Pete’s GS400 Build Thread by Sevenevez

6 minute(s) of a 142 minute read

Hope you guys all have a great Holiday season and NYE. Here's to 2016. 

shot out the back window while driving

12-28-2015

Snapped a few last pics to round out 2015

12-29-2015

ahh i remember Lumarai. arent they designed specifically for lexus? i checked out your system thread too. looks good, must sound great.

yes, i put a shift boot on mine. actually i think i did about 6 of them before i got it right haha.

these pics will give you an idea. my final template i made ended up being about 16in from edge to edge as you can see it below here

template

This was a tan one i did using old armrest leather.

this is how i have it now

1-10-2016

Man, i gotta chime in and just compliment these cheap asz tires i bought over a year ago.

My first set i bought were Falkens
My second set was Federal
BOTH of those two brands only lasted me about 6 months.
and i work from home and rarely drive far.

well, these Mayruns have lasted me over a year and i have put more miles on my GS this year than the last 3 combined.

So, yeah, Mayrun sounds weird and i thought they would be pretty wack, but they have proven their affordability to me for sure. One day i will be able to afford a michelin or a toyo or whatever the good brands are. But for now, once these go bad, i will most likely buy another set of mayruns
Every once in awhile, cheap stuff makes the cut. Lord knows my whole build has been on a very small budget all the way through. Just passing the info on.

For the time being, this is my latest debacle.
My "other" girlfriend had a blow out and i need to switch her from Bias Ply tires to custom radials and put a fresh frontend/steering rebuild kit on it to tighten her up before i can back to do anything cool on the Lex

1-26-2016

I got sick of having that ugly rattling remote clipped to my Visor. I had my buttons programmed before at my last house, but finally got around to programming it for my current house.

It's very easy. But i always forget

Step 1:
Of those 3 little buttons, hold both outside buttons down for 20 seconds to clear any previous codes (starts blinking once cleared)

Step 2:
Hold one of the 3 buttons you want to operate your garage door until it blinks. KEEP holding it down and then place your crappy handheld controller about 1 inch away and hold that button down until the Blinking goes to rapid blinking. Then let go of both. If your Garage door is actually a "Homelink" brand, you would be done at this point. But none of mine ever are, so, on to step 3.

Step 3:
Grab a ladder and get to the actual receiver mounted on the cieling and you will see a "Learn" button on it. Press that once. Get off the ladder, go back into your car and press your new programmed button twice. Right now you should hear your Garage door make a couple subtle click noises showing it has just learned your Lexus' built in button.

Good to go now

2-28-2016

So i have had a lot of starting and power issues. Replaced battery (luckily was less than a year old so it was under warranty) and the new one was draining down to like 10v after just a few hours of driving. Bought a trickle charger and starting machine just to keep it alive. Had the local part store check it and they said my alternator was shot. So i ordered a new alternator 

My buddy Adamn helped me get it in there. was a tight squeeze took about 3+ hours or so because the power steering pump was blocking it. So we jut loosened that up and pulled it out about an inch then had enough to swap with the new alternator.

But i was still having sporadic starting / cranking problems. Figured maybe the terminal was bad. So i replaced that. Turns out that was one of the biggest issues this whole time.

Couple pics

5-5-2016

Couple fresh daytime shots out here in Yuma on the graffiti wall