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2003 Lexus GS300...

Posted: Sat May 23, 2026 10:11 pm
by jondee86
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About time I made another post, so this time I picked up a nice old 2JZ GS300 cruiser :D
Interior is surprisingly clean and tidy and the engine and trans work nice and smooth.
It has done a tad over 100K miles and there are a couple of items that need tidying up
but overall it's a decent car. Ivory leather interior and 6-disc CD player in the glove box,
great color and comfortable, so good car for an old bloke who is over all the electronic
BS that makes modern cars such a pain in the a$$.

Cheers... jondee86

Re: 2003 Lexus GS300...

Posted: Sat May 30, 2026 6:50 pm
by jondee86
Fair amount of kerbing on the factory wheels, so looking to find a cleaner set. And
some oik broke the factory remote key, and tried to repair it with superglue. Made
a real mess and when the battery went flat it couldn't be opened. Kind of salvaged
it to the point that I could get it open, and with a fresh battery the lock and unlock
buttons still work. Will get a new key casing as a working remote beats having to
use a key in the lock every time.

Driver's door seal/trim needs replacing but is a discontinued item. So have sourced
a pretty grubby second hand one from a wrecker. Will give it a good clean when it
arrives, and even if it is a bit worn it will be way better than the beat up trim that
is on the car now. Telescoping aerial is a bit bent and doesn't retract fully, so I will
have to look at that, Other than that I have been using the car daily and haven't
found any major faults :)

Cheers... jondee86

Re: 2003 Lexus GS300...

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2026 3:02 am
by jondee86
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Door trim arrived this morning and looks a lot better than expected. Should
clean up without too much work, and then all I need to do is figure out how to
get the old trim out and the new trim fitted. How hard can it be ? That's what
I'm going to find out in the next couple of days :D

Cheers... jondee86

Re: 2003 Lexus GS300...

Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2026 4:09 pm
by jondee86
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Got the replacement trim cleaned up and installed today, and couldn't be happier with
the result :) The rubber part of the old trim was completely worn away in the section
that I have marked, due to someone with a fat ass dragging it across the trim every
time they got in and out of the car. It had been patched up with black duct tape and
looked terrible. But now it looks like new !!

Not doing a full restoration on this car as I will be using often. So just have to tidy up
the wheels and be happy to have an old school daily, that should be good for another
100,000 miles :D

Cheers... jondee86