me. Have owned 10 of these cars and this will be the last one, hope they go broke as they have scammed the buyers long enough. I checked tirerack.com and Goodyear tire is just junk, but Michelin MXV4 S8 is just slight better in reviews. Surprisingly, Yokohama AVID V4S has good review and cost 25% less. Have anybody using this model of Yokahama tire have any comment ? I am getting close to folk up $1k for new set of tire; just want to made the right choice. I had the same problem with Yokohams that were OEM on my 06 GS 300. they wore out on the inside tread at 17K and cupped so that they were extremely noisy. Yoko wouldn't replace them because they said it was Lexus' fault. I replaced them with Bridgestone Serenities. Now have 40 K on them, and they show very little sign of any wear. Very very quiet. Coxey
  3. Is 36psi a bit too much ? The door sticker spec for 30 psi. I will try 33psi to see any improvement in noise and wear. I already replaced front driver side tire with the spare. I really don't know rotate them make any better since all 4 tires have the same inside wear. Its seem like all the wheels are angle out slightly; or they call them cast. The 30 psi is strictly for "The Lexus Ride", you know, cushy and all that. The Lexus service guy once told me 34 is quite common, but sacrifices the ride. The nearby Toyota dealer upped it to 36 and both the service writer and mechanic were quite OK with it. I also run 35 in my Acura with no problems. We're about to put 2,000 highway miles on the Lexus with the 36 psi in there so we'll see how that goes. Anybody else using 36 psi for daily use? Lexus has big problems with tires lasting over 30K miles, have owned many and every one is the same, finally started demanding Mitchlin tires and still get only 50K from them. The tires on the newer ones are the low rolling resistant type and cost $250 per tire pretty sad situation if you ask me. Have owned 10 of these cars and this will be the last one, hope they go broke as they have scammed the buyers long enough. I checked tirerack.com and Goodyear tire is just junk, but Michelin MXV4 S8 is just slight better in reviews. Surprisingly, Yokohama AVID V4S has good review and cost 25% less. Have anybody using this model of Yokahama tire have any comment ? I am getting close to folk up $1k for new set of tire; just want to made the right choice.
  4. Is 36psi a bit too much ? The door sticker spec for 30 psi. I will try 33psi to see any improvement in noise and wear. I already replaced front driver side tire with the spare. I really don't know rotate them make any better since all 4 tires have the same inside wear. Its seem like all the wheels are angle out slightly; or they call them cast.
  5. Hello, I have same issue with inside treads wear on ALL four tires and only have 17k miles and with OEM Goodyear tire. Is this caused by alignment or just cheap tires ?
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